JAN. 9.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 4I., BLOCK IV., HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.
(Area, 135 Acres.)
TOTARA: About 2,442 trees, containing about 1,896,700 super-
ficial feet.
Matai: About 1,541 trees, containing about 311,500 super-
ficial feet.
Rimu: About 111 trees, containing about 73,800 super-
ficial 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 there-
under, 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 ls. 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 respec-
tively 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 Auckland Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1901.
IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-
mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted for sale by
public auction at this office on Friday, the 24th day of
January, 1902, at 11 a.m.
EAST TAUPO COUNTY.
Pastoral Agricultural Lands within the Ngongotaha, Tatua,
Paeroa, and Takapau Survey Districts.
Run No. 64 (Class II.), comprising 11,700 acres; upset
annual rent, £23.
Run No. 65 (Class II.), comprising 5,400 acres; upset
annual rent, £12.
These lands are situated between Orakei Korako Hot
Springs Reserve and the bridge over the Waikato River on
the Waiotapu Wairakei-Taupo coach-road. They are
generally covered with fern and tussock.
The leases will be submitted under Part VI. of "The
Land Act, 1892."
Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1902.
Full particulars, plans, and forms of declaration may be
obtained on application at this office.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Land in Oue State Forest, Auckland Land District, for
Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th November, 1901.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned areas
in the Oue State Forest (Hobson and Whangarei
Counties) will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, by
public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset
annual rentals noted, at this office, on Friday, the 24th day
of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.
SCHEDULE.
Lot. Block. Area. Survey District. Upset
Annual
Rental.
2 IX. 496 0 0 Mangakahia £ 8 0 0
3 " 1,099 0 0 " 10 0 0
4 " 439 0 0 " 5 0 0
Mixed-forest and fern lands, from which the kauri timber
has been removed. Situated two to three miles from
Parakau Post-office, and twenty-five miles from Whangarei.
4 X. 579 0 0 Mangakahia 5 0 0
5 " 15 2 0 " 4 0 0
Chiefly open land. The lease of Lot 5 is weighted with
£100, valuation of store.
6 X. 340 0 0 Mangakahia 7 0 0
7 " 625 0 0 " 8 0 0
8 " 75 0 0 " 4 0 0
Lots 6 and 7, chiefly open land; part mixed bush and
tea-tree. Lot 8, good level land, adjoining Mangakahia River.
Situated about two miles from Parakau Post-office, and
about twenty-five miles from Whangarei.
28 X. 814 0 0 Mangakahia 8 0 0
Partly open and partly burnt bush, about two miles from
Parakau Post-office, and about twenty-three miles from
Whangarei.
Term of Leases.
Fourteen years from 1st March, 1902, for grazing pur-
poses only. One half-year's rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) to be
paid on fall of the hammer.
The leases will convey no right to fell or remove any live
or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the
ground.
No compensation for improvements at any time, but
lessees may remove all fencing and buildings erected on the
lands.
The leases will be subject to the conditions of section 232
of "The Land Act, 1892."
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 18th December, 1901.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands in the Otago Land District will be offered for
lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 24th
day of February, 1902, at 11 o'clock a.m., for the terms and
at the upset annual rentals stated.
SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LANDS.
(Under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892.")
RUN 140B (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 3,258 acres;
term, nineteen years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated
about one mile from Tapanui.
Run 11, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 13,320
acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Situated about ten miles from Queenstown.
Runs 17, 20, 21, 22, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County:
Area, 98,600 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual
rental, £5. Situated about thirty-two miles from Queens-
town.
Run 419 (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 11,200 acres;
term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated
about thirty miles from Queenstown.
Possession of the above runs will be given on 1st March,
1903.
Runs 337 and 337A (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 48,940
acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5.
Situated about twenty-two miles from Pembroke.
Possession of this run will be given on 1st March, 1902.
Valuations for improvements in respect of the above runs
must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin,
before the licensee will be let into possession.
Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-
proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of
the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring
license during the term thereof, and five times such amount
in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.
The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."
Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required
by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first
half-year's rent, together with license fee (£1 1s.) on fall of
the hammer.
D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.