960
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Crown Lands Notices.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th May, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the green kauri timber on Crown land close to the southern boundary of the Owai Block, Helena Bay, and within Block I., Opuawhanga Survey District, comprising 96 trees, and containing about 350,000 superficial feet, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 7th day of July, 1899, at 11 o'clock a.m. Upset price, £175.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Four Lots in Richardson Village, Patea County, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned lots will be offered by public auction, at the Public Hall, Waverley, on Thursday, the 15th June, 1899. If any lots be not sold on the above date, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals, and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Richardson Village.

Term: Fourteen years.

These lots are situated in Richardson Village, which is about eight miles distant by good dray-road from Waverley and Waitotara Townships, and about two miles from Momohaki Creamery. The lots comprise flat land, generally speaking; II. and IX. have been grassed, and it is expected that VII. and VIII. will be in grass when offered. The soil is loam, resting on a sandstone formation. There is no water on these lots, except on IX., on which there is a spring. The general quality of the land is good.

The following improvements have been effected, and are included in capital values on which rentals are based: Lot II., 7½ chains fencing and 8 chains of hedge, £10 2s. 6d.; Lot VII., 16 chains fencing, £8; Lot VIII., 7 chains fencing, £3 10s.; and Lot IX., 22 chains fencing, £11.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with lease-fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st of July, 1899.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease by giving twelve months’ notice to the lessee thereof of his intention to do so.

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 the land comprised in this lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land 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.

9. 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.

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

Kauri Timber, Bay of Islands County, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green kauri timber will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 23rd day of June, 1899, at 11 a.m.

About 190,000 sup. ft., standing on Section 6, Block I., Hukerenui Survey District: Upset price, £95. Situated about two miles from Towai Post-office and eight miles from Kawakawa.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on fall of the hammer, and the balance within three months thereafter.

Timber to be removed within one year from date of sale.

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.

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.

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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF MANGAMINGI.

Conditions of Lease.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.