Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2351

Sections 883 and 887: Area, 2 roods; corner of Salisbury and Derby Streets; upset annual rental, £4.
Weighted with £16, valuation for improvements consisting of iron stable and cart-shed £15 and fence £1.

Sections 884 to 886 and 888 to 890: Area, 1 acre 2 roods; Romilly Street and Derby Street; upset annual rental, £12.
Weighted with £8, valuation for improvements consisting of fence and hedge.

Section 891: Area, 32 perches; Romilly Street; upset annual rental, £1 12s.
Weighted with £128, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling £120, fence £3, orchard and garden £5.

Sections 892 and 893: Area, 1 rood 24 perches; Gladstone Street; upset annual rental, £3 4s.
Weighted with £117, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling £100, glasshouse £10, orchard and garden £6, and fence £1 (dwelling built on both sections).

Section 894: Area, 32 perches; Gladstone Street; upset annual rental, £1 12s.
Weighted with £1 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of a fence.

Section 895: Area, 32 perches; corner of Derby and Gladstone Streets; upset annual rental, £1 15s.

Section 896: Area, 1 rood; corner of Queen Street and Gladstone Streets; upset annual rental, £4 8s.
Weighted with £645, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling £600, fencing £20, paths and lawn £25.

Section 1027: Area, 1 rood; corner of Peel and Gladstone Streets; upset annual rental, £3.
Weighted with £167, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling £150, outbuildings £12, and fence £5.

Section 1054: Area, 1 rood; Romilly Street; upset annual rental, £4.
Weighted with £6, valuation for improvements consisting of fowl-house £3 and fence £3.

Section 1061: Area 1 rood; Bright Street; upset annual rental, £4.

Subdivisions of Section 12, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District.

Subdivision 1: Area, 26·5 perches: Derby Street; upset annual rental, £1 6s.

Subdivision 2: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.

Subdivision 3: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.

Subdivision 4: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.

Subdivision 5: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.

Subdivisions 6 and 7: Area, 2 roods; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £4.
Weighted with £10, valuation for stable and fencing.

Subdivision 8: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.

Subdivision 9: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.
Weighted with £15, valuation for fencing and planting.

Subdivision 10: Area, 1 rood; Derby Street; upset annual rental, £2.
Weighted with £15, valuation for fencing and planting.

Subdivision 44: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 36 perches; upset annual rental, £1 4s.

Subdivision 30: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 25·1 perches; upset annual rental, £3.
Weighted with £20, valuation for two huts.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Sections 49, 78, 79, 151, and 152 are situated in Westport Colliery Reserve. They consist of level land, suitable for building-sites.

The remaining sections are all in Westport Colliery Reserve Extension, some containing gorse. They are practically all sand, quite level, and with the exception of Section 30, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District, which is only fit for grazing, are suitable for building-sites and gardens.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser.
2. The purchaser shall pay one half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease fee, and valuation for improvements on the fall of the hammer.
3. The lease shall be for a term of forty-two years, without right of renewal.
4. No compensation for improvements will be allowed, but on expiry of lease the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements; failing disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.
5. Possession will be given on date of sale.
6. Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of January and July in each year.
7. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, mortgage, subdivide, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without consent.
8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, 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 condition of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same should be fulfilled.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars may be obtained at this office, and at the Local Lands and Survey Office, Westport and Reefton.

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 29th 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, Wellington, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 27th September, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 346 acres, situated in Provisional State Forest No. 67, and being portions of Sections 10 and 14, Block VIII, Manganui Survey District.

The total estimated quantity of timber is 5,002,000 superficial feet—being rimu 3,019,000, matai 901,000, totara 384,000, kahikatea 318,000, and miscellaneous 380,000.

Upset price, £7,850.

Ground rent, £17 6s. per annum.

The timber is situated about three miles from Pokako Railway-station.

Term of license, four years.

Terms of Payments.—One-tenth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by fifteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after date of sale.

In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue to pay such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the 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.
2. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.
3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this sale, and no contract for the 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, or kind than as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.
4. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals as indicated in the terms of payment, but they may be presented for payment at earlier dates if it is found that more than a due proportion of the timber has been cut, or should any breach of the conditions occur, or if in the opinion of the Conservator the interests of the Crown are being jeopardized.
5. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared to pay for each species. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the tender by the Commissioner of State Forests.
6. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents, must be made quarterly by the licensee each quarter ending on the last day of March, June, September, and December respectively in