JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2825

Lot 9: Term, six years from date of sale. Lot 10: Term, six years from date of sale. Lot 11: Term, five years from date of sale. Lot 12: Term, three years from date of sale. Lot 13: Term, three years from date of sale. Lot 14: Term, three years from date of sale.

5. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right of following up the mill-workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time will have been cleared of milling-timber. Sufficient timber shall be left for fencing and general farming purposes.

6. The license shall be subject to any rights of tramway already granted or that may hereafter be granted over the lands comprised therein; and the Land Board may authorize the laying-down and working of tram-lines through any lot by other persons than the licensee.

7. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, water-course, or into any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

8. If the timber is unsold at auction the right to cut it at the upset price will remain open for application until further notice.

9. The lots will be sold generally in accordance with the area and boundaries as shown on the sale map at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

10. No compensation will be given nor shall any be claimed for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of these lots or in these conditions.

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

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, the State Forests Act, 1908, and the 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 Wednesday, 19th August, 1914, subject to the terms and conditions as stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Part Block XVI., Maungataniwha Survey District.—Lots 11 and 12, Omahuta State Forest.

2,503 green and 16 dry kauri-trees, containing about 5,694,536 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

83 totara-trees, containing about 48,352 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

562 rimu-trees, containing about 483,818 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

46 kahikatea-trees, containing about 69,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brands, thus: → or A on Lot 11, and 1 or Λ on Lot 12.

Upset price: £11,720. Each bid to be not less than £100 (subject to Condition 11).

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Three years (subject to Condition 12).

Lot 2.

Part Block XVI., Maungataniwha Survey District.—Lots 14, 15, Omahuta State Forest.

3,723 green and 32 dry kauri-trees, containing about 9,160,858 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

67 totara-trees, containing about 48,603 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

530 rimu-trees, containing about 521,378 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

81 kahikatea-trees, containing about 117,932 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brands, thus: X or Λ on Lot 14, and V or Λ on Lot 15.

Upset price: £21,280. Each bid to be not less than £100 (subject to Condition 11).

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Four years (subject to Condition 12).

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Lot 3.

Sections 3 and Part 14, Block III, Tutamoe Survey District, and Crown Lands, Part Block III, Tutamoe Survey District.

217 green and dry and 11 felled kauri-trees, containing about 583,877 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brands, thus: Section 3, V; Section 14, I; Crown land, X.

Upset price: £590. Each bid to be not less than £10 (subject to Condition 11).

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

COROMANDEL COUNTY.

Lot 4.

Part Blocks III and VI, Whitianga Survey District.—Whenuakite Watershed.

321 green and 10 dry kauri-trees, containing about 845,914 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus: A.

Upset price: £2,115. Each bid to be not less than £25.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

About 14 isolated kauri-trees (unbranded), as approximately shown on plan, not included in this sale (subject to Condition 5).

Lot 5.

Part Blocks VI and VIa, Whitianga Survey District.

127 green and dry kauri-trees, containing about 329,586 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand, thus: Δ.

Upset price: £824. Each bid to be not less than £15.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

TERMS FOR PAYMENT.

Lot 1.—One-fifth in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.; 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 2.—One-fifth in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.; one-fifth in nine months; one-fifth in eighteen months; one-fifth in twenty-seven months; and one-fifth in thirty-six months thereafter.

Lot 3.—Half in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.; and half in six months thereafter.

Lot 4.—Half in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.; and half in six months thereafter.

Lot 5.—Half in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee, £1 1s.; and half in six 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 endorsed by two approved sureties, such bills to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after notifying the purchaser to complete.

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 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 14 isolated kauri-trees mentioned in Lot 4.

6. In all lots 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 herein.