3504

Conditions of Lease.

1. THE lease shall be for a term of three (3) years from the first day of March, 1926, but the lessor shall have the right, in the event of the land being required for any purpose, to determine the lease at any time on giving the lessee three months' notice in writing of his intention in that behalf.

2. The lessee shall pay the rental in half-yearly instalments, each in advance, the first payment to accompany the tender, and the remaining payments to fall due on the first days of September and March in each year during the currency of the lease.

3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable in respect of the demised land.

5. The lessee shall during the currency of the lease keep all fences in good condition and repair, and shall keep the land free from all noxious weeds and from rabbits to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. A right-of-way to the lock-up is reserved for the police authorities over the demised land.

7. No compensation shall be given nor shall any be claimed for any improvements effected by the lessee during the currency of the lease.

8. The lessor shall have the right to re-enter and determine the lease for the breach by the lessee of any of the covenants or conditions of the lease.

9. Tenders shall be endorsed on the outside “Tender for lease.”

10. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 21st December, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Reefton, on Wednesday, 27th January, 1926, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-TOWN LAND.
Ross Town.-Town of Reefton.

SECTION 804: Area 12 perches; upset price, £5.
,, 805 ,, 12 ,, ,, £5.
,, 537 ,, 12 ,, ,, £7.
,, 538 ,, 12 ,, ,, £7.
All flat sections, suitable for building-sites.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be had on application to this office.

A. F. WATERS,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th December, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, the 27th January, 1926.

The lands may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.-FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.-Oteramika Survey District.

Section 64, Block VII: Area, 189 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £475. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £11 17s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 10s.

Section 20, Block X: Area, 142 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Capital value, £400. Occupation with right of purchase:

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Half-yearly rent £10. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8.

Situated about one mile and three-quarters from Gorge Railway-siding, Post-office, and School. Access by good metal road. Practically level bush land, all sawmilling timber having been removed. There is a considerable quantity of good fencing material. Watered by streams. All bush area of these sections has good dry bottom, with the exception of approximately an area of 20 acres on Section 64, which is swamp, but can be drained.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924. Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 18th December, 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 20th January, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.-AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-trees on that parcel of land containing approximately 261 acres, situated in Block XIII, Takahue Survey District (part State Forest No. 1 and Provisional State Forest No. 106), about thirty miles by road to Awanui.

Estimated quantities are as follows :-

Kauri .. 460,447 super. feet (H.D. measurement).
Rimu .. 29,055 board feet.
Totara .. 24,472 "
Upset price, £1,846.
Ground rent, £5 per annum.
Time for removal of timber, two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth 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 four 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.