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9. Roads may be taken without payment of compensation.
10. Licensee to have no right to the timber or flax on the
    land comprised in the license.
11. With the permission of the Land Board, the licensee
    may,--
    (a.) Cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed
    thereon;
    (b.) Plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding 3,000
    acres;
    (c.) Clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run and
    sow same in grass;
    (d.) Surface-sow in grass any portion of the run.
    On expiry of license the value of licensee's improvements
    will be protected in accordance with the law.
12. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
13. Residence is compulsory for a period of ten years from
    the commencement of the term of the license.
14. Transfer not allowed until after five years from com-
    mencement of term, unless under exceptional circumstances.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The licensees of Runs 608, 609, and 610 shall accept as
   tenants in common a year to year license under section 147
   of the Land Act, 1924, to occupy Section 1, Block XIII
   (area, 5 acres), and Section l, Block XIV (area 50 acres),
   Wart Hill Survey District; annual rental, f18. The
   improvements on these sections comprise a three-roomed
   house with outbuildings, sheep-yards and fencing valued at
   £325 7s.
2. The licensees of Runs 608, 609, and 610 shall maintain
   the sheep-bridge over the Pomahaka River at Section 1,
   Block XIII, Wart Hill Survey District, in good order and
   condition to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands. In the event of the maintenance of the bridge being
   neglected, the Commissioner reserves the right to have the
   work done and the cost thereof shall be payable in equal shares
   by the licensees and recoverable in the same manner as rent.
   The valuation of this bridge is not included in the amounts
   payable.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Millng-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 23rd November, 1925.

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, Auckland,
at 4 o'clock p.m., on 22nd December, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.--AUCKLAND
LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land containing
approximately 455 acres, being Lot 1 of Section 7 and Sec-
tion 19, Block IX, Hurakia Survey District (Provisional State
Forest No. 97), situated about eight miles from Waimiha by
metalled road.

The estimated quantity of timber in superficial feet is
2,528,400, made up as follows:-

Rimu ...... 1,842,350
Miro ...... 167,950
Matai ...... 239,100
Kahikatea ...... 50,950
Totara ...... 185,350
Tanekaha ...... 42,700
Upset price, £3,830.
Ground-rent, £22 15s. per annum.
Term of license, two years and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the tendered price, together with half-year's ground rent and £1 1s. license fee,
must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by
seven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be
paid six 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
   1 per cent. in excess of 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.
8. Tenders should be on the special form obtainable from
   any office of the State Forest Service, and should be enclosed
   in envelopes addressed "Conservator of Forests, Auckland," and endorsed "Tender for Timber."

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.

R. D. CAMPBELL,
Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT REGINALD HOL-
DRICH, of Parnell, Auckland, formerly Motor-bus Prop-
rietor, now Travelling Salesman, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be held at my office on Monday, the 30th day of November,
1925, at ll o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
18th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM PATTON, of Barry
Road, Waihi, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden
at the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Tuesday, the 8th day of
December, 1925, at ll o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
20th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that SAMUEL FEVER, of Auck-
land, Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and
I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my
office, on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 1925, at ll
o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
20th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that MICII GOVORKO, of Glen
Eden, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the Ist day of December, 1925, at
ll o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
2lst November, 1925.