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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers, in the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH, and DUNEDIN, every Tuesday and Friday, at half past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

In all other cities and towns in which sittings of the Court are held, such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

PROVISION AS TO HOLIDAYS.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings shall be a public holiday, the sitting shall commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday. It shall be lawful for any one or more Judges of the Supreme Court to order that the Supreme Court and the offices thereof at any place shall be closed for any public or proclaimed holiday in the district.

Given under our hands at Wellington this 8th day of October, 1924.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
W. A. SIM, J.
T. W. STRINGER, J.
ALEX. S. ADAMS, J.
W. C. MACGREGOR, J.

Approved in Council.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Mining Privilege struck off Register.—Notice under the Mining Act Amendment Act, 1914.

Office of the Mining Registrar,
Gore, 3rd November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been this day struck off the Register.

J. L. DUGGAN, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PRIVILEGE: Special dredging claim, 12/04. Locality: Section 49, Block XIV, Chatton Survey District. Registered holder: Edwin Allardyce and Tanjore Boyce.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Marlborough Land District declared forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th November, 1924.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. R.L./52. Section 20, Block X, Linkwater Survey District. Lessee: Daniel Gilchrist. Reason for forfeiture: Abandonment and non-payment of rent.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 18th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, the 23rd day of December, 1924, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block II, Heringa Survey District: Area, 50 acres; upset annual rental, £10.

This property is situated on the main Blenheim–Nelson Road, about twenty miles from Havelock: 35 acres flat, balance undulating.

Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements, consisting of cottage of four rooms, cow-shed, outbuildings, 80 chains fencing, stumping, and cultivation.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from the 1st day of January, 1925 (subject to termination by twelve months notice in the event of the land being required by the Government).

2. Possession will be given on the 1st day of January, 1925.

3. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, £1 1s. lease fee, and the value of the improvements must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

4. The rental shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in each and every year.

5. The lessee shall not be entitled to have or receive compensation or allowance whatsoever by reason of such resumption in respect of any improvements now in existence on or effected by him upon the said lands, but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove or cause to be removed all buildings or fencing then in existence on the land.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the consent of the lessor first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, and other noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall, with all reasonable despatch, remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

11. The lessee shall permit travelling stock to rest on the land on payment being made according to the following scale: Per head, per night:—

Horses and cattle, the first 10 .. .. 6
Above 10 and up to 50 (inclusive) .. .. 3
Above 50 .. .. 1
Sheep, the first 25 .. .. 1
Above 25 and up to 250 .. .. 0½
250 and upwards .. .. 0¼

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim.

J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.—Southland Forest-conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 18th November, 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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 19th December, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land containing approximately 45 acres (known as Sawmill Area No. 21), Block XI, Waikawa Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 21), situated close to Waikawa Township.

The estimated quantity of timber on the area is rimu, 517,079 superficial feet; miro, 93,589 superficial feet.

In addition included in the sale are the following branded trees outside the area: 113 rimu-trees, containing by estimation 71,812 superficial feet; 50 miro-trees, containing by estimation 12,998 superficial feet.

Upset price: £640.

Ground rent: £2 5s. per annum.

Time for removal: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

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