1044
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Runs 173A and 415A (1): Area, 17,600 acres; Wallace County (national endowment).
Run 530: Area, 3,550 acres; Wallace County (Crown land).
Run 323: Area, 23,000 acres; Lake County (national endowment).
Run 333A: Area, 33,280 acres; Lake and Southland Counties (national endowment).
Run 5: Area, 20,920 acres; Lake County (national endowment and Crown land).
Run 214A: Area, 4,850 acres; Lake and Southland Counties (Crown land).
Runs 187C and 187D: Area, 12,300 acres; Wallace County (Crown land).
Run 494: Area, 1,280 acres; Southland County (Crown land).

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th April, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders, marked on the outside “Tender for Lease,” will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 8th June, 1921, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve, under Part I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 29, City of Nelson: Area, 1 acre; minimum upset rental, £10 per annum.

Weighted with £659, valuation for eight-roomed house and fencing.

DESCRIPTION AND LOCALITY.

Situated on Wakefield Quay, Port Nelson. Steep rough land, with small flat on frontage on which house is built. There is a possible building-site at the top of the section; the balance is precipitous. The house which was erected about twelve years ago is 27 ft. by 46 ft., with 11 ft. stud and iron roof. It contains passage, bathroom, washing-tubs, and boiler, and is connected with the city water-supply.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st July, 1921, without right of renewal.
2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and £1 1s., must accompany each tender. The value of the improvements must be paid in cash before possession is given.
3. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1921, from which date rent will commence.
4. If on the termination of the lease the reserve is again leased, the incoming lessee shall pay to the outgoing lessee the then value of all substantial improvements now on the section, or that may be effected hereafter with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.
6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 have been fulfilled.

The reserve is described for the general information of intending tenderers, 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, Nelson.

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th April, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 12 o’clock noon on Monday, 27th June, 1921, for the purchase of the milling-timber on the undermentioned Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.

Lot 1.

EASTERN part Crown land, Block VI, Rotorua Survey District (provisional State forest):

2,721 rimu-trees, containing about 5,059,689 sup. feet.
821 miro-trees, 435,824
25 totara-trees 19,996
19 kahikatea-trees, 60,292
4,800 birch-trees, 206,400 fencing-posts.
Upset price: £7,900.
Distinguishing brands: II, V.
Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Lot 2.

Western part Crown land, Block VI, Rotorua Survey District (provisional State forest):

1,895 rimu-trees, containing about 3,418,920 sup. feet.
791 miro-trees, 425,651
76 totara-trees 87,508
59 kahikatea-trees, 127,075
1,730 birch-trees 74,500 fencing-posts.
Upset price: £5,980.
Distinguishing brands: II, V.
Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Lot 3.

Sections 7, 8, and 10, Block III, Rotorua Survey District (provisional State forest):

593 rimu-trees, containing about 1,551,353 sup. feet.
114 miro-trees, 118,253
24 kahikatea-trees, 21,168
Upset price: £2,100.
Distinguishing brands: I, II, III, V.
Time for removal of timbers: Two years.

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

Lots 1 and 2.—One-fifth in cash, 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.

Lot 3.—One-third in cash, 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 acceptance of tender, and, with the interest added, shall be secured by “On demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Intending tenderers 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 lots of timber.
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 all the instalments are paid.
5. The quantity stated is standing measurement, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands are included in the sale, but an offer may be made by the successful tenderer for under-sized and defective trees not included in the sale.
6. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands be final.
7. In the event of any of the lots 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.