2098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

have been made available for cultivation by a system of drainage during the last few years.

The timber lands comprise Sections 22 to 29, 34, 41 to 44, 49 to 54, Block XI., and Sections 1 to 6, Block XII.—total area, 4,090 acres 1 rood 33 perches.

LAND FOR SAWMILLS, AND SHED AND SITE FOR WHARF.

Land near Wairoa River or on Bascombe’s Creek, on which to erect sawmills and sheds, or land for stacking timber, can be obtained under the Land Act by application to the Land Board, and a site for a wharf for shipment of timber may be secured on application to the Marine Department.

FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING THE TIMBER.

The iron tram-line traverses throughout perfectly level ground, and is completed between the points marked A and B on the map (in the pamphlet), a length of one mile and a half, and ready for extension towards point marked C (south-west corner of Section 3, Block XII.), as may from time to time be found expedient to meet the purchaser’s requirements; and, if so desired, the line will also be extended westerly for an additional 10 to 12 chains, to near the mouth of Bascombe’s Creek, to further facilitate the shipment of the timber.

The Kaipara Harbour is one of the best on the west coast of the North Island, and the shipping of timber from it to other ports of New Zealand, to the Australian Colonies, and even to India, has been very brisk during the past ten years, and not unfrequently ten sea-going sailing-vessels and steamers have at the same time been lying in the Kaipara waters awaiting loading, &c. According to the “New Zealand Pilot,” the depth of water at the Kaipara entrance ranges from 30 ft. to 33 ft. at low water, a depth quite sufficient for vessels up to 5,000 tons burden. The rise and fall of the tide at the Kaipara entrance averages about 9 ft.

There is a great depth of water from the Kaipara Heads to Dargaville, a distance of thirty-six miles, and some of the largest timber-carriers which visited the Kaipara took in their loading at Mangaware, an old settlement close to Dargaville.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The purchaser of the kauri and kahikatea (white-pine) timber herein referred to to have the right to convey such timber, and any machinery, material, tools, implements, &c., required for the proper working of the timber, over the Government iron tram-line to its terminus near the mouth of Bascombe’s Creek, Northern Wairoa River, free of charge during the period allowed him for the removal of the timber. Government will construct and maintain the tram-line, but the purchaser to provide his own rolling-stock.

One-twentieth of the purchase-money (£1,226 13s. 8d.) to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, one-twentieth in one year, one-twentieth in two years, and so on annually until the whole of the purchase-money has been paid.

Time allowed for removal of timber: Twenty-one years from the date of purchase.

Wherever sidings are required, Government to provide points, rails, &c., for the first chain of siding from the main line. The construction of any extension beyond the first chain to devolve upon the purchaser.

The iron tram-line to be and remain under the control of the Government, but to the purchaser of the timber the priority of right of using it will, if practicable, be always conceded.

Regulations for the most economical and satisfactory working of the tram-line to be mutually agreed upon between the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the purchaser, and to be amended from time to time as the distance for haulage increases and altered circumstances require it.

Purchaser to cut and remove annually at least 4,000,000 superficial feet of the timber purchased, and if the output exceeds 5,000,000 ft. per annum the surplus quantity to be paid for at the rate of 6d. per 100 superficial feet. Such payments to be in reduction of the last annual payment of the purchase-money.

The timber to be cut in a continuous and regular manner, and each section, as soon as cleared of pine (kahikatea) and kauri, must be handed back to Government for disposal for settlement purposes.

In case of a fire in the bush destroying any standing timber during the term of the agreement, an estimate of the damage done shall be made on the written request of the purchaser preferred within a month of the fire, and the value of the timber destroyed shall be calculated on the basis of 6d. per 100 superficial feet, and the loss thus sustained, together with the expense of ascertaining such loss, shall be borne in equal shares between the purchaser and the Government.

Pamphlet containing description of locality of timber, conditions of sale, and maps may be had on application to any Land Office in New Zealand.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Southland Land District, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for selection at this office on Thursday, the 23rd November, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Situated about twenty-eight miles from Mossburn Railway-station, and about eight miles from Manapouri Township. Hilly country; soil fair; vegetation, white tussock and fern; gravel formation; height above sea-level, from 600 ft. to 1,400 ft. Burdened with valuation for improvements, £142 7s. 6d., consisting of hut, £25; sheep-yards, £30; and half value of boundary-fencing, £87 7s. 6d.

CENTRE HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run No. 38.

| 7 | IV. | 2,744 0 0 | 0 2 | 11 8 8 |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, | VII. | | | |
| 7, 8, 9, | | | | |
| 10, 11, 13 | | | | |

Situated about five miles from Mossburn Railway-station. Land poor, level, and partly swampy; vegetation principally snow-tussock; height above sea-level, about 1,300 ft. Burdened with valuation for fencing, £267 19s.

Small Grazing-run No. 41.

| 13, 14, 15† | III. | | | |
| 1 to 6, | IV. | 4,905 0 0 | 0 2 | 20 8 9 |
| 8 to 12 | | | | |
| 1, 2 | VI. | | | |
| 5, 6 | VII. | | | |

Situated about two miles from Mossburn Railway-station. Land partly level and swampy; vegetation principally snow-tussock; height above sea-level, about 1,300 ft. Burdened with valuation for fencing, £128.

*Including some unsurveyed land, Mararoa Survey District.
†And river-bank reserve adjoining.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon.

Lease of the Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house Reserve, part Section 28, Square 134, Inangahua Survey District; area, 10 acres and 26 perches; situated at the Inangahua Junction, about twenty-one miles from the Town of Reefton, on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast. The section is cleared, and in grass, with small garden and fruit-trees. The main building, now a licensed hotel, contains thirteen rooms, with outbuildings and stables. Newman Brothers’, coach-proprietors, stables are not included in the sale.

Term of lease: Fourteen years, to date from the 1st January, 1900. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with £375, value of improvements. Lessee will be required to provide proper accommodation for travellers and travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can now be obtained on application. Possession given 1st January, 1900.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and the amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.