July 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1857

and verification at all times by the Crown Lands Ranger, or by any other officer appointed by the Land Board.

7. 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.

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

9. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or watercourse, or into any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

10. If no tender is received for the timber on the 6th August, 1906, the right to cut it at the upset bonus and royalties quoted in Schedule above will remain open for application until further notice.

11. The lot will be sold generally in accordance with the area and boundaries as shown on the sale map at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington.

12. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of the lot or in these conditions.

13. The attention of intending purchasers is directed particularly to Rules 8, 9, 18, 23, 24, 25, 28, 38, 40, and 49 of the Timber Regulations, copies of which may be had on application to the undersigned.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Brydone Township, Edendale Settlement, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th June, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 21st day of August, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTH LAND COUNTY.—BLOCK I, EDENDALE SETTLEMENT.—BRYDONE TOWNSHIP.

Level land, in English grass. Good post-and-wire fence on south boundaries of Sections 140E, 141E, 142E, and 143E; gorse fence along east boundaries of Sections 144E, 145E, 146E, and 147E; gorse fence along north and east boundaries of Section 148E; gorse fence along north boundary and temporary wire fence along west boundary of Section 149E; and temporary post-and-wire fence along west boundary of Section 150E. Situated immediately opposite Brydone Railway-station, and alongside of school and dairy factory.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Rotorua, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th May, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 3rd day of August, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF ROTORUA.

Town Lands.

Lot 1, Block LV, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £6 10s. Lot 2, 37 perches; upset annual rent, £5 10s.

Suburban Lands.

Subdivision of Section 22:—Lots 1, 2, and 3, each 1 rood; upset annual rent, £10. Lots 4 to 9, each 1 rood; upset annual rent, £7 per lot. Lot 10, 31·8 perches; upset annual rent, £10. Lot 11, 1 rood 14·6 perches; upset annual rent, £10. Lots 12, 13, 14, each 1 rood; upset annual rent, £10 per lot. Lots 15 to 23, each 1 rood; upset annual rent, £7 per lot. Lot 24, 1 rood 3 perches; upset annual rent, £10. Lot 25, 1 rood 26 perches; upset annual rent, £10.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland. The first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. No valuations for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition; and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

8. No wells to be sunk, or any excavations to be made, without the consent in writing of the local authority.

9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.

11. Leases will be liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the leases will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Sale under Section 115 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 28th May, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 115 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 31st day of August, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 4, Block XI, Matiri Survey District: Area, 450 acres.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.