Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1613

Pastoral Run, Marlborough Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 14th August, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 8th day of October, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

(Pastoral license under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)
GORE SURVEY DISTRICT.

RUN No. 47 (Pickersgill Island): 150 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £2. Possession will be given on 1st March, 1901. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the usual declaration furnished.

Weighted with £4 3s. 4d. for valuation of improvements. Rough broken country; 70 acres cleared and grassed, remainder covered with mixed bush and scrub. About eighteen miles from Picton by water.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber for Sale by Public Auction for Cash in the Wellington Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber on the under-mentioned Crown land (618 trees, containing about 264,907 superficial feet timber, in the Hautapu District) will be offered for sale by public auction, in one lot, at Manga-weka, on Thursday, the 11th October, 1900, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

PART OF SECTION 19, BLOCK X., HAUTAPU (AREA, 74 ACRES).

TOTARA: 263 trees (inclusive of eighteen dead and hollow, contents of which are not estimated), containing about 137,836 superficial feet. Upset price, £137 16s. 9d.

Matai: 255 trees, containing about 61,160 superficial feet. Upset price, £61 3s. 3d.

Rimu: 70 trees, containing about 48,185 superficial feet. Upset price, £12 0s. 6d.

White-pine: 30 trees, containing about 17,726 superficial feet. Upset price, £4 8s. 6d.

Total upset price, £215 9s.

TERMS OF SALE.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of the Timber Regulations.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque in two equal instalments—one-half, and £1 1s. license-fee, being deposited on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter.

The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land contained in license, and the right to cut and remove all timber thereon, during a period of two years from the date of sale. Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

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

Kauri and Totara Timber, Hokianga County, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 31st July, 1900.

KAURI and totara timber: About 14,176,521 superficial feet, situated in Omahuta Forest Reserve, about twelve miles north of the Town of Kohukohu, Hokianga County, Auckland District, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 14th September, 1900. Upset price for the whole of the timber, £8,860 6s., equal to 1s. 3d. per 100 superficial feet for both kauri and totara.

The timber is comprised in two blocks: Block A (935 acres, or thereabouts) contains 9,450,835 ft. of green, 169,362 ft. of scorched kauri, and 198,015 ft. of totara; and Block B (405 acres, or thereabouts) 3,128,665 ft. of green, 1,009,813 ft. of scorched kauri, and 219,831 ft. of totara. Payment for the timber to be made as under:—

One-third of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, one-third on the 1st October, 1901, and one-third on the 1st October, 1902.

With a view of preventing the purchase of this timber for purely speculative purposes, and insuring the bonâ fide working of the same, the following conditions of sale will be insisted upon:—

1. That the purchaser erect or otherwise provide within eight months from the date of the sale, anywhere on the banks of the Hokianga Harbour or estuaries, a mill and machinery of a cutting-capacity of at least 4,000,000 ft. per annum.

2. If destruction by fire should ensue during the time allowed for the removal of the timber, another mill and machinery is to be provided within eight months from the date of such fire to replace the former.

3. For every month the erection of the mill and machinery is behind the time fixed (eight months) the purchaser will be liable to a fine of £25, payable to the Government.

4. The timber to be cut and removed from the Omahuta Forest Reserve at the rate of not less than 3,500,000 ft. per annum.

5. Any timber still standing on Blocks A and B on or after the 1st day of October, 1904, to become the property of the Government. This provision, however, shall not prevent the Land Board or Crown Lands Commissioner from granting an extension of time for the removal of the timber, if an accident, such as the destruction of the mill by fire, &c., has occurred.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th July, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, standing on Section 3, Block V., Opuawhanga Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 31st day of August, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

104 green kauri-trees, containing 300,000 superficial feet. Upset price, £150.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th July, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, standing on Blocks II. and VI., Aroha Survey District, Ohinemuri County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, 31st August, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

About 5,380,000 superficial feet, nearly all choice green timber, situated on the watershed of and close to the Waita-wheta River. This is the northern portion of the forest nearest to Karangahake Township, from which it is distant about eight miles. Upset price, £4,035.

Conditions of Sale.—One-third cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, one-third in twelve months, and balance by 31st December, 1902. Seven years allowed for removal of timber.

G. MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban Land in East Winton Township, Southland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned suburban land will be offered for sale by public auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th day of September, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

EAST WINTON TOWNSHIP.

Suburban Land.

SECTION 22, Block VIII., 1 acre 3 roods 23 perches. Upset price, £3 15s. 9d.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1, Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, or the deposit will be forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.