1916
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF PICTON.

Description of Reserves.

Section 81 fronts unformed road. Hilly; under manuka.
Sections 84 to 87 front unformed road. In manuka and grass. Sloping; good aspect.
Section 132 fronts Waikawa Road and Harbour. Fairly good section; rather cut up by watercourses.
Section 302.—Sloping hillside; partly under grass. Fronts Wellington Street.
Section 304.—Sloping hillside; partly under grass; fairly good view. Fronts Wellington Street.
Parts of Sections 330, 331, 333, 334, 336, and 337, and Section 338.—Situated between Auckland Street and the Waitohi Stream. Fairly flat land, under grass.
Sections 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, and 1169.—Generally flat and undulating, covered with grass and scrub. Waitohi Stream runs through Sections 343 to 346. Fronts unformed parts of Auckland and Scotland Streets and roadway.
Section 616.—Frontage on formed part of Durham Street. All flat and in grass.
Sections 957 to 959, 965, 967, 969, 971, 973, 975, and 977.—Partly flat to undulating; cold aspect; in grass. Fronts on to good formed road (Wairau Road).
Sections 989, 991, 993, and 995.—Fronting on Wairau Road. Chiefly hilly; partly in grass.
Sections 997 and 999.—Rough, broken land, covered by fern and manuka.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
3. The leases shall be for the term of fourteen years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without consent.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
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 F
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: Λ.
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 3.
Part State Forest Reserve, Block XIII, Mangakahia Survey District.

12 green kauri-rickers, containing approximately 4,893 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
361 green and scorched rimu-trees, containing approximately, 242,572 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
327 green and scorched kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 463,624 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus: Λ.
Time for removal: One year.
Upset prices: Kauri 1s. per 100 sup. ft., rimu and kahikatea 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Half in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender and half in six months thereafter.
49 totara-trees, branded F.R., not included in this sale.

Lot 4.
Crown Land, Part Block IV, Kaihu Survey District.

8 kauri-trees, containing approximately 6,332 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
723 rimu-trees, containing approximately 525,987 sup. ft. (standing measurement).