133 miro trees, containing about 62,342 sup. ft.; 12 totara
trees, containing about 11,399 sup. ft.; 1 kahikatea tree,
containing about 4,200 sup. ft.
Distinguishing brand : I.
Upset price : £650.
Terms for payment : As below.
Time for removal of timber: One year.
Piako County.
Lot 9.
Part Sections 25, 19, 71, and 72, Te Miro Settlement:
1,300 rimu trees, estimated to contain 1,950,000 sup. ft.;
103 mangeao trees, estimated to contain 51,500 sup. ft.;
58 miro trees, estimated to contain 44,800 sup. ft.
Upset price : £1,050.
Terms for payment : As below.
Time for removal of timber : Two years.
Thames County.
Lot 10.
Crown land, part of Block XIII, Tairua Survey District:
274 green and dry kauri trees, containing approximately
478,017 sup. ft. (standing measurement); 5 totara trees,
containing approximately 4,958 sup. ft.; 8 rimu trees, con-
taining approximately 8,256 sup. ft.
Distinguishing brand : II.
Seventeen faulty and undersized trees branded FR not
included in this sale.
Upset price : £1,200.
Terms for payment: As below.
Time for removal of timber: One year.
Lot 11.
Crown land, part of Block I, Ohinemuri Survey District :
2,483 green and dry kauri trees, containing approximately
3,511,993 sup. ft. (standing measurement); 23 totara trees,
containing approximately 17,672 sup. ft.; 55 rimu trees,
containing approximately 64,465 sup. ft.
Distinguishing brands : II or V.
140 faulty and undersized kauri trees branded FR, and
kauri trees above falls (unbranded), not included in this sale.
Upset price : £8,810.
Terms for payment : As below.
Time for removal of timber : Three years.
West Taupo County.
Lot 12.
Sections 1 and 2, Block III, Piopiotea Survey District
(national endowment): 435 kahikatea trees, containing
about 578,917 sup. ft.; 275 totara trees, containing about
280,067 sup. ft.; 247 matai trees, containing about 135,835
sup. ft.; 2 rimu trees, containing about 3,281 sup. ft.
Distinguishing brand : A.
Upset price : £920.
Terms for payment : As below.
Time for removal of timber: One year.
TERMS OF PAYMENT.
Lots 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, and 12.—One-half to be deposited with
tender, together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), and
half in six months thereafter.
Lots 4, 5, 6, and 11.—One-fifth to be deposited with tender,
together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), one-fifth in
seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in
twenty-one months, and one-fifth in twenty-eight months
thereafter.
Lots 7 and 9.—One-third to be deposited with tender,
together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), one-third in
eight months, and one-third in sixteen 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 made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Com-
missioner of Crown Lands.
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 after the date for receipt of tenders.
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. 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; but offers
   from the successful bidders will be considered for under-
   sized or defective timber, &c., not included in the sale.
6. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
7. In the event of no tenders being received for any of the
   above lots, applications may be received and dealt with
   at any time within six months thereafter (unless previously
   formally withdrawn); providing, however, that the amount
   offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.
8. 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.
9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be
   accepted, and all lots herein described are submitted for
   sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest tender by
   the Minister of Lands.
10. In the event of a tenderer purchasing two adjoining
    lots, the Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discre-
    tion, increase the time for removal of timber.
11. In the case of Lot 4, the licensee will be required to
    surrender each section as cut out.
12. The purchaser shall have the right to cut all the timber
    for the periods specified, and shall have no right to the use
    of the land.
13. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves
    the right to follow up the mill-workings by felling and grassing
    such areas as from time to time become available, and of
    disposing of the same.
14. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust to find its
    way into any watercourse of any description.
15. Purchasers are notified that extensions of the times
    herein stated for the removal of the timber must not be
    anticipated.
    H. M. SKEET,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Land in the Canterbury Land District for Sale or Lease to
    Discharged Soldiers.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Christchurch, 13th April, 1920.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
    are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers
    Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and
    applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey
    Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the
    7th June, 1920.
    The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
    ments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right
    of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years
    and a right to acquire the freehold.
    Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
    for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
    Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 9th June, 1920, at
    10 o'clock a.m.
    The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
    of applicants.
    SCHEDULE.
    CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
    Paparua County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Hornby
    Settlement.
    SECTION 7, Block XIII : Area, 3 acres; capital value, £200;
    instalment on deferred payments (excluding interest), £10;
    half-yearly rent on lease, £4 10s.
    Section 10, Block XIII : Area, 3 acres ; capital value,
    £200 ; instalment on deferred payments (excluding interest),
    £10 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £4 10s.
    Good flat agricultural land in grass; there is Californian
    thistle on both sections. Situated about half a mile from
    Hornby Railway-station by good road. Hornby is six miles
    from Christchurch, and may be reached by regular tram and
    motor-bus service.
    The improvements that go with the land are as follows:
    Section 7, 17 chains of fencing valued at £10; Section 10,
    12 chains of fencing valued at £8.
    Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this
    office.
    H. D. M. HASZARD,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.