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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned kauri timber, standing on Crown lands situated in Blocks II. and VI., Whangaroa, and Block VII., Mangonui, Survey Districts, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 11th day of April, 1902, at 11 a.m.

Section 6 (Subdivision of Forest Reserve), Block II., Whangaroa Survey District: 1,185 kauri-trees, containing about 2,330,394 superficial feet; upset price, £1,456 10s. Time for removal of timber, thirty months from date of sale.

Section 7 (Subdivision of Forest Reserve), Block II., Whangaroa Survey District, and Section 17, Parish of Totara: 210 kauri-trees, containing about 403,450 superficial feet; upset price, £293 1s. Time for removal of the timber, twelve months from date of sale.

On Crown lands, Block VII., Mangonui Survey District, adjoining western boundary of Forest Reserve: 338 kauri-trees, containing about 861,763 superficial feet; upset price, £538 12s. Time for removal of timber, eighteen months from date of sale.

Conditions of Sale.

One-half purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer; the balance within six months thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tarawahi Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 1902, as a workman's-home allotment, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—TARAWAHI HAMLET.
First-class Land.

This section is situated on the north bank of the River Heathcote, about 16 chains westward from Colombo Road, and about two miles and a quarter southward from the Christchurch Post-office. It comprises all flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 10 in. of black loamy soil on sandy subsoil. There is a hot-house on the section 30 ft. by 11 ft., with brick walls and ends 3 ft. 7 in. high, glass roof, and two glass doors.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 undermentioned 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.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that all the kauri clump situated in Block XVI., Tutamoe Survey District, on a head branch of the Tangowahine River, and adjoining the Te Karaka Block on its south-western boundary, containing by admeasurement about 626,040 superficial feet, will be sold by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Upset price, £391 6s.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned green and singed kauri-trees in Block X., Mangakahia Survey District (One State Forest), Hobson County, will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 a.m.

Hobson County; One State Forest; Block X., Mangakahia Survey District.—The green and singed kauri-trees, estimated to contain 1,987,436 superficial feet, and comprising 532 green trees, or about 1,854,164 superficial feet, and 30 singed trees, or about 133,272 superficial feet: total upset price, £1,739.

Terms of Sale.—One-third cash on fall of the hammer, one-third within six months, and the balance within twelve months of date of sale. Timber to be cut and removed within three years from date of sale. All payments to be made in cash or by marked cheque.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned green and dry kauri timber in the One State Forest, Block X., Mangakahia Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

357 green kauri-trees, containing about 938,834 superficial feet; 47 dry kauri-trees, containing about 91,000 superficial feet: upset price, £772 8s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, and the remaining half within six months from date of sale. All the timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.