2596
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and
their contents must be made quarterly by the licensee. Pay-
ment for the timber in accordance with this return shall be
made within fourteen days of the 31st March, 30th June,
30th September, and 31st December in each and every year
during the currency of the license. A return, which must be
verified by affidavit, must also be made quarterly showing
the output of sawn timber of each species.

8. The successful tenderer will be granted a license to cut
   timber, the period of which shall be ten years. This period
   will not be extended. A fee of £1 1s. must be paid for the
   license. The license shall not be transferable except with the
   consent of the Commissioner of State Forests.

9. Cutting of the timber must be started within two years
   of the date of grant of the license, and within five years of
   the same date 5,000,000 ft. of timber must be cut; and
   during each successive year not less than 2,700,000 sup. ft.
   of timber must be cut.

10. Cutting operations must be carried on regularly, and
    generally in a manner approved of by the Conservator of State
    Forests or his representative. The purchaser shall have no
    right to the use of the land; and the Crown reserves the
    right to use cut-over areas in any manner and for any pur-
    poses.

11. All timber, whether standing, felled in logs, or sawn,
    shall remain the property of the Crown until paid for.

12. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust, slabs, or other
    refuse to find its way into any watercourse of any description.

13. The license shall be subject to any rights of tramway
    that may hereafter be granted over the lands comprised
    therein; and the Commissioner of State Forests may authorize
    the laying-down or working of tram-lines through the land by
    persons other than the licensee.

14. The settlement of any disputes shall be made by the
    Conservator of State Forests; but there shall be a right of
    appeal to the Commissioner of State Forests.

Full particulars may be ascertained, and copies of the
Forest Regulations obtained, at this office and at the Head
Office, Forestry Department, Wellington.

H. D. McKELLAR,
Conservator of State Forests.

Reserve in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 3rd August, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve
will be offered for lease by public auction at the local
Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m. on
Wednesday, the 15th September, 1920, under the provisions
of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amend-
ments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.

BLOCK IV, Buckley Township: Area, 19 acres 0 roods 23
perches; upset annual rental, £12.

Term of lease, five years.

The section is bounded on each side by roads, and there
is a very good fresh-water spring situated on the eastern
boundary, being partly on the reserve and partly on the
road. Land of a very sandy nature. About 3½ acres in new
pasture, 12 acres partially overrun with gorse.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, five years, without right of renewal.

2. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must
   be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. No declaration is required. Residence and improve-
   ments are 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.

4. Possession will be given on the date of sale, from which
   date the rent will commence.

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 lessee shall have the right to use the land comprised
   in the lease for grazing and cropping purposes only.

8. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have
   free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes
   as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
   broom, and sweetbrier on the land; and he shall with all
   reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse,
   sweetbrier, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants
   as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he
    shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of
    the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
    shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within
    thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be ful-
    filled.

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

Full particulars may be ascertained at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Napier, and the local Lands and Survey
Office, Gisborne.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Invercargill, 2nd August, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash, under
the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Monday, the 13th day of
September, 1920.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

SECTION 5, Heddon Bush Township, Southland County:
Area, 5 acres; upset price, £37 10s.

DESCRIPTION.

Level land of good quality, covered with white-pine timber.
Access unformed for last half-mile.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1),
within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the
purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited,
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st August, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves
described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for
lease by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office,
Hamilton, at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 29th Septem-
ber, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves
Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases
Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Hamilton West.—Subdivisions of Section 56.

Lot 2: Area, 23·36 perches; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Lot 3: Area, 28·37 perches; upset annual rental, £10.

These lots are situated close to the Hamilton Post-office;
they front on Hillsborough Terrace, and have also access by
a right-of-way to Grantham Street.

Lot 2 is weighted with valuation for improvements, com-
prising two dwellinghouses of five rooms each, with con-
veniences, washhouses, and fencing; total valuation, £850.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by
   revaluation in accordance with the provisions of the First
   Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

2. Rents payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver
   of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment,
   together with lease and registration fee and valuation for
   improvements to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession
   thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land
   Board.

4. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to
   be paid by the lessee.

5. The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance
   with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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 im-
   provements.

8. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.