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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Quarry Reserve, Suburbs of Auckland, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th April, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve is offered for lease by public tender for the term of fourteen years.

Tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Friday, the 26th May, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

PART of Lot 6a, Section 17, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 10 acres.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th April, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green and singed kauri timber, standing within the Puhipuhi State Forest, in Block VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 2nd day of June, 1899, at 11 a.m.

No. 1a.: Comprising 721 green kauri-trees, containing about 2,534,150 sup. ft., and 42 singed kauri-trees, containing about 73,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £1,303 11s. 6d.

One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months thereafter. Timber to be removed within four years from date of sale, and to be carried by railway to Whangarei from Whakapara Booms.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Huiakama Village, Taranaki, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 24th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned suburban lands will be submitted for lease by public auction, at the Town Hall, Stratford, on Friday, the 28th April, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Suburbs of Huiakama.

Term: Seven years.
Newly felled and grassed land. Liable to flood in bend of stream at Section 37. Good soil.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and lease-fee of £1 1s. to be made on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on day of sale.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time enter upon the lands comprised in the lease, and execute any works for the diversion of the Mangaotuku Stream, and may at any time resume possession of the said lands by giving twelve months’ notice to the lessee of his intention so to do.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed on the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the lands comprised in his lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for sale, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 14th June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Aohanga Survey District.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 18th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of April, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.
Winton Hundred.

SECTION 49, Block IV.: 1 acre and 22 perches; upset price, £2 5s. 6d.

Section 50, Block IV.: 1 acre 1 rood 20 perches; upset price, £2 15s.

Toetoes District.

Section 37, Block I.: 9 acres 1 rood 24 perches; upset price, £9 10s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th February, 1899.

WRITTEN tenders, marked on the outside, will be received at this office, up to noon of Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1899, for the lease of the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, for the term of years stated, and subject to the following conditions. If no tenders are received on the 22nd May, 1899, it will remain open thereafter for selection.