Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3799

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office and the Public Hall, Morrinsville, on Monday, the 19th day of February, 1912, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the Public Hall, Morrinsville, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 22nd day of February, 1912.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more than one applicant will be held at the conclusion of the examination.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OHINEMURI COUNTY.—WAITOA SURVEY DISTRICT.—PART OF HAURAKI PLAINS.

First-class Land.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The sections for selection lie between the Piako and Wai-toa Rivers, and consist of partly drained swamp lands and high, dry, flat ridges. The access is from Waitoa Railway-station by No. 1 Road, distant six miles and three-quarters by formed cart-road, the last mile of which is about to be re-formed. Access is also obtained from Waitoa Station by No. 7 Road, distant seven miles and three-quarters, of which one mile has yet to be formed. The distance from Morrinsville Railway-station by formed cart-road is some eleven miles and a half to the permanent bridge-site over the Piako River. A temporary bridge is now in position, but a permanent bridge will ere long be erected in its place.

There is also a temporary foot-bridge across the Piako River near the western end of Whakahoro Road, but this is merely a service bridge for convenience of workmen, and will later on be removed.

The land consists of good, dry, loamy soil ridges, hard swamp, and peaty swamp of varying depth, resting upon a pumice formation. The land adjacent to Piako River is generally high, and is, with a few exceptions, well above high-flood conditions, and is covered with heavy manuka, cabbage-trees, flax, light bush, fern, and light manuka.

The sections fronting West Road run from hard swamp country covered with flax, cabbage-trees, &c., to deep and shallow peat covered with wiwi, &c., with some loamy, dry, flat ridges in places. Sections fronting Whakahoro Road embrace land running from dry, loamy, flat ridges, hard swamp in flax, to shallow and deeper peat swamp in wiwi and flax, with a good amount of rough feed and grass on same. The sections between the North and Paeroa-Tahuna Roads and east of the West Road are generally of a peaty nature.

The land is of generally good quality throughout, especially where the loamy ridges and hard swamp bottoms obtain. The general elevation of sections is about from 35 ft. to 60 ft. above sea-level. All necessary main drains and roads to sections have either been formed or are in course of construction, and the same applies to the necessary culverts and bridges. All main drains are upon roads, and the only subdivisional drain is that between Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9, Block X, Waitoa Survey District. The sections are not permanently watered, with the exception of those adjacent to the Piako and Waitoa Rivers, but selectors of these sections should note that there is a reservation along the banks of both of these rivers. The Department is prepared to sink artesian bores at cost price where required by settlers, upon satisfactory arrangements being made for payment thereof.

The land for selection consists in some localities of old buried forest country, and timber for fencing is available on some sections.

H. M. SKEET,
Acting Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills and logging contractors, up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 3rd January, 1912, for the purchase of the kauri timber standing on the undermentioned lot.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Section 12, Block XIV, Russell Survey District.

(National Endowment.)

373 KAURI-TREES, containing approximately 564,550 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus : 11.

Time for removal : One year.

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

Terms : Half in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.

7 defective trees, branded F R∧, 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 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 considered wherein a less royalty is offered than the upset price as stated.

4. All timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.

5. An offer from the successful tenderer will be considered for the purchase of the defective timber mentioned herein.

6. The quantity stated is standing measurement, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brand shown are included in this sale.

7. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.

8. In the event of the above lot 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 price stated herein.

9. No extension of time for removal of timber will be allowed the successful tenderer who bleeds, or permits 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.