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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years; and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with application statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. lease fee and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

6. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

7. Improvements: Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

8. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

9. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale for Cash by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the Public Hall, Turakina, on Wednesday, 11th April, 1928, at 2 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924,

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rangitikei County.—Koitiata Survey District.

SECTIONS 191 and 192, Block I: Area, 94 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £200.

The sections are situated about seven miles from Turakina, with no formed road access.

Low-lying land, partly swampy, and portion subject to sand drift. Soil comprises sand to sandy loam. No buildings. About 30 chains boundary-fencing. Land suitable for grazing.

Terms of Sale.

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 shall be forfeited, and the sale of the land declared null and void.

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

Further particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 27th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 12th April, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Town of Napier.

LOT 2, being part Town Section 599: Area, 20·25 perches. Upset price, £600.

Situated on West Quay, Port Ahuriri.

A very valuable building-site for a woolstore or similar buildings.

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.

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

Full particulars may be had on application to this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 29th February, 1928.

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, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of March, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 1.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 509 acres, situated in Blocks IX and XIII, Ahaura Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1701, about eight miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 1,164,724, or in board feet 7,076,700, made up as follows:—

Upset price, £5,468. Ground rent, £25 9s. per annum. Time of removal, 5 years.

Lot 2.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 259 acres, situated in Blocks IX and XIII, Ahaura Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1701, about eight miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 692,234, or in board feet 4,079,000, made up as follows:—

Upset price, £3,155. Ground rent, £12 19s. per annum. Time of removal, 3 years.

Further blocks of residual tributary timber in Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1701 will be selected at appropriate times and offered for sale by public tender as occasion warrants.

Terms of Payment.

Lot 1.—A marked cheque for one-tenth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by sixteen equal quarterly instalments, the first payment to be made three months after the date of sale.

Lot 2.—A marked cheque for one-tenth 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 eight equal quarterly instalments, the first payment to be made three months after the date of sale.

In addition the successful tenderer shall continue the payment of such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by an “on demand” promissory note made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum in excess of current bank overdraft rates will be charged if the note is 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.