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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 17th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, for a term of eight (8) years, at the District Lands Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 20th September, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.
Pastoral Run No. 15 (Jordan Accommodation-house), 296 Acres. Upset Annual Rental, £15.

THIS run is situated in the Awatere Valley, about twenty-one miles from Seddon, and consists of moderately sloping hillsides, with small portions of flat terraces near the Awatere River. Altitude, about 1,300 ft.

Ten acres of the flat has been cultivated, 70 acres cleared and sown in English grass, and there is a small orchard and garden; the balance is part tussock and part manuka scrub. Weighted with £610, valuation for improvements consisting of nine-roomed house built partly of rimu and partly cobb, dairy, scullery, stables, and sheds, two miles and a half of post-and-wire fencing, garden, orchard, and cultivations.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1912.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Milling-timber in Nelson District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 19th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Nelson, up till 12 o’clock noon on Friday, 8th September, 1911, for the purchase of the undermentioned timber.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Sections Part 17, 21, 22, and Part 23, and Lands adjoining, Block VI, Aorere Survey District, Area approximately 300 Acres.

300 ACRES estimated to cut 12,500 superficial feet per acre of mixed timber, consisting of rimu, kahikatea, silver-pine, and birch, at a royalty of 6d. per 100 superficial feet.
Minimum price: 3,750,000 superficial feet at 6d. per 100 superficial feet = £937 10s.

An area containing approximately 250 acres, situated in Blocks VI and X, Aorere Survey District, situate to the south of Sections 21 and 22, Block VI, Aorere Survey District.

250 acres estimated to cut 12,500 superficial feet per acre of mixed timber, consisting of rimu, kahikatea, silver-pine, and birch, at a royalty of 6d. per 100 superficial feet.
Minimum price: 3,125,000 superficial feet at 6d per 100 superficial feet = £781 5s.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the timber regulations made thereunder, and the following conditions:—
   (a.) The tender must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. of the amount of such tender, together with £1 1s. license fee.
   (b.) The successful tenderer shall pay the purchase-money by six instalments—10 per cent. of the amount of tender on the acceptance of his tender, 10 per cent. of the amount of tender at the expiration of twelve months, 10 per cent. of the amount of tender at the expiration of eighteen months, 15 per cent. of the amount of tender at the expiration of two years, 25 per cent. of the amount of tender at the expiration of three years, 30 per cent. of the amount of tender at the expiration of four years.

2. The purchaser of the timber referred to herein shall have the right to cut it during a period of four years from the date of acceptance of tender.

3. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any river, stream, or water-course, or into any place where it may be washed into a stream, river, or watercourse, any sawdust or any refuse.

4. If no tender is received for the timber, the right to cut it at the minimum price quoted in the Schedule above will remain open for application until further notice.

5. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect to the lot or in these conditions.

6. The attention of intending purchasers is directed particularly to clauses 9, 17, 18, 22, and 27 of “The Timber Regulations,” copies of which may be obtained on application to the undersigned.

Tenders should be sealed, and marked on the outside “Tenders for milling-timber.”

ROBT T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 6th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1911, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—HERINGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on main Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, about seventeen miles from Havelock. This section adjoins the dairy factory, is flat, and affords a good site for a store-keeper or blacksmith.

Terms of Sale.

The land is offered subject to the right to use the tram-line at present existing upon it for the period of five years from date of sale..

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District to be disposed of under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 1st May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Sections 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D, Block II, Whareorino Survey District, containing 15 acres 2 roods 16 perches, will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Monday, the 7th day of August, 1911.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 98, Block VI, Wairarapa Survey District, Wellington Land District, will be disposed of in two portions, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 25th day of October, 1911.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.