Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3143

959 rimu-trees, containing approximately 662,344 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
921 kahikatea - trees, containing approximately 867,528 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
1,628 matai-trees, containing approximately 545,118 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brands: V or F R.
Upset price: £5,020. Each bid to be not less than £55.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: Three years (subject to Condition 13 below).

Lot 7.
Part Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District, and Block II, Pio-pioea Survey District, Lot “K” (National Endowment).
2,035 totara - trees, containing approximately 1,509,321 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
192 rimu-trees, containing approximately 164,445 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
807 kahikatea - trees, containing approximately 662,763 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
638 matai-trees, containing approximately 241,228 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brands: II or F R.
Upset price: £2,478. Each bid to be not less than £25.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: Two years (subject to Condition 13 below).

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

Lot 1.—One-third in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.
Lot 2.—One-third in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.
Lot 3.—Half in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; and half in six months thereafter.
Lot 4.—One-third in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.
Lot 5.—One-third in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.
Lot 6.—One-fifth in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one months, and one-fifth in twenty-eight months thereafter.
Lot 7.—One-third in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, 21s.; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

All 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 endorsed 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 the price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated hereon 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 hereon.
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 will be considered for the purchase of the isolated kauri-trees mentioned in Lot 3.
6. In all lots (with the exception of the kauri-rickers mentioned in Lot 1) the quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands 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 offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.
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. The right is retained to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to decrease during the time of sale the advance in bid on each lot.
12. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted, and all lots herein described are submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid by the Minister of Lands, or the Commissioner of State Forests, as the case may be.
13. 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.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 9th October, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, 22nd January, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
6 ACRES 3 roods 18 perches in Block IV, Mahinapua Survey District. Formerly part Railway Reserve No. 25.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st October, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 8th day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 1,890 acres, more or less, and situated in Block III, Kongahu Survey District. Bounded towards the north and west by a school reserve; again towards the north by a road, by Sections 5 and 6, by another road, and again by Section 6; towards the east and again towards the north by W. M. Jenkin’s renewable lease; towards the east generally by a road, a gravel reserve, and again by a road; towards the south by a cemetery reserve; towards the south-east generally by the road along the edge of Lake Hanlan; towards the south by Section 6; towards the west generally by Sections 19, 22, and 21; again towards the south by the last-mentioned section; and towards the south-west by the road along the right bank of Glass Eye Creek: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 13/265A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 557 acres, more or less, and situated in Block XIV, Oparara Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections 14 and 13; towards the east generally by a road; towards the south-west and south-east by Section 27; again towards the south-west and south-east generally by the road along the right bank of Granite Creek; towards the south by Sections 5 and 3; again towards the south-east by Sec-