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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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5. Offers from the successful bidder will be considered for the purchase of the 170 rimu-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may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.
9. No extension of time for removal of timber will be allowed 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.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office on Saturday, 28th February, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

• Part of University Museum Reserve.

Locality and Description of Runs.

Section 16, Block X, Teviot District: Summer grazing country carrying a fair tussock. The highest point is 3,149 ft. above sea-level. By the most direct road the land is about four miles from the Town of Roxburgh. The improvements consist of 52 chains of fencing on the northern boundary, valued at 5s. 6d. per chain. Total valuation for improvements, £14 6s.

Runs 520 and 521: These runs are subdivisions of Lamb Hill Station, and are situated on the east side of the Taieri River, opposite Hindon Railway-station. They consist of undulating country at an elevation of from 200 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The land is well grassed and well watered and is admirably adapted for sheep-farming, the greater part being good, warm, lambing country. These runs form the Otago University Museum Endowment.

The improvements on Run 520 consist of eight-roomed dwellinghouse and garden, £350; sheep-yards and woolshed, &c., £225; men’s house, £100; hut on top block, £15; cow-shed, £20; dip and yards, £110; marking-yards £10; half value of 640 chains of boundary fencing, £146 7s. 6d.; full value of 17 chains of boundary fencing, £6 7s. 6d.; value of 895 chains of subdivisional fencing, £400 1s. 6d. Total valuation for improvements, £1,382 16s. 6d.

The improvements on Run 521 consist of half value of 280 chains of boundary fencing, £77.

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

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Lynton Downs Settlement, Marlborough Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 27th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 16th day of March, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—GREENBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.—LYNTON DOWNS SETTLEMENT.

NOTE.—These two sections are grouped.

Mixed Agricultural and Pastoral Land.

| 7 | III | 1,460 0 0 | 0 6 0 | 221 8 0 |
| 8 | I | 156 0 0 | 0 3 9 | 14 17 0 |
| 9 | II | 608 0 0 | 0 5 5 | 82 7 0 |
| 10 | " | 578 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 73 2 6 |
| 11 | " | 365 0 0 | 0 4 7 | 41 17 0 |
| 12 | " | 344 0 0 | 0 6 1 | {52 13 0 |
| | | | | {+9 14 3 |

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £1,515, payable in cash or in fifteen years by half-yearly instalments of £72 19s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £348 2s. 11d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £150, payable in cash or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £9 14s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment, £62 7s. 3d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the sections comprise: Section 1—Plantations, boundary and internal fences, and shed, valued at £159 12s. Section 2—Boundary and internal fences, valued at £130 10s. Section 4—Plantation and boundary and internal fences, valued at £164. Section 5—Boundary and internal fences, draining, and hut, valued at £202. Sections 6 and 6A—Plantations, orchard, yards, and boundary and internal fencing, valued at £734 4s. 6d. Section 7—Boundary and internal fencing, valued at £193 10s. Section 8—Boundary and internal fencing, valued at £87 9s. Section 9—Boundary and internal fencing, valued at £175 11s. Section 10—Boundary and internal fencing, valued at £137 9s. Section 11—Boundary and internal fencing, valued at £49 17s. 6d. Section 12—Boundary and internal fencing, and drains, valued at £176 16s.

The improvements which do not go with the sections, but which must be paid for separately, comprise: Section 6—Residence containing thirteen rooms (with all modern conveniences), of wood, roofed with iron, valued at £800; cottage, £100; cottage, £30; cottage, £10; stable, chaff-house, &c., £30; blacksmith’s house, £10; cook-house, baker’s oven, &c., £85; woolshed, £300; stable, harness-room, workshop, £30; hut, £10; married couple’s rooms, trap-shed, &c., £35; wash-house, £5; store-room, £5; apple-house, £15; water-supply and fittings, £50: making a total value of £1,515. (Note.—The head shepherd’s cottage—a sound useful building—will be offered for sale for removal, and would make a suitable dwelling for one of the smaller sections.) Section 12—Four-roomed house and outbuildings, valued at £150.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Good level section; agricultural land, and practically all ploughable; ing-fenced, and divided into several paddocks. Not well watered, but a permanent supply is obtainable on the north-east side, along Lynton Stream.

Section 2.—Practically all agricultural land, and mostly ploughable; mainly good limestone country, and a valuable section. Flat along the Lynton is stony and in tussock, but useful piece of ground; well watered.

Section 4.—Mixed section; about 150 acres somewhat hilly and broken; balance agricultural land. A good, useful section.