Feb. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 265

Timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber on the under-mentioned Crown land (about 4,688 trees, containing 2,713,700 superficial feet), situated in Hautapu Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction in one lot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 4th March, 1902, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 41, BLOCK IV., HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.
(Area, 135 Acres.)

Totara: About 2,442 trees, containing about 1,896,700 superficial feet.

Matai: About 1,541 trees, containing about 311,500 superficial feet.

Rimu: About 111 trees, containing about 73,800 superficial feet.

Kahikatea: About 594 trees, containing about 431,700 superficial feet.

Upset price, £1,880.

Terms of Sale.

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

The purchaser of the timber specified in Schedule 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 at the end of one year from date of sale, one-fourth at the end of two years from date of sale, and the remaining one-fourth at the end of three years from date of sale.

The first payment shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Three approved promissory notes, payable on demand, shall be given forthwith on the day of sale 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 at the ends of the periods stated above, but the Commissioner of State Forests reserves the right of presenting them for payment at earlier dates if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of the timber respectively has been cut out previous to the ends of the periods above mentioned.

The purchaser shall have the right to cut and remove the timber on the land specified in the above Schedule during a period of six years from 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.

Pastoral Runs in Southland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 27th January, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered at public auction at this office on Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

(PASTORAL LANDS UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Term, fourteen years.

Possession will be given on the 1st day of March, 1903.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and license fee, on the fall of the hammer.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue before the licensees will be let into possession.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 21st January, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1902, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of more than one application being received for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — MARLBOROUGH COUNTY. — HODDER SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Broken pastoral country; altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 4,700 ft.; 1,500 acres open, covered with tussock and native grasses, about 800 acres scrub, remainder shingle and steep mountain-sides; well watered; light soil; about three miles iron-and-wire fencing in good order. Situated 27½ miles from Seddon Railway-station.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Stewart Island, Southland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 7th January, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned pastoral run will be submitted to public auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — STEWART ISLAND COUNTY.

Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Burdened with valuation for half boundary-fence between this run and Run No. 419, and other fencing, £88 6s. 8d. Possession will be given on the day of sale. Situated at Mason Bay, Stewart Island. Part bush and part open land. Land inferior, covered with tussock and scrub, about one-third of the area being sandhills.

The purchaser must deposit a statutory declaration, as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and the license fee, together with the valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.