Aug. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1971

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 1st August, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Friday, 15th September, 1922, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Kiwitea County.—Apiti Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block IV : Area, 120 acres 1 rood 24 perches ; upset annual rental, £118 10s.

Weighted with £86, valuation for improvements consisting of 132 chains fencing and sheep-yards.

Situated on the Te Parapara Road, about two miles from Rangiwahia Township, by metalled road. Easy undulating country, all cleared and grassed. Soil is of good loam quality, on papa and shingle formation; well watered by a creek. Good sheep and cattle country. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,000 ft.

Term of lease, fourteen years, with perpetual right of renewal.

Kiwitea County.—Ongo Survey District.

Section 11, Block XVI : Area, 268 acres ; upset annual rental, £201.

Weighted with £243, valuation for improvements consisting of 162 chains fencing.

Situated on the Waitana Valley Road, about three miles from Waitana Village Settlement by metalled road. Land is broken, but easy undulating country. All cleared, but some parts are covered in fern. Soil is of light loam, on clay formation; permanently watered by creeks. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 1,900 ft. Fair pastoral country.

Term of lease, fourteen years, with perpetual right of renewal.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and lease and registration fee (£2 2s.), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease as stated, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms.
3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value (to be handed over to the outgoing lessee) of the improvements effected with the consent of the Land Board. Failing disposal, the land and improvements to revert to the Crown without compensation.
4. Land Board to approve of improvements proposed.
5. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
7. Buildings on land to be insured to their full insurable value.
8. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.
11. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
12. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.—Wellington Forest Conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 26th July, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling and mining timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Wellington, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 30th August, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 138 acres, situated in State Forest No. 31, Block VI, Tararua Survey District.

The estimated quantity of milling-timber is 728,500 superficial feet of rimu, and 20,600 superficial feet of hinau.

Upset price, £961.

The timber is situated about eleven miles from Eketahuna Railway-station by good metalled road.

Term of License.—Two years and a half.

Terms of Payment.—One-tenth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by nine equal quarterly instalments, the first payment to be made three months after the date of sale.

In addition, each tenderer must deposit with his tender a sum equal to six months' ground rent assessed at the rate of 1s. per acre per annum, and the successful tenderer shall continue to pay such rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of his license.

All instalment-payments shall be secured by “On demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the terms of the Forests Act, 1921–22, the regulations in force thereunder, and the following conditions.