Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 607

Notice to Mariners No. 13 of 1924.

ERRATA.—TABLES FOR AZIMUTHS, GREAT CIRCLE SAILING AND REDUCTION TO THE MERIDIAN, 1923, VOL. (1).

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th February, 1924.

FOR para. (6), page 387, substitute the following:—

“If longitude is required on a given parallel of latitude, enter the traverse table with bearing of object as a course and intercept as dep., and take out the corresponding dist. : this will be the correction in dep. which must be converted into d-long. ; this d-long. cor. applied to the D.R. longitude used in deducing the H.A. for the calculation of Z.D. will give the longitude for the given parallel of latitude.”

Page 411: Under heading 2nd Observation P.M., 12th line Az. S.79½W. (dist.) 27·1 W., should read Az. S. 79½ W. (dist.) dep. 17·2 = d-long. 27·1 W.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Auckland Provincial Registered Plumbers Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland this 21st day of February, 1924.

WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land District, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. RL. 582. Section 1, Block XII, Totaranui Survey District. Formerly held by Francis Henry Holyoake. Reason for forfeiture : Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 2nd April, 1924, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—ONETAUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

FAREWELL SPIT, Blocks III, IV, VII, VIII, and VI: Area, 4,397 acres; upset annual rental, £10; term, ten years. Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

This land occupies the whole of Farewell Spit, with the exception of a Marine Reserve of 531 acres at the northern extremity.

There are approximately 600 acres of good grazing, the balance being principally sand-dunes sparsely covered with vegetation, consisting of marram-grass, lupins, tawhine, flax, and tumutukuri.

There is no permanent water, but numerous pools in the hollows (which seldom dry up) provide sufficient water, except in times of drought, for stock. Water may also be obtained by sinking shallow wells in the hollows.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements consist of the planting of lupins, marram-grass, clovers, and generally stabilizing the soil with vegetation.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, ten years.
2. One half-year’s rent, rent for broken period, £1 1s. lease fee and valuation for improvements to be deposited by the purchaser on the fall of the hammer.
3. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
4. Lessee to have no right to flax on the land comprised in the lease.
5. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

It shall be compulsory for the successful applicant for this land to plant annually an area of not less than 10 acres with marram-grass or other suitable sand-binding grass or clovers to be approved and 15 acres with lupins to be fenced off and protected from stock, such area or areas of his run as may be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands must be duly notified in writing when planting begins and also when completed.

The valuation for improvements must be paid for on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application to this office.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Whakarewarewa, 27th February, 1924.

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, Whakarewarewa, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th March, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 86 acres, situated about 14 miles from Tauranga on portion of Section 28s, Ohauiti Settlement, Block VIII, Otanewainuku Survey District (Provisional State Forest 69). The total estimated quantity of timber is 893,500 super. feet, as follows:—

502,100 super. ft. rimu.
120,200 ,, miro.
67,850 ,, kahikatea.
203,350 ,, tanekaha.

Upset price, £1,362.
Ground rent, £4 6s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Two years from date of acceptance of tender.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. A marked cheque for one-eighth of the purchase-money, together with one year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, plus exchange, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by seven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after date of sale.
2. 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 current bank rates will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.
3. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921–22, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.
4. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.
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. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of State Forests to withdraw from sale any or all of the said timber either before or after the closing-date for receipt of tenders.