Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3251

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Society’s Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1910.

THE Loyal Mokihinui Lodge, situated at Seddonville, District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 19th day of August, 1910.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Cheviot Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 11th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 5th day of October, 1910.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 6th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

There is a two-roomed cottage on the section, valued at £60, which is to be paid for either in cash or by instalments extending over a period of fourteen years. The total half-yearly payment will therefore be £7 0s. 8d.

This section, which comprises the site on which the Cheviot Dairy Factory formerly stood, is situated on Ward Road, about one mile and a half north-westward from the post-office in the Township of Mackenzie. The land is of good quality, flat and slightly undulating, with good soil on clay subsoil.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years.
2. Rental: 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent; also the rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January, 1911.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Including all other land already owned, held, or occupied under a tenure of more than one year’s duration, no person may apply for more than 5,000 acres; every acre of first-class land being reckoned as 7½ acres, and every acre of second-class land being reckoned as 2½ acres.
7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within one year, and to be continuous for ten years.
9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre.
10. A renewable lease is registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1908.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
13. Lessee has no right to minerals, without license; but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-making, or building purpose.
14. Lessee may pay up to 90 per cent. of capital value of allotment in sums of not less than £10; rent to be reduced proportionately. All moneys so paid shall be repayable to the owner of the lease when it is renewed or determined. No conditions, except residence and payment of rent, are enforced when amount so paid is not less than 33 per cent. of the capital value. Any money exceeding 33 per cent. of capital value is repayable to lessee on application.
15. In the event of the lease not being renewed the value of the improvements shall not constitute a debt due to the lessee by the Crown, but shall be paid by the incoming tenant or purchaser.
16. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
17. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar and other noxious plants.
18. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Land Board shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that it may deem necessary.
19. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the trimming of live fences and stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.
20. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.
21. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads is reserved. Payment to be made for surface damage only.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at this office up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 7th September, 1910, for the purchase of the undermentioned kauri timber.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.
Part Block IX, Hukerenui Survey District (Te Mata Kauri-gum Reserve).

21 KAURI trees and logs, containing (approximately) 75,618 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand thus: F
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Time for removal: Six months.
Upset price: 1s. per 100 sup. ft.

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 quantity, quality, 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 accepted wherein a less royalty is offered than the upset price as stated herein.
4. The quantity stated, with the exception of the logs, are standing measurements.
5. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
6. In the event of the timber not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from above date of closing of tenders