Mar. 7. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 587

All comprise flat agricultural land. Residence and improvements are not compulsory on these sections, and no declaration is required from applicants. No person can hold more than one section in the township.

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This section is situated about three miles and a half westward from Glenavy Township and Railway-station, with which it is connected by good metalled road. It comprises level agricultural land, about 15 acres of which is swamp: the soil is good, but contains a large percentage of shingle. There is a never-failing supply of excellent water flowing through the swamp, and a county water-race runs along the frontage of the section. Ten chains of boundary fencing, along the road frontage, valued at £6 5s., belong to the section.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that timber on the undermentioned Crown lands (about 2,790 trees, containing about 1,863,000 superficial feet of timber, in Pohangina Survey District) will be offered for sale by public auction, in two lots, at the Courthouse, Palmerston North, on Tuesday, the 26th March, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 1, Part of Section 48, Block VII., Pohangina. Area, about 160 Acres.

Totara, about 950 trees, containing about 634,000 superficial feet.

Matai, about 170 trees, containing about 88,000 superficial feet.

Rimu, about 70 trees, containing about 91,000 superficial feet.

Upset price, £625.

Lot 2, Part of Section 48, Block VII., Pohangina. Area, about 88 Acres.

Totara, about 1,350 trees, containing about 900,000 superficial feet.

Matai, about 190 trees, containing about 67,000 superficial feet.

Rimu, about 60 trees, containing about 83,000 superficial feet.

Upset price, £800.

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 four equal instalments, one-fourth and £1 1s. license-fee being deposited on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth on the 1st July, 1901, one-fourth on the 1st January, 1902, and the remaining one-fourth on the 1st July, 1902.

The first payment shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Approved promissory notes payable on demand to be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase-money, when the license to enter upon the land will be issued. They will be presented for payment on the dates stated above, but the Commissioner of State Forests reserves the right of presenting them at an earlier date if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of timber respectively has been cut out previous to the dates mentioned.

The purchaser of each lot shall have the right to cut and remove the timber on the land specified in above Schedule during a period of three years from the date of sale. Should one person purchase the two lots, this time will be extended to five years.

The right to cut shall extend only to the marked dry or dead totara, matai, and rimu timber on the areas shown on plan. The provisions of the State forest regulations relative to damage to forest by fires, injury to young growth, and cutting of timber less than 12 in. in diameter will be strictly enforced.

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 and
Conservator of State Forests.

Lands in Town of Napier for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 9th January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction, for sale for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 13th day of March, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Napier Suburban Sections.

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 at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 9th January, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 13th March, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Open land, with about 60 acres of mixed bush—tawa, rimu, kahikatea, &c.—and about 100 acres of rich flat land; the balance of the open land is on a high level covered with fern; soil rather light. Distance from Wairoa, 26¼ miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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