Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 515

Upset price: £15,500. Each bid to be of not less than £100.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: Six years (subject to Condition 12 below).

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 brands, thus: A.
49 totara-trees, branded F.R., not included in this sale.
Upset price: £180. Each bid to be of not less than £20.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: One year (subject to Condition 12 below).

Lot 4.
Crown Land, Part Block IV, Kaihu Survey District.

8 kauri-trees, containing approximately 6,332 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
374 totara-trees, containing approximately 345,391 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
723 rimu-trees, containing approximately 525,987 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
2,898 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 3,743,656 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brands, thus: I, 11, or V↑F.
19 rimu-trees and 97 kahikatea-trees (defective), branded F.R., not included in this sale; also 169 matai-trees, branded F.R., reserved for settlement purposes.
Upset price: £1,750. Each bid to be of not less than £30.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: Three years (subject to Condition 12 below).

Lot 5.
Crown Land, Part Block XVI, Tutamoe Survey District, and Block IV, Kaihu Survey District.—Tangowahine Watershed.

200 green and dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 478,731 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand, thus: V.
20 faulty and undersized trees, branded F.R., not included in this sale.
Upset price: £480. Each bid to be of not less than £20.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: One year (subject to Condition 12 below).

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TERMS FOR PAYMENT.

Lot 1.—One-fifth cash on the fall of hammer, together with the timber-cutting license fee £1 1s.; one-fifth in nine months, one-fifth in eighteen months, one-fifth in twenty-seven months, one-fifth in thirty-six months thereafter.
Lot 2.—One-fifth cash on the fall of hammer, together with the timber-cutting license fee £1 1s.; one-fifth in nine months, one-fifth in eighteen months, one-fifth in twenty-seven months, one-fifth in thirty-six months thereafter.
Lot 3.—One-half cash on the fall of hammer, together with the timber-cutting license fee £1 1s.; one-half in six months thereafter.
Lot 4.—One-fifth cash on the fall of hammer, together with the timber-cutting license fee £1 1s.; one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one months, one-fifth in twenty-eight months thereafter.
Lot 5.—Cash on the fall of hammer, together with the timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.

All such instalment payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of sale, and, with the interest added, shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made and indorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.
2. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw from sale any or all of the above lots of timber either before or during the time of the sale.
3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein, or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.
4. All timber on each lot, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.
5. Offers from the successful bidder shall be considered for the purchase of the undersized and defective timber mentioned herein.
6. In all lots the quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brand shown in each lot are included in this sale.
7. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
8. In the event of any of the above lots not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that the amount is not less than the upset prices stated herein.
9. No extension of time for removal of timber will be allowed successful purchasers who bleed or permit bleeding of kauri-trees included in this sale, unless full payment of purchase-money is first made.
10. In lots where terms of payment may have been arranged any breach of the foregoing Conditions of Sale will render the “on demand” promissory notes liable to be presented for immediate payment.
11. All lots herein described are submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid by the Commissioner of State Forests or Minister of Lands, as the case may be.
12. In the event of a bidder purchasing two or more adjoining lots, the Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discretion, during the time of sale increase the time for removal of timber.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection under the said Act; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 7th day of May, 1912.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

| No. of
Block. | Block. | Area. | Cash
Purchase:
Total Price. | Occupation
with Right
of
Purchase:
Half-yearly
Rent. | Renewable
Lease:
Half-yearly
Rent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 31 | X | 17 0 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 6 0 |

CLUTHA COUNTY.—WOODLAND SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 9 | XIII | 196 3 20 | 150 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0 0 |

CLUTHA COUNTY.—RIMU SURVEY DISTRICT.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 7th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 11, Block IX, Waro Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing 3 roods 14 perches, will be disposed of under section 129 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 14th day of March, 1912.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.