Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 949

LOTHIAN HUNDRED—continued.

Subdivision XIX.

MATAURA HUNDRED.

Subdivision XX.

Subdivision XXI.

Subdivision XXII.

Subdivision XXIII.

LOTHIAN HUNDRED.

Subdivision XXIV.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £60, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £3 17s. 8d. Total half-yearly, £23 19s. 8d.

OTERAMIKA HUNDRED.

Subdivision XXV.

Subdivision XXVI.

Subdivision XXVII.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber (40,632,801 Superficial Feet) for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills, up to 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1904, for the purchase of the undermentioned fourteen lots of kauri timber, comprising a total of 40,632,801 superficial feet.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Hobson County.—Tutamoe Forest Reserve.

Lot No. 3, standing on Block XV., Tutamoe Survey District, consisting of 1,237 green kauri-trees, containing 5,047,183 superficial feet; and 182 dry kauri-trees, containing 387,460 superficial feet: total, 1,419 kauri-trees, containing about 5,434,643 superficial feet.

Lot No. 4, standing on Blocks XV. and XVI., Tutamoe Survey District, consisting of 540 green kauri-trees, containing 2,409,898 superficial feet; and 681 dry kauri-trees, containing 1,876,315 superficial feet: total, 1,221 kauri-trees, containing about 4,286,213 superficial feet.

Lot No. 5, standing on Blocks XV. and XVI., Tutamoe Survey District, consisting of 1,141 green kauri-trees, containing 5,263,396 superficial feet; and 1,364 dry kauri-trees, containing 3,688,697 superficial feet: total, 2,505 kauri-trees, containing about 8,952,093 superficial feet.

Lot No. 6, standing on Blocks XVI., Tutamoe, and IV., Kaihu Survey Districts, consisting of 325 green kauri-trees, containing 1,251,411 superficial feet; and 117 dry kauri-trees, containing 299,208 superficial feet: total, 442 kauri-trees, containing about 1,550,619 superficial feet.

Lot No. 7, standing on Blocks III. and IV., Kaihu Survey District, consisting of 550 green kauri-trees, containing 2,149,972 superficial feet; and 892 dry kauri-trees, containing 2,994,946 superficial feet: total, 1,442 kauri-trees, containing about 5,144,918 superficial feet.

Whangarei County.—Pukipuhi State Forest Reserve.

Lot No. 3, standing on Blocks III. and VII., Hukerenui Survey District, consisting of 1,343 green and dry kauri-trees, containing about 3,168,000 superficial feet.

Lot No. 4, standing on Block III., Hukerenui Survey District, consisting of 1,297 green and dry kauri-trees, containing about 2,482,300 superficial feet.

Lot No. 5A, standing on Blocks III. and IV., Hukerenui Survey District, consisting of 340 green and dry kauri-trees, containing about 1,171,900 superficial feet.

Lot No. 6, standing on Blocks IV., VII., and VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, consisting of 174 green and dry kauri-trees, containing about 322,700 superficial feet.

Hobson County.—Tangihua Forest Reserve.

Lot No. 4, standing on part Blocks I. and VII., Tangihua Survey District, consisting of 406 green kauri-trees, containing 1,322,834 superficial feet; and 13 dry kauri-trees, containing 39,428 superficial feet: total, 419 trees, containing about 1,362,262 superficial feet.

Lot No. 5, standing on parts Blocks I., III., and VII., Tangihua Survey District, consisting of 313 green kauri-trees, containing 904,385 superficial feet; and 14 dry kauri-trees, containing 18,670 superficial feet: total, 327 trees, containing about 923,055 superficial feet.

Lot No. 6, standing on Block I., Tangihua Survey District, consisting of 354 green kauri-trees, containing about 1,064,723 superficial feet.

Lot No. 8, standing part on Blocks I. and VII., Tangihua Survey District, and XII., Maungaru Survey District, consisting of 91 green kauri-trees, containing about 242,375 superficial feet.

Hokianga County.—Omahuta State Forest Reserve.

Lot No. 2, standing on part of Blocks XI., XII., XV., and XVI., Maungataniwha Survey District, consisting of 1,116 green kauri-trees, containing about 4,527,000 superficial feet.

Tenders are to be addressed “Gerhard Mueller, Esq., Commissioner of Crown Lands, District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland,” and are to be marked outside “Kauri Timber, Lot No. , Forest Reserve,” and must be accompanied by the prescribed deposit in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order. All tenders shall be subject to the following regulations and conditions, and also to the general regulations of the 15th January, 1900, or the 12th March, 1900.

REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Applicants tendering for the purchase of kauri timber shall forward to the Conservator of State Forests or Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, a tender on the form hereto annexed, stating the price at which they are prepared to purchase the timber specified in their tenders, at per 100 superficial feet, and giving the following particulars:—

(a.) The quantity of timber, whether standing or in logs, already owned, in possession of, or secured by the tenderer, and whether situated on freehold land, leasehold land, Native land, or Crown land.