SEPT. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2253

years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th day of September, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—MARAEKA-KAHO SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARGYLL SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

All open grazing country, varying in altitude from 800 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Good open ridges, which could be improved by ploughing; a portion has already been ploughed. Soil light, on gravel and papa shale formation. Fairly well watered by springs, which could be opened up and improved. The improvements, which are included in the price of the section, are—half-value of 372 chains of boundary-fencing, £74 8s.; and 75 chains of subdivisional fencing, £26 5s.: total value, £100 13s. Situated eight miles from Pukehou Railway-station.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Milling-timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove the timber on the undermentioned three allotments of Crown lands, at the royalties stated below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Thursday, the 21st September, 1905, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Lot No. 1.

Sections 19, 20, Block IV., and 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, Block VIII., Hautapu District: Area, 525 acres 1 rood 20 perches.

Approximate value at royalties stated, £4,254.
Upset bonus for privilege of cutting, £50.

Lot No. 2.

Sections 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, Block IV., Hautapu District: Area, 940 acres.

Approximate value at royalties stated, £8,490.
Upset bonus for privilege of cutting, £75.

Lot No. 3.

Sections 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, Block IV., Hautapu District; 2, 3, Block I., Ruahine District: Area, 2,329 acres 2 roods.

Approximate value at royalties stated, £10,890.
Upset bonus for privilege of cutting, £100.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber on each lot will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” the Timber Regulations made thereunder, and the following conditions:—

2. The quantities of the various timbers set forth in the above Schedule are approximate only, and are furnished for the general information of intending purchasers, who are expected, previous to the sale, to make their own estimate of the quantity of the timber on each lot.

3. One person shall not purchase the right to cut and remove the timber in more than one lot.

4. The successful bidder shall purchase the whole of the timber in each lot, and shall, on the fall of the hammer, pay in cash the sum bid for the privilege of cutting, together with a license fee of £1 1s.; and shall also deposit six approved promissory notes payable on demand, each promissory note to be for one-sixth of the above-quoted value of the timber purchased by him. The said promissory notes shall be cancelled and returned from time to time as the value of the timber represented by them has been cut out and paid for by royalty; or should any breach of the conditions occur, such as an undue delay in the payment of the instalments of royalty as they become due from time to time, or for any other breach of the conditions, the Land Board shall have the right to present one or more of the uncancelled promissory notes as it shall think fit.

5. The purchaser of each lot shall have the right to cut all timber thereon during a period of six years from the date of sale, and it shall be a condition that his mill shall be in working-order within one year from date of sale; and such mill shall thereafter be kept continuously working at such a rate of speed as shall insure an output of not less than 1,000,000 superficial feet per year.

6. The license shall be only for the cutting and removal of the timber, and shall give no right to the use of the land.

7. Royalties at the rates quoted in the above Schedule shall be paid quarterly on the output of the mill as disclosed by the mill-books. All books used in connection with the mill and working of the bush shall be subject to inspection and verification at all times by the Crown Lands Ranger, or by any other officer appointed by the Land Board.

8. The licensee shall enter in a delivery-book, to be supplied by the Department, each class, sort, and quantity of timber despatched either from the mill or from the yard. Each page of said delivery-book shall be numbered consecutively, and shall consist of not less than three dockets bearing the same number, one of which shall be posted every fortnight to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington. All timber, including face-cuts, sold for cash or exchanged for other commodities shall be entered in the same delivery-book.

9. No totara or matai shall be used in the erection of the mill or other buildings connected with its working, nor in the construction of tramways, bridges, culverts, skids, landings, &c., without permission in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Separate accounts shall be kept of the timber used in the erection and construction of said buildings and tramways, &c.; and in the event of the licensee disposing of any totara or matai used in any of the above works, or should he sell or otherwise dispose of any of the buildings during or at the end of his license, he shall at once pay the stated royalty on the timber contained therein.

10. The licensee shall keep accounts of all sleepers, posts, battens, house-blocks, shingles, &c., split from logs or butt ends, also of each class and quantity of timber remaining in mill-yard at the expiration or sooner determination of his license, upon all of which the stated royalties shall be paid.

11. The timber in each lot shall be cut in a fair, and the Land Board shall have the power to demand a more systematic and better cleaning-up of the bush, if deemed necessary.