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the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful tenderer be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated hereon or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if for any 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 sup. ft. for kauri or totara; other timbers not less than minimum schedule rates of royalty in terms of the Timber Regulations.

4. In all lots, with the exception of the above-mentioned logs, the quantities stated are standing measurements.

5. In the event of any of the above lots not being disposed of, consideration will be given to applications made at any time within six months from the above date of closing of tenders, providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated hereon.

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, within seven days after notification of acceptance.

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

Pastoral Run in Westland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 25th February, 1907.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with a penalty of 10 per cent. for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Langdale Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of March, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—CASTLEPOINT AND MASTERTON COUNTIES.—LANGDALE SETTLEMENT.—TOWN OF LANGDALE.

Situated in the Township of Langdale, in the south-west corner of the Langdale Settlement, about twenty-six miles from Masterton by the Masterton-Blairlogie coach-road. Tinui, five miles distant, is the nearest township, and has churches, hotel, school, stores, post and telegraph office, &c.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office and at the Courthouse, Naseby, on Tuesday, the 9th day of April, 1907, under the provisions of Part V of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—BLACKSTONE, CLUDEN, ST. BATHAN’S, LAUDER, TURNAGAIN, AND IDABURN SURVEY DISTRICTS.—MANIOTOTO, VINCENT, AND WAITAKI COUNTIES.

Subdivisions of Blackstone Hill, Lauder, and Home Hill Stations.

First-class Pastoral Country.

| 224A | 3,405 | 0 8·06 | 88 11 3 | 1,181 18 0 |
| 227 | 10,040| 0 1½ | 32 7 6 | 180 19 6 |
| 226A | 7,770 | 0 2 | 98 13 11| 1,399 14 0 |
| 226B | 16,600| 0 2·85 | 78 18 4 | 208 5 6 |
| 226C | 9,470 | 0 4 | 49 9 6 | 59 8 0 |
| 227A | 13,570| 0 1·75 | 64 11 8 | 129 8 0 |
| 227B | 15,500| 0 2 | 54 16 0 | 217 8 6 |
| 227C | 15,030| 0 1·75 | 72 6 10| 407 6 6 |
| 227D | 13,890| 0 2½ | | |

Second-class Pastoral Country.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 22nd February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining lands, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area, containing by admeasurement 13 acres, more or less, in Block X, Motupiko Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a line being the continuation in an easterly direction of the northern boundary-line of an area of 1,020 acres held by W. A. Mead on lease in perpetuity; towards the east by the main road leading to Top House; towards the south by Section 1, Block X, Motupiko Survey District; and towards the west by the road fronting Motupiko River.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.