JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1813

Part Section 14, Block III, Tutamoe Survey District.
Lot 5.
32 green and 11 dry kauri-trees (felled), containing approximately 68,479 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: |.
Time for removal: One year.
Upset price: 1s. 9d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.

Crown Land, Part Block III, Tutamoe Survey District.
Lot 6.
105 kauri-trees, containing approximately 355,159 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: X.
Time for removal: One year.
Upset price: 2s. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.

Section 13, Block III, Tutamoe Survey District (Education Reserve).
Lot 7.
205 green and 51 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 549,963 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand thus: |.
Time for removal: One year.
Upset price: 1s. 3d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Half in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.
About 500 dry kauri rickers (unbranded) not included in this sale.

Part Crown Land adjoining Section 2, Block XI, Tutamoe Survey District (“Papakauri”), and Part River-bank Reserve adjoining Section 12, Block XI, Tutamoe Survey District.
Lot 8.
999 green and 18 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 2,731,086 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brands thus: | and X.
Time for removal: Two years.
Upset price: 2s. 3d. 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.

40 faulty and undersized trees, branded FR, not included in this sale.

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.

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 in 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 based on standing measurements.

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.

Plans, with full particulars of sale, may be had on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 9th May, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, at noon on Thursday, the 30th day of June, 1910, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUNDS COUNTY.—WAKAMARINA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £213 15s., valuation for about 95 acres felling, clearing, and grassing.

Rising in altitude to about 1,600 ft. About 95 acres cleared and sown; remainder is fairly heavy bush, chiefly birch; soil is inferior to fair, stony in parts. Access from Nydia Bay by formed road one mile and a half, and then by unformed road a quarter of a mile.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Auckland Land District open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for license under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands in Hauraki Mining District, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

1,280 acres (unsurveyed), Block II, Colville Survey District.
466 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Block II, Moehau Survey District.

Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with conditional right of renewal.

The minimum area that can be selected is 25 acres. On approval of applications survey fees will require to be deposited in accordance with the scale of fees for the survey of Crown lands. Survey fee is credited to the lessee as rent paid in advance.

All applications are subject to the approval of the Land Board, and applicants who are landless within the meaning of the Land Act shall have preference in the ballot.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,