Aug. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1643

Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Public Hall, Taihape, on Wednesday, the 3rd October, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

TAHAPE Township, Section 3, Block VII.: Area, 1 acre and 37 perches; upset price, £24 12s. 6d.

This section, which has been cleared, is situated on the main road in the Taihape Township, which lies on the proposed North Island Main Trunk Railway-line about twenty-eight miles from Mangaonoho Railway-station, the present railway terminus.

Rangitikei County, Hautapu Survey District, Section 46, Block III.: 8 acres and 14 perches; upset price, £16.

This section is situated in the Torere Settlement, on the Wairanu Road, on the left bank of the Hautapu River, between Mangaweka and Taihape. The access is either from the latter township, which is about four miles distant, or from Mangaweka, which is about twelve miles distant by main coach-road, thence by the Torere Road, &c., on opposite side of river. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation; the forest is heavy and mixed, comprising matai, maire, rimu, kahikatea, hinau, and titoki, with dense undergrowth. The section is watered by Camp Stream.

Both the above sections will be respectively weighted with valuations for the buildings, &c., erected upon them. The amounts of such valuations will be notified prior to the sale.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on the purchasers of these sections.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

Small Grazing-run, Wellington, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 17th October, 1900, at the half-yearly rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the run be not applied for on the 17th October, 1900, it will be open for application thereafter at this office.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—TIRI-RAUKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

This run is situated in the Awarua and Te Kapua Blocks, about fifteen miles from Hunter ville, the access being by dray-road along Poukiore, Watershed Roads, and Murray’s Track. It comprises rough broken land, with no flats to speak of. The soil is of fair quality, on papa formation. The forest is heavy and of a mixed character, and contains rimu, matai, rata, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The run is well watered by small streams.

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 (933 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 219,331 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.