JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

10. The lessee shall not transfer or sublet except with the approval of the Land Board.

11. In the event of the above lease not being disposed of, consideration will be given to applications made at any time within six months from date of submitting to auction (unless previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated hereon, except by a special resolution of the Land Board, which shall be duly advertised.

12. All rights reserved by the Crown in these conditions are to be without payment for compensation whatsoever. Should any dispute arise as to the meaning of these conditions the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final. A lease will be issued in due course to the successful bidder, subject to the foregoing conditions.

13. The lease may also contain such additional conditions as the Commissioner in his discretion considers necessary in the interests of the Crown and the public.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained on application.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land Office,
Nelson, 24th June, 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 holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 25th day of September, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

All that area, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 4 perches, being Section 32, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section 118 of the said Block VII, towards the east by a public road, towards the south-west by the Westport–Inangahua Railway line, and towards the west by the said Section 118.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of August, 1907, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORMANDALE SETTLEMENT.

Ordinary Farms.

These sections have a frontage to the Belmont Road, which is formed and metalled for dray traffic. Access is from the Lower Hutt Railway-station, which is from one mile to two miles distant by good metalled dray-road. The sections comprise hilly land, felled and grassed, falling away from the Belmont Road to the back. The soil is of fair quality, on rotten-rock formation. There are patches of gorse scrub, fern, &c., scattered over the sections, which are indifferently watered by small streams.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and its amendments and regulations, 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 Wednesday, the 7th day of August, 1907, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timber standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.

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

Lot 8.

1,608 green and 8 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 4,582,167 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

134 totara-trees, containing approximately 89,026 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

772 rimu-trees, containing approximately 948,790 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

71 kanikatea-trees, containing approximately 136,582 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

3 matai-trees, containing approximately 6,874 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: |||.

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.

Lot 10.

180 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 686,129 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

25 totara-trees, containing approximately 16,600 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

257 rimu-trees, containing approximately 286,762 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

60 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 120,389 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: L.

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 13.

984 kauri-trees, containing approximately 2,410,433 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

50 totara-trees, containing approximately 28,632 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

332 rimu-trees, containing approximately 311,866 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing-brand thus: //.

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.

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 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.