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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 upset 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 whatsoever 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.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Part of Clifton Domain, Taranaki Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 29th October, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned domain will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, at the District Lands Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 29th day of November, 1911, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—BLOCK VII, WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.—PART OF CLIFTON DOMAIN.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Lease fee, £1 1s., and half-year’s rent shall be paid upon the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on day of sale.

3. The lease shall be for the term specified, 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 paid half-yearly in advance.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee will not be allowed to fell, cut down, or destroy in any way any tree or shrub that may be upon the reserve, and he must prevent stock from trespassing on the portion of the reserve containing bush.

7. A substantial fence of four wires, and five posts to the chain, with two battens between the posts, shall be erected by the lessee within six months from date of lease so as to sufficiently protect the native bush, in such manner and of such material as may be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and before any stock is turned into clearing. The exact boundary to be fenced will be pointed out by an officer of the Survey Department.

8. The lessee will at all times during the said term keep in good repair and condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, all hedges, fences, and gates in, upon, and about the said land, and shall so yield them up at the expiration of the term.

9. 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.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should 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.

11. The public shall at all times have the free right of ingress and egress over the land comprised in the lease for bona fide recreation, but no person shall trespass with dog or firearms on the said land.

12. No buildings shall be erected on any portion of the domain.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

F

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th October, 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, 27th November, 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).

3,631 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 Blocks 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.

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 : A.

Time for removal : One year.

Upset prices : Kauri 1s., 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 FR, 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).

374 totara-trees, containing approximately 345,391 sup. ft. (standing measurement).