2684
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

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 watercourse, 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.

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.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 7th August, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash, at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 15th September, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WALLACETOWN.

Suburban Land.

Situated about eight miles from Invercargill. With the exception of Block XXII, the land is inclined to be low-lying and wet.

TERMS 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 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.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 23rd August, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 27th day of October, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 539 (Class B), Lords River District, Stewart Island County: Area, 450 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £3.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Description.

The land is covered with scrub and stunted bush, and is almost surrounded by water, therefore very little fencing required. Situated at Port Adventure, about eighteen miles by sea from Half-moon Bay.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

IN THE NATIVE APPELLATE COURT
OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of an appeal by Arapata te Kuru and others from the decision of the Native Land Court, dated the 13th day of May, 1911, granting probate of the will of Hinerapa Ihipera te Kuru, deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that, with leave of a Judge, the above appeal has been withdrawn by the appellants.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of August, 1911.

E. A. WELCH,
Registrar.