Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 987

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease: Seven years.
2. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is 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.
4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
5. The lease shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
7. 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.
8. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
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 if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at his office.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in the Town of Reefton, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 5th February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Reefton, on Tuesday, the 12th March, 1912, at 10 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF REEFTON.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. One half-year’s rent, at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. Each lease will be for a term of fourteen years without right of renewal, and shall be subject to termination at any time by twelve months’ notice in writing.

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

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever.

6. The lease shall 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.

7. 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.

Full particulars may be obtained at the District Land Office, Nelson, and the local Land Office, Reefton.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 12th February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 20th March, 1912, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timbers standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MANGONUI COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Sections 1 and 2, Block XIV, Takahue Survey District.
246 GREEN and 49 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 673,350 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand, thus: I.
Time for removal: One year (subject to Condition 12 below).
Upset price: 2s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Half in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, and half in six months thereafter.
20 faulty and undersized trees, branded F.B., not included in this sale.

Lot 2.

Section 10, Block XIV, Takahue Survey District.
39 green and 3 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 124,199 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand, thus: X.
Time for removal: One year (subject to Condition 12 below).
Upset price: 2s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: Cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Lot 3.

Sub-lot 1, Section 73, Block VII, Whangape Survey District.
—National Endowment.

29 kauri-trees, containing approximately 95,407 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
191 totara-trees, containing approximately 221,053 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
1,221 rimu-trees, containing approximately 1,342,883 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
503 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 1,022,782 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
40 matai-trees, containing approximately 41,241 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand, thus: I.
Time for removal: Two years (subject to Condition 12 below).
Upset prices: Kauri and totara 2s., rimu and kahikatea 7d., and matai 1s. per 100 sup. ft.
Terms: One-third in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

Faulty and undersized trees, branded F.R., not included in this sale—viz., 2 kauri, 47 totara, 120 rimu, 30 kahikatea, and 3 matai.

Lot 3.

Sub-lot 2, Part Section 2, Block X, Whangape Survey District.
—National Endowment.

99 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 272,822 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
35 totara-trees, containing approximately 25,565 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
236 rimu-trees, containing approximately 239,796 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
97 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 201,464 sup. ft. (standing measurement).