shall the licensee to entitled to any abatement in price, by
reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and
kind than as stated herein, nor shall any extra sum be claimed
by the Crown if for any reason the quantity of timber is
found to be in excess of that stated herein.

3. The successful bidder shall purchase the whole of the
   timber in the lot, and shall on the fall of the hammer pay in
   cash a deposit of 5 per cent. of the amount bid, together with
   £1 1s. license fee. The balance of the purchase-money to be
   paid by six equal half-yearly instalments, payable on Ist
   January and Ist July in each year, the first of such payments
   to be made on the 1st January, 1917. Promissory notes must
   be given for the half-yearly instalments, endorsed by ap-
   proved persons.

4. The purchaser shall have the right to cut and remove
   all timber on the land comprised in the license for a term of
   three years from lst January, 1917, which shall also include
   the period from date of sale to the said 1st January, 1917.
   The license shall be for the cutting and removal of the timber,
   and shall give no right to the use of the land.

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, and of resuming any area from time to time
   for settlement purposes on which the timber has been cut out.
   Sufficient timber shall be left for fencing and general farming
   purposes.

6. The license shall be subject to any right 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 the 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, or watercourse,
   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, Napier.

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.

11. The attention of intending purchasers is directed
    particularly to clauses 9, 18, 22, and 27 of the Forest Regu-
    lations under the Land Act, 1908, dated 31st March, 1909.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at
this office and the Land Office, Gisborne.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th July, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve
described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for
lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, 23rd August, 1916,
under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908,
and amendments. and the Public Bodies Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-Town of Clyde.
SECTION 18, Block X : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rent, 10s.
Weighted with £44 10s., valuation for fencing, fruit-trees,
and removal of stones.
Level land, quite convenient to school, post-office, and
railway-station.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on day of sale, and the term of
   the lease will commence from Ist January, 1917.

2. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and rent for the
   broken period between date of sale and 31st December,
   1916, lease and registration fee, and valuation for improve-
   ments, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. The term of the lease is twenty years and six months,
   without right of renewal.

4. At the end of term lease to be offered by auction for
   further term of twenty-one years at rent to be fixed by
   arbitration, the incoming lessee to pay the value of the
   improvements, which is to be handed over to the outgoing
   lessee.

5. No assignment or sublease without consent.

6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid
   on rent in arrear.

7. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before sub-
   dividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improve-
   ments.

8. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Education reserves are included in the classes of land on
which, with the approval of the Advances Board, money
may be advanced by the State Advances Office.

The reserve is described for the general information of
intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to
make a personal inspection, as the Department is not respon-
sible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

The value of the improvements must be paid for in cash
immediately upon the fall of the hammer.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at this office.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village homestead Allotment in Otago Land District open for
Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th June, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-
homestead allotment is open for selection on renew-
able lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and
applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Wednesday, 13th September, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.--LAKE COUNTY.--TOWN OF
ARROWTOWN EXTENSION.
SECTION 2, Block XXXV: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 38 perches;
capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 6s.
Weighted with £5, valuation for two-roomed house.
Situated in the Borough of Arrowtown, about three miles
from the post-office. Good road access. More than half the
area is good land; balance poor and stony. Soil a light loam,
on schist formation; not well watered.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section
326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 14, Block X,
Makotuku Survey District, Wellington Land District, con-
taining 3 acres 2 roods 26 perches, will be disposed of under
the provisions of the said Act on or after Friday, the
13th day of October, 1916.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st April, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 37, Whangape
Parish, Rangiriri Survey District, Auckland Land District,
containing 35 acres 1 rood 5 perches, will be disposed of on
or after Friday, the 21st day of July, 1916, under the pro-
visions of the said Act.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1916.
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 Friday, the 1st September, 1916.