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reason the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated hereon.
3. No tender will be considered wherein a less royalty is offered than 1s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet for kauri or totara; other timbers not less than minimum schedule rates of royalty in terms of the Timber Regulations.
4. In all lots the quantities stated are standing measurements.
5. Offers from the successful tenderers of each lot will be considered for the purchase of the faulty and undersized trees standing on same.
6. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
7. All tenders must be submitted on forms which will be supplied on application to the above office, and to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, and envelopes marked “Tender for Timber.”

TERMS.

Separate tenders for the various lots of timber must be accompanied with a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order; balance to be paid, if tender accepted, as specified in the terms of each lot.

All such instalment payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of acceptance of tender, and, with the interest, shall be secured by promissory notes payable on demand, and made and indorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands and
Conservator of State Forests.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 15th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 26th day of February, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT—WAIMATE COUNTY.
Class I.

Run No. 64, part of Hakatarama Station: Area, 11,000 acres. Upset annual rental, £250.

Locality and Description of Run.

This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains, and extends about eleven miles and a half in a southerly direction from the Hakatarama Pass, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,600 ft. above sea-level. The lower spurs of the range are easy and sloping, and are mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty miles and a half of boundary and subdivision fencing, and cob hut with iron roof. Included in this length of fencing are about three miles of Government rabbit-fence on the southern boundary, that are not to be paid for by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £630.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale under Section 11 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th December, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” to the holder of adjacent lands on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 19th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—NGARURORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on the eastern slopes of the Ruahine Range, distant thirty-two miles by road from Town of Hastings. The soil is of a light description, overlying gravel. The country is rugged and broken. With the exception of about 2,000 acres in native grass, meadow fescue, and a few patches of cockfoot, the land is covered with indigenous scrub and tussock, with stunted black-birch timber in the gullies. The altitude varies from 1,200 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

Weighted with value of improvements (not exceeding £240), to be appraised.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.—KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Comprises about 10 acres swamp, balance undulating land covered with fern and tea-tree. Soil of a stiff clayey nature, on papa formation. Distant three miles from Kawhia Township by formed road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st July, 1907, without right of renewal.
2. A half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee shall be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Substantial improvements of a permanent character shall be effected on the land as follows: Within one year from the date of lease, equal to the value of £10; within two years from date of lease, equal to £20; within six years from date of lease, a total value of at least £90.
4. The lease shall be signed within thirty days from the date of notice that it is ready for execution, and in default thereof the moneys paid at the auction shall be absolutely forfeited, and the sale of the lease to be null and void.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds and plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date same ought to be fulfilled.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.