4312

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 109

Time for removal: Three years.
Upset prices: Rimu, matai, and miro, 1s.; totara, 1s. 6d.; and kahikatea 6d., per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: One-fifth in cash within fourteen days after date of 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.
Faulty and undersized trees, branded F.R. not included in this sale—viz., 187 rimu, 12 totara, 5 kahikatea, 86 matai, and 6 miro, also tawa timber (unbranded).

ROTORUA COUNTY.

Lot 3.

Section 3, Block IX, Rotorua Survey District (National Endowment).

1,135 rimu-trees, containing approximately 1,656,093 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
5 totara-trees, containing approximately 2,384 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
54 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 98,710 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
34 matai-trees, containing approximately 26,412 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
134 miro-trees, containing approximately 86,294 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
14 tanekaha-trees, containing approximately 11,911 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand, thus: I.
Time for removal: Two years.
Upset prices: Rimu, matai, miro, and tanekaha, 1s.; totara, 1s. 6d.; and kahikatea 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.
Faulty and undersized trees, branded F.R. not included in this sale—viz., 39 rimu, 5 totara, 2 kahikatea, 5 matai, 9 miro, and 2 tanekaha.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to their tender.
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 herein, 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 herein.
3. No tender will be considered wherein a less royalty is offered than the upset prices as stated in terms of each lot.
4. All timber on each lot, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.
5. Offers from the successful tenderers will be considered for the purchase of the undersized and defective timber mentioned herein.
6. In all lots the quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brand shown in each lot are included in this sale, and special attention is drawn to the fact that timber branded V or other brand, and standing on the Land Board Timber Area adjoining Lot 1, is absolutely excluded from the sale, and every care must be taken that no timber-cutting takes place over the lines of such area.
7. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
8. In the event of any of the above lots not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of closing of tenders (unless previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated herein.
9. No extension of time for removal of timber will be allowed successful tenderers who bleed, or permit bleeding of, kauri-trees included in this sale, unless full payment of purchase-money is first made.
10. All tenders must be submitted on forms which will be supplied on application to the above office, and envelopes enclosing same to be marked "Tender for Timber," and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.
11. In lots where terms of payment may have been arranged, any breach of the foregoing conditions of sale will render the "on demand" promissory notes liable to be presented for immediate payment.
12. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

TERMS.

Separate tenders for the various lots of timber must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order; the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, as specified in the terms of each lot, together with the timber-cutting license fee of £1 1s.
All such instalment payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of acceptance of tender, and, with the interest added, shall be secured by "on demand" promissory notes made and indorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 20th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 243D, Waitaki County (Class A): Area, 15,500 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £250; valuation for improvements, £669 10s.
Run 243E, Waitaki County (Class A): Area, 31,800 acres; term twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £600; valuation for improvements, £907 19s.
The purchaser of Run 243E will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 3, Block II, Otamatakau District. Area, 30 acres; annual rental, £9; valuation for buildings, £800. The buildings may be paid for in cash or by half-yearly instalments of £31 4s., extending over the period of twenty-one years. Possession will be given on 1st March, 1911.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Run 243D.—Situated about eleven miles and a half from Kurow Railway-station. Good tussock hills, with bare faces towards the main road. Dark, steep faces into Otematata River. Good pasture on river-bed. Steep and broken in parts. Well watered by Parson’s Rock Creek and Waitaki River. There is a small quantity of water in Rugged Ridges Creek. The run has a good homestead-site. Altitude, 820 ft. to 4,700 ft. The improvements consist of half fencing on north-east boundary with Run 243C, 118 chains, at 8s. per chain, £47 4s.; half fencing on part south boundary with Run 243C, 66 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £21 9s.; half fencing on part of south boundary with Run 243C, 28 chains, at 5s. per chain, £7; half fencing on west boundary with 243B, 168 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £54 14s.; half fencing on north-west boundary with Run 243E, 135 chains, at 10s. per chain, £67 10s.; fencing on south side of main road, 135 chains, at 9s. per chain, £60 15s.; fencing on north side of main road, 40 chains, at 13s. per chain, £26; fencing on north side of main road, 66 chains, at 9s. per chain, £29 14s.; fencing on north side of main road, 77 chains, at 7s. per chain, £26 19s.; subdivisional fencing down Parson’s Rock Creek, 110 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £35 15s.; subdivisional fencing from near Trig. J to Section 2, 254 chains, at 8s. per chain, £101 12s.; subdivisional fencing into Parson’s Rock Creek, 52 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £16 18s.; subdivisional fencing to opposite corner of Section 2A, 142 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, £53 5s.; subdivisional fencing west of Section 2, 16 chains, at 4s. per chain, £3 4s.; subdivisional fencing east of Section 2, 20 chains, at 9s. per chain, £9; subdivisional fencing west of Sections 1 and 4, 17 chains at 5s. per chain, and 18 chains at 7s. per chain, £10 11s.; subdivisional fencing east of Sections 1 and 4, 48 chains at 6s. 6d. per chain, and 26 chains at 5s. per chain, £22 2s.; sheep-yards at Harrison’s Spur, £6; shearers’ accommodation-house, £50; stone-yards, £20. Total valuation, £669 10s.
Run 243E: Situated about sixteen miles from Kurow Railway-station. This run is divided into two parts by the