Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

Education Reserves in Southland¹ Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Education Reserves will be offered for lease by public auction for terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at this office on Friday, the 17th April, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Weighted with £29 2s. 8d., valuation for fencing.
Rich loamy soil. 50 acres cleared and cultivated; balance in bush. Situated four miles from school and five miles from dairy factory and railway.

Southland County.—Town of Dipton.

| 1 to 10 | XVI | 42 1 7 | 19 0 0 |

Weighted with £78, valuation for cottage and fencing.
Good warm soil, all under cultivation. Situated a quarter of a mile from school and one mile from Dipton Railway-station.

Southland County.—Mabel Hundred.

| 35 | II | 58 3 0 | 29 7 6 |

Weighted with £52 10s., valuation for fencing.
Flat land, all under cultivation. Situated two miles and a half from Woodlands Railway-station, dairy factory, and school by gravel-road.

Southland County.—Waikaka Survey District.

| 14 | VIII | 13 3 30 | 2 2 0 |

Swampy land, in its natural state. Situated six miles from Mataura by metal-road.

Southland County.—Wyndham Survey District.

| 4 and 5 | X | 439 0 25 | 11 18 0 |

Weighted with £33 12s., valuation for rabbit-proof fencing.
Hilly land covered with bush. Situated four miles from Glenham.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st May, 1914, and the term of the lease will commence from the 1st July, 1914.
2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between the 1st May, 1914, and the 30th June, 1914, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee.
5. No assignment or sublease without consent.
6. Lessee to improve the land and keep it clear of all weeds.
7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
8. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any building, or effecting other improvements.
9. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Friday, 27th February, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUNDS COUNTY.—GORE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Class B.

Weighted with £30, valuation for felling, burning, and grassing about 18 acres.

Locality and Description.

Situated at the back of Small Grazing-run No. 15; accessible by unformed road; about 18 acres cleared; remainder bush, principally birch, with a few rimu, matai, and tawa; soil good in the valleys, but the balance of the land is poor, very rough, and precipitous; altitude from 200 ft to 3,000 ft. About three miles and a half from Manaroa Post-office.

Terms of license can be seen and full particulars obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and regulations thereunder, that the undermentioned milling-timber will be offered for sale by public auction at this office, at 12 o’clock noon sharp on Monday, the 16th February, 1914, subject to the terms and conditions as stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Part Block XIII, Tuhua Survey District (National Endowment).

1,367 totara-trees, containing approximately 1,025,683 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
117 rimu-trees, containing approximately 77,272 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
431 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 404,201 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
956 matai-trees, containing approximately 299,823 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brand: ∧.
Upset price: £1,675. Each bid to be not less than £20.
Terms for payment, as below.
Time for removal of timber: Three years (subject to condition 11, below).

Lot 2.

Part Blocks XIII and XIV, Tuhua Survey District, Lot “T” (National Endowment).

986 totara-trees, containing approximately 581,616 sup. ft (standing measurement).
75 rimu-trees, containing approximately 68,388 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
427 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 311,842 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
244 matai-trees, containing approximately 87,273 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
Distinguishing brands: III or F R.
Upset price: £986. Each bid to be not less than £10.
Terms for payment, as below.
Time for removal of timber: Three years (subject to condition 11, below).

Lot 3.

Part Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District, Lot “V” (National Endowment).

3,623 totara-trees, containing approximately 3,096,215 sup. ft. (standing measurement).
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.