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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 17th October, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is opened for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 11th day of December, 1922.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.--FIRST-CLASS LAND.--NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.
Tuapeka County.--Greenvale Survey District.--Heriot Village Settlement.
SECTION 57, Block IV : Area, 2 acres 3 roods 19 perches; capital value, £45; half-yearly rent on lease, 18s.
Situated on the outskirts of Heriot Township about half a mile from railway-station, post-office, and school. Undulating land of good quality, the soil being a black loam on a clay formation. There is no permanent water on the section. There is a good road from Heriot.
R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Hawke's Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 16th October, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove the timber on the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the Local Lands Office, Gisborne, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, the 16th day of November, 1922, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
North-west Corner of Paraeroa and Waihora Blocks, Waingaromia Survey District.
TIMBER: White-pine and matai, approximately 1,000,000 superficial feet ; upset price, £1,000.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Timber Regulations made thereunder, and the following conditions, and may contain such additional conditions as the Commissioner in his discretion considers necessary in the interests of the Crown or the public.

2. The quantities of the various timbers set forth in the above Schedule are approximate only, and are furnished for the information of intending purchasers, who are expected, previous to the sale, to make their own estimates. No contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the licensee be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if for any reason the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

3. The successful bidder shall purchase the whole of the timber in the lot, and shall on the fall of the hammer pay in cash a deposit of 20 per cent. of the amount bid, together with £1 1s. license fee. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid by equal quarterly instalments payable on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July, and 1st September in each year, the first of such payments to be made on the 1st January, 1923. Promissory notes must be given for the payment of quarterly instalments, endorsed by approved persons.

4. The purchaser shall have the right to cut and remove all timber on the land comprised in the license for a term of twelve months from the 1st January, 1923, which shall also include the period from the date of sale to the said 1st January, 1923. The license shall be for the cutting and removal of the timber, and shall give no other right to the use of the land.

5. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or watercourse, or in any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

6. If the timber is unsold at auction, the right to cut it at the upset price will remain open for application until further notice.

7. No compensation will be given nor shall be claimed for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of these lots or in these conditions.

8. The intention of intending purchasers is directed particularly to clauses 9, 18, 22, and 27 of the Forest Regulations under the Land Act, 1908, dated 31st March, 1909.
   Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.
   W. F. MARSH,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands and Conservator of State Forests.

National-endowment Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 16th October, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 27th November, 1922.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 29th November, 1922, at 10 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.
The ballot will be held at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 29th November, 1922, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.
The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately an applicant is declared successful.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--NATIONAL ENDOWMENT. --SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Mongonui County.--Maungataniwha Survey District.
SECTION 9, Block III : Area, 258 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £260. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.
Weighted with £146, valuation for improvements comprising iron whare, 30 acres felled and grassed, and fencing.
Altitude, 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Steep country, 30 acres felled and grassed, balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, taraire, puriri, totara, &c., with moderately thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, &c.; clay soil of second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about nine miles from Mangonui by formed road.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years; but without right of purchase.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
9. Improvements.--Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.
10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years' continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    R. P. GREVILLE,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.