Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1101

6. If no tenders are received for the timber, the right to cut it at the minimum prices quoted will remain open for application until further notice.

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

8. 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.

Lands in Four Peaks Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 20th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office and the local Lands Office, Timaru, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 24th day of April, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY, BLOCKS XIII, XIV, AND XV, FOUR PEAKS, AND II AND III, OPIHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.—FOUR PEAKS SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on building on Section 2, valued at £7 0, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £27 13s. 9d. Total half-yearly payment, £142 8s. 9d.

† Interest and sinking fund on building on Section 3, valued at £450, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £17 11s. Total half-yearly payment, £103 1s.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, about 800 ft. Easy undulating flats and downs in their native state. Fair land, with patches of manuka and bush; light soil on clay subsoil, a considerable portion of which is ploughable. Access by good road from Orari Railway-station (twelve miles) and a pack-track (a mile and a quarter).

Section 1A.—Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,650 ft. Hilly country with easy slopes and spurs, well covered with tussock, native and English grasses; slopes on south and south-east side covered with bush, manuka, and scrub; well watered. Access by Te Moana River Road, twelve miles and a half from Orari Railway-station

The improvements which are included in the price of these sections consist of 236 chains of fencing, valued at £130.

Section 2.—Altitude, 800 ft. High downs, rather broken flats, and fair soil on clay subsoil; the flats are light and stony (mostly ploughable); about 80 acres in rape at present; well watered. Access by dray-road, twelve miles and a half from Orari Railway-station. A right of easement 15 links wide is reserved by the Crown over the water-race traversing this section.

Section 2A.—Altitude, 800 ft. to 2,100 ft. Hilly country, well covered with tussock, native and English grasses; a considerable quantity of bush, principally broadleaf and kowhai, on south-east side; and well watered. Access by dray-road, thirteen miles and a half from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections consist of 492 chains of fencing, yards, and plantation, valued at £311. The improvements which are not included in the price of the section, but which must be paid for separately, are woolshed, £250; house (seven rooms), £300; cottage (five rooms), £150; meat-house, £5; swaggers’ rest, £5: total, £710.

Section 3.—Altitude, about 800 ft. All flat; good light soil, rather stony; mostly ploughable; well watered; with a patch of bush on the banks of the Haehae-te-moana Stream. Access by dray-road, twelve miles and a half from Orari Railway Station. A right of easement 15 links wide is reserved by the Crown over the water-race traversing this section.

Section 3A.—Altitude, 900 ft. to 2,300 ft. Hilly country, well covered with tussock and English grasses in places, and patches of bush and scrub; well watered. Access by Te Moana River Road, fourteen miles from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 262 chains of fencing, plantation, and orchard, valued at £181. The improvements which are not included in the price of the section, and which must be paid for separately, are—very old house (twenty rooms), £155; stables, £200; coach-house and stables, £20; storehouse on piles, £10; workshop, £10; cowshed, £10; shepherd’s house, £25; fowl-house, £5; wash-house, dairy, and store, £10; apple-house, £5: total, £450.

Section 4.—Altitude, about 800 ft. Low undulating downs; good soil on clay subsoil, mostly ploughable; about 20 acres of manuka scrub; the balance in English grass and rape; well watered. Access by dray-road, about twelve miles from Orari Railway-station.

Section 4A.—Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 3,000 ft. Hilly country, well covered with tussock and snow-grass, with English grasses in places; well watered. Access by Te Moana River Road, about seventeen miles from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections consist of 669 chains of fencing and sheep-yards, valued at £280. The improvements which are not included in the price of the sections, and which have to be paid for separately, are—one wooden hut, £20; one iron hut, £10: total, £30.

Section 5.—Altitude, about 800 ft. Low downs, rather broken and stony flats, with good patches; about 17 acres in rape; balance in old grass, mostly ploughable; well watered. Access by dray-road, about twelve miles from Orari Railway-station. A right of easement 15 links wide is reserved by the Crown over the water-race traversing this section.

Section 5A.—Altitude, 1,100 ft. to 1,800 ft. Hilly country, well covered with tussock and native grasses, with English grasses in places; well watered. Fifteen miles from Orari Railway-station, ten of which is a dray-road, balance pack-track.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections consist of 310 chains of fencing, valued at £158.

Section 6.—Altitude, 800 ft. to 900 ft. Downs and flats, varying in patches from stony to good land; mostly ploughable; in one-year-old grass; well watered by small creek. Access by Te Moana River Road, eleven miles and a half from Orari Railway-station.

Section 6A.—Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 2,800 ft. Well covered with tussock and native grasses, with English grasses in places; well watered. Timber for fencing can be obtained on the section. Access by dray-road, fourteen miles and a half from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 124 chains of fencing, valued at £58.

Section 7.—Altitude, 750 ft. to 800 ft. Good flat land, stony in places, but near the river the land is light, with a fair amount of gorse on it; well watered. Access by dray-road, eleven miles and a half from Orari Railway-station.

Section 7A.—Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 3,800 ft. Hilly country; about half in tussock and snow-grass; the balance in native, with English grasses in places; well watered. Access by Te Moana River Road, sixteen miles from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections consist of 828 chains of fencing and sheep-dip, valued at £327.

Section 8.—Altitude, about 750 ft. to 800 ft. All flat, good land, but stony in places; all in grass; well watered by water-race. Access by dray-road, about twelve miles from Orari Railway-station. A right of easement 15 links wide is reserved by the Crown over the water-race traversing this section.

Section 8A.—Altitude, 1,060 ft. to 2,800 ft. Hilly country, well covered with tussock, and English grasses in places. Access by Te Moana Road, about eighteen miles from Orari Railway-station.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections consist of 540 chains of fencing and a plantation, valued at £251.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.