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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Sale of Timber in Auckland Land District by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 7th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and amendments thereof, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills, and logging contractors, up till 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, the 21st day of February, 1907, for the purchase of the undermentioned kauri and other milling timber standing on—

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Part Blocks XI, XII, XV, and XVI, Maungataniwha Survey District (Omahuta State Forest).

Lot 2.

1,228 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 3,797,296 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

59 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 164,032 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

94 totara-trees, containing approximately 112,462 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

2,067 rimu-trees, containing approximately 2,004,499 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

833 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 1,466,903 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: X.

Time for removal: Four years.

Terms: One-fifth in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, one-fifth in nine months, one-fifth in eighteen months, one-fifth in twenty-seven months, and one-fifth in thirty-six months thereafter.

Faulty and undersized trees standing on the above blocks not included in sale, and branded FR—viz., 50 kauri, 20 totara, 150 rimu, and 40 kahikatea trees.

Lot 6.

52 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 139,060 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

59 rimu-trees, containing approximately 61,245 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

47 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 67,619 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: VI.

Time for removal: One year.

Terms: Cash within seven days after acceptance of tender.

Lot 7.

371 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 612,082 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

10 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 11,046 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

30 totara-trees, containing approximately 20,858 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

41 rimu-trees, containing approximately 59,012 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

14 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 22,627 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: I.

Time for removal: One year.

Terms: Half in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.

Lot 9.

1,139 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 2,555,363 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

79 totara-trees, containing approximately 43,538 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

443 rimu-trees, containing approximately 371,036 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

45 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 82,653 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

9 matai-trees, containing approximately 9,796 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: Z.

Time for removal: Three years.

Terms: One-fifth in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one months, and one-fifth in twenty-eight months thereafter.

Crown Lands adjoining Section 4, Parts of Block XIII, Omapere Survey District, and Block I, Punakitere Survey District.

276 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 488,168 sup. ft. (standing measurement.)

Distinguishing-brand thus: II.

Time for removal: Eighteen months.

Terms: Cash within seven days after acceptance of tender.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Part of Blocks III and VII, Tangihua Survey District, and Part of Blocks VIII and XII, Maungaru Survey District (Tangihua State Forest).

Lot 5.

313 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 904,385 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

14 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 18,670 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Time for removal: One year.

Terms: Half in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.

Lot 6.

354 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 1,064,723 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Time for removal: Two years.

Terms: One-third in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

Lot 8.

91 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 242,375 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Time for removal: One year.

Terms: Cash within seven days after acceptance of tender.

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 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