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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Totara and Rimu Timber, Tararua Survey District, for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that timber on the under-mentioned Crown lands, containing about 750,000 superficial feet, in Tararua Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, in one lot, at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Thursday, the 7th March, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

Section 1, Block IV., Tararua District; 201 acres 2 roods.

Totara (first class): About 237 trees, containing about 167,000 superficial feet.

Totara (second class): About 148 trees, containing about 83,000 superficial feet.

Rimu: About 500,000 superficial feet.

Upset price, £333 10s.

TERMS OF SALE.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The State Forests Act, 1885,” and of the regulations made thereunder.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque in three equal instalments—one-third, and £1 1s. license-fee, being deposited on the fall of the hammer, one-third within six months thereafter, and the remaining one-third within twelve months from date of sale.

The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land contained in license, and the right to cut and remove the timber thereon noted in above Schedule, 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.

Forest Reserve in Canterbury for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to noon on Wednesday, the 30th January, 1901, for the lease of the under-mentioned forest reserve for a term of fourteen years.

In the event of no tender being received for the land at the time named, it will remain open for lease on application at the upset rental and for the term stated.

SCHEDULE.

One hundred and fifty acres of open land in Forest Reserve No. 3272, situated at Glentui, near Oxford, Mount Thomas Survey District. Upset annual rental, £10.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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

2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance free of all deductions whatsoever.

3. The land comprised in the lease shall continue under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” subject only to the right of the lessee to use the land for grazing purposes.

4. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

5. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act aforesaid, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber as aforesaid.

6. The lessee, at the expiration of the term of his lease, may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th December, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 12th day of February, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER PART VI., “LAND ACT, 1892.”

Blue Mountain Survey District.

Run No. 147 (Class II.): 1,100 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £15. Weighted with £37, valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing. Possession will be given on 1st March, 1901.

Avon, Taylor Pass, Blue Mountain, and Hodder Survey Districts.

Run No. 148 (Class I.): 10,650 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £70. Weighted with £188, valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing. 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.

Description of Land.

Run No. 147: High, mountainous, rocky country; bare of vegetation on summit of ranges. Lower hills and slopes covered with tussock, manuka, fern, and a little grass. Soil fair; well watered. Open pastoral country. About twelve miles from Dungree Railway-station. Altitude from 500 ft. to 4,500 ft.

Run No. 148: High, rough, rocky, and mountainous. Summit of ranges bare of vegetation. Slopes covered with tussock and a little grass. Soil stony and poor; well watered. About 100 acres stunted birch bush. About twelve miles from Dungree Railway-station. Altitude, 500 ft. to 4,900 ft.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in the County of Mackenzie, Canterbury Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 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, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 6th February, 1901, at the annual rental noted below. If the run be not applied for on the 6th February, 1901, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. 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 the Land Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—MACKENZIE AND OPAWA SURVEY DISTRICTS.—SMALL GRAZING RUN NO. 87.

First-class Pastoral Country.

This run, which forms part of the original Opawa Station leasehold, is situated on the south of the Mackenzie Pass, distant about nine miles in a southerly direction from Burke’s Pass Township, and about twelve miles westerly by the Mackenzie Pass Road from the Albury Township and Railway-station. It comprises generally mountainous and hilly, open, tussock country, ranging in elevation from about 1,760 ft. to about 3,700 ft. above sea-level, and being therefore subject to heavy falls of snow in winter. The country is rocky and shingly on the main tops and spurs, with patches of undulating land and small flats. The sunny facings and front spurs are of very good pastoral quality, but the tops and back facings are of inferior quality, covered principally with snow-grass. The run is fairly well watered by springs and streams.

The run is weighted with a valuation of £98 for improvements, consisting of fencing upon a portion of the boundaries. The use of the fencing upon the boundary adjacent to R.S. 36059, held by Mr. R. Fraser, will be matter of arrangement between the respective lessees, as this fence, not being wholly upon the boundary, is not included in the above valuation.

Possession of the run will be given to the successful applicant for the same as soon as the application has been approved by the Land Board and the necessary deposit and valuation paid.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years at a rent