CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 15th 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.

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th August, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Seaforth Settlement. Tenure : R.L./D.S. 696. Formerly held by Arthur Frederick Broughan. Reason for forfeiture : Has abandoned section.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th August, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection for license under the Land Act, 1908, and amendments ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1922. Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 21st September, 1922, at 10 o'clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Class A.—Education Endowment.

Lot 2 of Run 301c, Blocks II, III, IV, and V, Mararoa District : Area, 11,573 acres ; annual rental, £125. Weighted with £582, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing.

This area is part of the Linwood Run, and is situated seven miles and a half from Manapouri Township and thirty-two miles from Mossburn, by formed road practically all gravelled. The altitude varies from 700 ft. to 1,250 ft. The greater part of the land is level to undulating. The balance has a slightly southerly aspect. About 1,500 acres adjoining Flaxy Creek is very fair quality land carrying good feed. The balance is lighter quality, and carries light tussock and fern. The whole area is well watered, and existing fences are in good order.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Term of lease, thirty-five years from the 1st March, 1923.

2. Applicants must be over twenty-one years of age, excepting in the case of discharged-soldier applicants.

3. One half-year's rent and rent for broken period between date of possession and the 1st March, 1923, valuation for improvements, £1 ls. license fee, and statutory declaration to be deposited by successful applicant.

4. Personal residence is to commence within one year and to be continuous thereafter.

5. No person may hold more than one run, except on the recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval of the Minister. If a husband holds a run, his wife is deemed to be a runholder, and vice versa.

6. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st March and the 1st September in each year. If not paid within thirty days of due date a penalty of 10 per cent. is added.

7. Term of license to be as stated hereon, with contingent right of renewal over the whole or a subdivision of the run for a similar term.

8. Licensee to prevent destruction or burning of timber, burning of snow-tussock, burning of other tussock except in July, August, and September ; to prevent growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants ; to keep down rabbits ; and to refrain from burning grass during such months as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall from time to time determine.

9. Licensee to have no right to the timber or flax on the land comprised in the license.

10. With the permission of the Land Board the licensee may—
    (a.) Cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed thereon ;
    (b.) Plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding 3,000 acres ;
    (c.) Clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run, and sow same in grass ;
    (d.) Surface-sow in grass any portion of the run.
    On expiry of license the value of licensee's improvements will be protected.

11. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars, including sale-plans, may be obtained on application to this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 9th August, 1922.

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

SCHEDULE.
Lot I.

All the milling-timber branded X, V, Δ, K, İ, situated on Block XV, Mangataniwha Survey District, Omahuta State Forest, and estimated in superficial feet as follows:—

Kahikatea .. .. 1,696 trees. 4,719,500 feet.
Rimu .. .. 2,032 ,, 2,699,500 ,,
Kauri .. .. 80 ,, 255,100 ,,
Totara .. .. 270 ,, 347,400 ,,
Miro .. .. 251 ,, 112,200 ,,
Matai .. .. 361 ,, 347,500 ,,

Total .. .. 4,690 ,, 8,481,200 ,
Upset price, £13,350.
Ground rent, £70 per annum.