MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1713

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The settlement is distant about two miles and a half from Waihao Downs Railway-station, eleven miles from Waimate, and fifteen miles from Studholme Junction on the Christchurch-Dunedin Main Trunk Railway.

The property embraces a large portion of the Waihao Downs Estate, containing hilly, undulating, and level land, well drained by pipe drains down nearly every watercourse.

The altitude is from 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. With the exception of a small portion of Sections 1, 2, and 5, and the eastern half of Section 18, the whole estate is ploughable, of first-class quality, and eminently suitable for growing wheat, oats, and turnips, &c.

The farms are watered by the Waihao River, the Serpentine Creek, and by spring waters conveyed by pipe drains to numerous drinking-troughs distributed throughout the estate.

The property is approached by good roads from Waihao Downs and Waimate, and the construction of new roads giving access to sections will be undertaken in due course.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The following special conditions will be embodied in the leases of all sections within the settlement :-

Railway Extension.—The Crown reserves the right to resume at any time the land required for railway-extension purposes through this settlement. On such resumption the lessee will be entitled to a reduction of rent equal to a sum obtained by multiplying the area taken by the average rent per acre paid for the whole section; also to compensation for any improvements he may have effected on the land so resumed.

Water-supply.—The lessee shall not divert or obstruct the water supplying the troughs without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. He shall, moreover, maintain and keep the troughs and pipes in such good order that the overflow from the troughs shall return to the pipes below them, and so continue to supply the troughs in the sections lower down.

The lease of Section 23 will be subject to a right of easement in favour of the lessee of the homestead Section 18 over a strip of land 10 links wide covering the pipe-line and surrounding the concrete tank of the homestead water-supply which passes through Section 23, in the position approximately shown on the plan; and the lessee of the homestead section, his agents or workmen, shall at all times have free and unrestricted rights of ingress, egress, and regress to and over such pipe-line and tank easement.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the sections, but which have to be paid for separately, are the buildings on Sections 7 and 18, as follow :-

Section 7.—Dwellinghouse of four rooms, built of wood, and roofed with iron, valued at £90; also draught-stable, including feed-rooms, implement-shed, and workshop, valued at £180: total value, £270. To be paid for in cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £10 10s. 8d. for a period of twenty-one years.

Section 18.—Dwellinghouse of nine rooms, with conveniences, built of wood, and roofed with iron, valued at £650; wash-house, £50; hack-stable, including loose-boxes, trap-shed, and cow-shed, £120; wool-shed, £270: total value, £1,090. To be paid for in cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £42 10s. 3d. for a period of twenty-one years.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections are as follows :-

Section 1.—186 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £53 18s.

Section 2.—247 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £104 5s.

Section 3.—182 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £72 10s.

Section 4.—182 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £75 5s.

Section 5.—130 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £52 5s.

Section 6.—207 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £63 5s.

Section 7.—117 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £43 15s.

Section 9.—4 chains of boundary fencing, £2.

Section 10.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 11.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 12.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 13.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 14.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 15.—15 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £7 10s.

Section 16.—5 chains of boundary fencing, £2 10s.

Section 17.—9 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £4 10s.

Section 18.—437 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £151 8s.; also sheep-pens and orchard, £30: total value, £181 8s.

Section 19.—206 chains of boundary fencing, £67 5s.

Section 21.—96 chains of boundary fencing, £38 10s.

Section 22.—127 chains of boundary fencing, £37.

Section 23.—157 chains of boundary fencing, £62 10s.

Section 24.—108 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £44 10s.

Section 25.—105 chains of boundary fencing, £36 15s.

Section 26.—102 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £41 10s.

Section 27.—146 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £75 10s.

Section 28.—53 chains of boundary fencing, £13 5s.

Section 29.—123 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £51.

Section 30.—84 chains of boundary fencing, £32 10s.

Section 31.—98 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £29 15s.

Section 32.—119 chains of boundary fencing, £39 10s.

Section 33.—64 chains of boundary fencing, £21.

Section 34.—68 chains of boundary fencing, £22 5s.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 15th May, 1911.

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 the District Lands Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills and logging contractors up till 12 o’clock noon on Monday, 26th June, 1911, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timbers standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Part Block XIV, Mangakahia Survey District.—Section 3, Pekapekarau State Forest.

2,062 GREEN and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 5,487,101 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

3,681 rimu-trees, containing approximately 2,576,570 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

864 totara-trees, containing approximately 972,864 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

3,989 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 6,447,292 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

463 matai-trees, containing approximately 416,211 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brands, thus: III and X

Time for removal: Six years.

Upset prices: Kauri 2s. 6d., rimu 7d., totara 1s. 6d., kahikatea 7d., and matai 1s. per 100 sup. ft.

Terms: One-fifth in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, one-fifth in nine months, one-fifth in eighteen months, one-fifth in twenty-seven months, and one-fifth in thirty-six months thereafter.

Defective and undersized trees not included in this sale.

Lot 2.

Part Block XIII and XIV, Mangakahia Survey District.—Section 4, Pekapekarau State Forest.

2,137 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 4,946,921 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

4,292 rimu-trees, containing approximately 3,120,136 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

656 totara-trees, containing approximately 544,806 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

3,842 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 5,584,829 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

319 matai-trees, containing approximately 182,625 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus: A.

Time for removal: Six years.

Upset prices: Kauri 2s. 6d., rimu 7d., totara 1s. 6d., kahikatea 7d., and matai 1s. per 100 sup. ft.