Nov. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3969

Section 2 : Half-value of 23½ chains of boundary-fencing, £8 16s. 3d.
Section 3 : Half-value of 23½ chains of boundary-fencing, £8 16s. 3d.
Section 4 : Half-value of 77½ chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 17 chains of subdivision-fencing, £41 16s. 3d.
Section 5 : Half-value of 66½ chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 16 chains of subdivision-fencing, £33 15s.
Section 6 : Half-value of 68 chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 33¾ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £30 10s. 6d.
Section 7 : Half-value of 90¼ chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 26½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £26 13s. 6d.
Section 8 : Half-value of 71½ chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 12¾ chains of boundary-fencing, £25 8s. 2d.
Section 9 : Half-value of 18 chains of boundary-fencing and whole value of 5¾ chains of boundary-fencing, £8 16s. 3d.
Section 10 : Whole value of 27½ chains of boundary-fencing, £20 12s. 6d.
Section 11 : Whole value of 6¼ chains of boundary-fencing, £2 7s.
Section 12 : Whole value of 6½ chains of boundary-fencing, £4 17s. 6d.
Section 13 : Whole value of 5½ chains of boundary-fencing and half-value of 5 chains of boundary-fencing, £5 7s. 6d.
Section 14 : Whole value of 7½ chains of boundary-fencing and half-value of 25 chains of boundary-fencing, £14 2s. 6d.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland Land District
open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 3rd October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st day of November, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held at this office at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 22nd day of November, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £30 6s., valuation for improvements, consisting of hut, shed, clearing, fencing, and ditching.

Flat bush land, from which large timber has been removed; soil light. Distance two miles from terminus of Otatara Tram line, and about nine miles from Invercargill.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated above are second-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill; and such leases shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life—namely, whether married or single; and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.

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5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.) and the value of the improvements, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.

6. All rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the first days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.

7. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act. The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The provisions of section 159, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

8. No lessee shall divide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

9. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than 65 acres, and such area shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.

10. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Milling-timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 23rd September, 1910.

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, 23rd November, 1910, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timber standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MONGONUI COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Part Blocks VIII, Ahipara, XIII, Takahue, and VII, Whangape Survey Districts.

(State Forest and National Endowment.)

2,216 GREEN and 10 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 3,988,341 sup. feet (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brands, thus: ∇ I, II, and III.

Time for removal : Three years.

Upset price : 2s. per 100 sup. feet.

Terms : One-fifth in cash within fourteen 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.

95 faulty trees, branded FR, not included in this sale.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Lot 2.

Part Blocks I and II, Omapere Survey District.—Lot 1, Puketi Forest.

(National Endowment.)

532 green kauri-trees, containing approximately 1,132,432 sup. feet (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus : I.

Time for removal : Two years.

Upset price : 2s. 6d. per 100 sup. feet.

Terms : One-third in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

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