Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1867

Town Land in Westland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 5th August, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 15th September, 1924.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 17th September, 1924, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Runanga Borough.—Runanga Township.—National Endowment.

SECTION 8, Block II: Area, 1 rood; capital value, £70; half-yearly rent, £1 15s.

Weighted with £150, valuation for house and improvements.

Runanga Township is situated at the State Coal-mine, about three miles by road and railway from Greymouth.

Plans and full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika.

W. T. MORPETH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserves and Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the reserves in the First Schedule and the Crown land in the Second Schedule will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 17th September, 1924, at 10 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

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SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.—RESERVES.

Wellington Land District.—First-class Land.—Hutt County.—Town of Paraparaumu.

SECTION 7, Block III: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £1 10s.

Sections 10 and 11, Block VII: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rental, £2 10s.

These sections are situated in the Town of Paraparaumu, on the Wellington–Palmerston North Railway line. Section 7 comprises all flat land in grass. Fenced on two sides by wire fences, in poor condition, remainder, live hedges. Sections 10 and 11 comprise flat and easy undulating land in grass. Fences in fair order.

Hutt County.—Mawaihakona Township.

Section 40; Area, 1 rood 19 perches; upset annual rental, £5.

This section is situated near the Trentham Racecourse, about two miles from Upper Hutt. Access from Trentham Railway-station, which is about 5 chains distant. Soil is of light loam, resting on gravel formation.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.—CROWN LAND.

Hutt County.—Mawaihakona Township.

SECTION 22: Area, 2 roods 17 perches; upset annual rental, £5.

This section is situated near the Trentham Racecourse, about two miles from Upper Hutt. Access from Trentham Railway-station, which is about 5 chains distant. Soil is of light loam, resting on gravel formation.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, seven years.

2. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. No declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee.

4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

5. The lease shall be for the term of years specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination by three months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

7. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

9. 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.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

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State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 5th August, 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, Palmerston North, at 4 o’clock p.m. on 5th September, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land containing approximately 137 acres, being parts of Sections 22 and 23, Block III, Kaitieke Survey District (Provisional State Forest 88), in the vicinity of Owhango Township.

The total estimated quantity of timber is 878,700 superficial feet, being rimu 806,500, matai 25,300, miro 34,000, kahikatea 12,900.

Upset price: £1,200.

Ground rent: £6 17s. per annum.

Time for removal of timber: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for 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 five equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after the date of sale.

Terms and Conditions.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. The attention of all tenderers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful tenderer to pay any claims or charges which may be made by that body for the maintenance of the road over which the timber may be transported, and before a sawmill license is issued a letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

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.

7. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned, it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.

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