APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

Reserve in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at 11 o'clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Weighted with £90 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 83 chains of fencing, £34 5s., and 28¼ acres in grass, £56 10s.

Low-lying level country, at present subject to flood from an overflow of the Mangaatua Stream. Soil, alluvial deposit, on clay formation. Situated one mile from Woodville by a good metalled dray-road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. Valuation for improvements to an amount not exceeding £90 will be allowed on the expiry of the lease, or if it is forfeited or terminated. The provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” respecting valuation for improvements and payment or other disposal thereof shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to the improvements made by the lessee.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The lease shall be for the term of twenty-one years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Auckland Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of Part V of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EAST TAUPŌ AND HAWKE’S BAY COUNTIES.—MARUANUI* AND TAHARUA† SURVEY DISTRICTS.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £1,927 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of felling, grassing, two houses, two orchards, fencing, drains, sheep-yards, and bridges.

Altitude, from 2,000 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 4,500 acres covered with thick forest, principally tawa (red-birch), with a thick undergrowth of konini, punga, petipeti, whauwhau, &c.; balance open land. Soil is of a sandy and pumice nature, on pumice formation; very well watered by the Mohaka and Taharua Rivers. Access is from the Rangitaiki Accommodation-house, which is about nine miles distant by the Taupo-Napier Road—seven miles good dray-road, remainder good horse-track.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Timber in Auckland Land District by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and the amendments and regulations thereof, that written tenders will be received at this office from the proprietors of existing sawmills, and logging contractors, up till 12 o’clock noon on Monday, the 8th day of April, 1907, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling timbers standing and lying on the undermentioned lots:—

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Lot 1.
Crown Land, Part Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District.
91 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 150,982 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Time for removal: One year.

Lot 2.
Section 28, Block XI, and Section 23, Block XII, Opua-whanga Survey District.
72 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 180,533 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
115 green and dry totara-trees, containing approximately 81,733 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing-brand thus: Λ
Time for removal: One year.

Lot 3.
Part of State Forest Reserve adjoining Section 3, Block I, Whangarei Survey District.
40 totara-trees, containing approximately 29,122 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Time for removal: Six months.

THAMES COUNTY.

Lot 4.
Pastoral Run No. 12, Block XIII, Thames Survey District.
18 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 63,457 sup. ft (standing measurement).
23 rimu-trees, containing approximately 43,155 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
3 totara-trees, containing approximately 1,806 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing-brand thus: ||
Time for removal: One year.

THAMES AND COROMANDEL COUNTIES.

Lot 5.
Parts of Blocks IV and VII, Whitianga Survey District.
36 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 77,092 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
246 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 326,874 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
41 kauri-logs, containing approximately 13,986 sup. ft.
Distinguishing-brand thus: ||
Time for removal: One year.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Lot 6.
Section 5, Block I, Kaihu Survey District.
96 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 188,820 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
10 totara-trees, containing approximately 7,656 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Time for removal: One year.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to their tenders.

2. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kind as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for

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