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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

One-half purchase-money in cash on fall of hammer, together with timber-cutting license fee of £1 1s., and one-half in six months thereafter. The instalment-payment shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum as from the date of sale, and with the interest added shall be secured by “on demand” promissory note endorsed by two approved sureties. Such bill to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after notification to the purchaser to complete.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and 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 the above lot of timber either before or during the time of sale.

3. The aforementioned quantity, quality, and kind 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 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, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until the instalments are paid.

5. The quantity stated is standing measurement, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brand are included in this sale.

6. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.

7. In the event of the above lot not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn); provided, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated herein.

Plans and conditions of sale may be seen at the Thames Post-office or at the above office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Westland Land District for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 27th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 10th September, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2452, Block II, Mount Douglas Survey District: Area, 250 acres; annual rental, £4.

Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level. All heavy bush, consisting of red-pine, miro, birch, and an occasional totara, with undergrowth of punga. All level, but rising in terraces towards eastern side. Land on lower level very good, with deep sandy soil, but more gravelly in nature on higher levels. Distant from Bruce Bay Landing five miles and a half by Mahitahi River bed, which is practicable for dray traffic, and one mile from Mahitahi Post and Telephone Office.

Section 2459, Block II, Mount Douglas Survey District: Area, 336 acres; annual rental, £4 16s.

Altitude, about 120 ft. above sea-level. All heavy bush, consisting of red-pine, birch, and miro, with undergrowth of punga and karewa. Intersected by terrace, flat on top, of an altitude of about 250 ft.; hilly on southern boundary. Lower levels consist of good sandy soil, being fluviatile deposit; but soil on terrace is more gravelly. Distant six miles from Bruce Bay Landing by Mahitahi River bed, which is practicable for dray traffic, and one mile and a half from Mahitahi Post and Telephone Office.

Section 3091, Block XII, Oneone Survey District: Area, 308 acres; annual rental, £8 8s.

Situated on the south bank of the Wanganui River, twelve miles below the bridge. Comprises for the most part swamp land, carrying manuka scrub, with scattered patches of white-pine, rimu, and silver-pine. The soil is a fine deep sandy loam, peaty in parts, resting on shingle. Harihari Post-office, on the main South Road, to which there is a service by coach twice a week, is about nine miles from the block—by metalled road for six miles, and remainder by track. The Wanganui Cheese-factory and Herepo Telephone-office are within about seven miles.

Section 9, Block XIII, Runanga Township: Area, 1 rood; annual rental, £2.

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

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land and reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 30th September, 1915, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

CROWN LAND.

Village of Tarata.

SECTIONS 3, 5, 7, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 20 perches; upset annual rent, £4 5s.; term, ten years.

The sections are practically level, and are in grass.

RESERVES.

Town of Aria.

| 16 | III | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0 | Five years. |
| 12 | IV | 0 1 0 | 0 10 0 | ,, |
| 8 | V | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | ,, |
| 3 | XIII | 0 1 0 | 0 10 0 | ,, |
| 6 | XVI | 0 0 34| 1 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | XXI | 0 1 9 | 0 10 0 | ,, |

Town of Ohura.

Section 57: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rent, £1 10s.; term, three years.

Comprises level land in grass.

Otakeho Village.

Waitewhena Domain, Ohura Survey District.

Section 2A, Block I: Area, 5 acres 2 roods; upset annual rent, £1 10s.; term, twenty-one years.

Comprises a narrow ridge with a small area of level land, mostly all in grass, and fenced on road-frontage.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.