Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

10. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    The reserve is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
    Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
    A. F. WATERS.
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 2nd March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 8th April, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LAND.
Marlborough County.—Cloudy Bay Survey District.
PART 49 of Section 35, Block XI: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 15 perches; upset price, £50.
This property is situated at Grovetown, about three miles from Blenheim. The land is of first-class quality, suitable for residential purposes or market-gardening.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—
(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.
(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.
In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 2nd March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, the 8th April, 1926.
The land 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, Blenheim.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Marlborough County.—Wakamarina Survey District.
SECTION 7, Block III: Area, 282 acres. Capital value, £600. Value of buildings, £600. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £15. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12; £23 8s.*

• Interest and sinking fund on building (well-built five-roomed dwelling with hot and cold water and conveniences) and fencing, valued at £600, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £23 8s.

Comprises about 60 acres of fair to good flat land. The balance is steep, broken country, cold and shady, covered with birch bush. Practically all the milling-timber has been cleared off. Well watered. Altitude varies from 320 ft. to 1,500 ft. Distant about seven miles and a half from the Rai Valley Post-office and Dairy Factory.
Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim.
J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 8th April, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF OTARA.
SECTION 61: Area, 1 rood; upset price, £10.
„ 69 „ 1 „ „ £10.
„ 70 „ 1 „ „ £10.
Section 61 faces the main road. Sections 69 and 70 are in Manuka Street. The three sections are within a few chains of the Colac Railway-station. Suitable for building-sites.

Terms of Sale.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be obtained on application to this office.
N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

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

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 4th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned timber will be offered for sale by public auction at the office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 26th day of March, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 188 acres, situated in Wakarara Survey District (State Forest No. 24). The block is about thirty miles from Waipawa by good metalled road.

The estimated quantity of timber in feet, board measure, is 4,604,900, or in cubic feet 713,545, made up as follows:—

Cubic Ft. Board Ft.
Rimu .. 547,015 3,610,300
Miro .. 56,690 345,200
Matai .. 55,542 327,700
Kahikatea .. 24,223 162,300
Beech .. 30,075 159,400
———— ————
713,545 4,604,900

Upset price, £7,114.
Ground-rent, £9 8s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for 10 per cent. of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground-rent and £1 1s. license fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance be