Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2929

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.S.R.L. Lease No. 689. Section 1s, Pukekoa Settlement. Formerly held by W. Bessell. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Lands.

Education Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Temuka, at 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, 15th January, 1925, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.

SECTION 1, part “B,” Reserve 1,400, Block XVI: Area, 73 acres; upset annual rent, £70. Term of lease: Twenty-one years.

Situated about eighteen miles from Temuka by good road. Comprises heavy swamp land in fair order, and is good dairying country.

Improvements.

The improvements consist of house, washhouse and dairy, shed, cow-shed, pigsty and run, fencing, and drains valued at £346, which amount must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee and costs of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each year.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

7. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

9. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

10. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £2 per acre.

11. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.

12. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

13. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

14. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

15. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. STEWART,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.—Rotorua Forest-conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Whakarewarewa, 9th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned milling-timber will be sold by public auction at the office of the State Forest Service, Whakarewarewa, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 16th January, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 896 acres, situated in Blocks II and III, Opoutihi Survey District, about seventeen miles by road from Tauranga.

The estimated quantity of timber on the area is 4,144,900 superficial feet, made up as follows:—

Rimu .. .. .. 3,635,100 super. ft.
Miro .. .. .. 328,900 ,,
Kahikatea .. .. .. 167,500 ,,
Totara .. .. .. 13,400 ,,

Upset price, £5,800.
Ground rent, £44 16s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the amount bid, together with half-year’s ground-rent and £1 1s. license fee, must be paid by the successful bidder on the fall of the hammer, and the balance by ten equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six months after date of sale.

Terms of 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 intending buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the purchaser 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 buyers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

5. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the bid 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 before the date of sale.

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

The conditions which will be inserted in the license to be issued to the purchaser, and further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director of Forestry, Wellington.

H. A. GOUDIE, Conservator of Forests.