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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 102

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of November, 1908.

• The figures given as the death-rate for Blenheim in the previous returns from 1902 onwards are incorrect, as the mortality for the country around the town was included in error. The town rates have been calculated again and the following are returned as correct. They are furnished by the Registrar after careful examination of the Registers: 1902, 7·71; 1903, 13·25; 1904, 8·23; 1905, 10·92; 1906, 10·72.
  † Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1908.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 14th December, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The State Forests Act, 1908,” and regulations thereunder, 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, 27th January, 1909, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timbers standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MANGONUI COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Sections 30, 40, 41, and 41a, Parish of Oruru (Education Reserves):

61 KAURI-TREES, containing (approximately) 240,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
205 totara-trees, containing (approximately) 175,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
505 puriri-trees, containing (approximately) 350,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Time for removal: Two years.
Upset price for kauri and totara: 1s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Half in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Lot 2.

Section 12, Block X, Waipoua Survey District.

130 green and scorched and 3 dry kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 396,713 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: Λ.
Upset price: 2s. per 100 sup. ft.
Time for removal: One year.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.

Lot 3.

Section S.W. 95, Parish of Kohumaru.

22 green kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 55,962 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: X.
Upset price: 2s. per 100 sup. ft.
Time for removal: Six months.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.
2 faulty and undersized kauri-trees, branded Λ F R, not included in this sale.

Lot 4.

Sections N.E. and S.W. 100, Parish of Kohumaru.

139 green and 5 dry kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 209,196 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: |.
Upset price: 2s. per 100 sup. ft.
Time for removal: Six months.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.
14 faulty and undersized kauri-trees, branded Λ F R, not included in this sale.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Lot 5.

Section 2, Block XI, Kaeo Survey District.

483 kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 564,111 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
675 totara-trees, containing (approximately) 605,735 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Time for removal: Two years.
Upset prices: Kauri, 2s. per 100 sup. ft.; totara, 1s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: One-third in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Lot 6.

Part Block XI, Purua Survey District (Kaitara Kauri-gum Reserve No. 2).

63 green and dry kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 130,018 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: V.
Upset price: 1s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Time for removal: One year.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.
5 defective kauri-trees, branded F R Λ, not included in this sale.