JULY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2207

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th July, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.
TENURE : O.R.P. License No. 794. Section 2, Block XXII,
Jacobs River Hundred. Former licensee: Thomas Blain Scott,
Reason of forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of
license.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th June, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE, O.R.P. 996, O.R.P. 997. Lots 1 and 2 of 10, Block
XI, Ohura Survey District. Licensees: Cameron and Liardet.
Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of
license.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

MAORI LANDS NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, 22nd June, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land
Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the regulations
thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be
received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, up to 3 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, 2nd August,
1928, for the leases of the lands described in the First
Schedule hereto on the terms and conditions set out in the
Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Lot 1: Sections 6, 7, and 8, Block II, Matahiwi Reserve
(Block XI, Tauakira Survey District): Total area, 30 acres
3 roods 35 perches. Upset rental, ls. 6d. per acre per annum.
Frontage to Wanganui River-bank Road. Land partly in
grass and partly in scrub. Partly fenced.

Lot 2: Lot 1 and parts Lots 2, 3, and 4, Ruapirau Section
3A (Block XI, Tauakira Survey District): Total area, 80
acres 1 rood 13 perches. Upset rental, 2s. 3d. per acre per
annum. Value of existing improvements, £20.
Situated on Wanganui River-bank Road, about 40 miles
from Wanganui. About 20 acres cleared and grassed.
Practically whole area ploughable when cleared.

Lot 3 : Section 20, Block XII, Rarete Survey District:
Area, 373 acres. Upset rental, £3 per annum.
Value of existing improvements £615, subject to mortgage
to State Advances Department. The successful tenderer
must pay, or make satisfactory arrangements with that
Department to pay, their value to that Department before
any lease is issued to him.
Situated ten miles from Raetihi by formed road, of which
six miles is metalled. 140 acres in bush. Of balance, about
42 acres is good tableland, with about 14 acres ploughable.
Remainder of section is hill-side, generally of good soil, but
with some fern and second growth.

Lot 4: Lot 1 of Section 1, Block XII, Retaruke Survey
District: Area, 155 acres 2 roods 34 perches. Upset rental,
1s. per acre per annum.
Situated on eastern bank of Retaruke River, seventeen
miles from Raurimu Railway-station. Access by dray road,
of which more than ten miles has been metalled, balance clay
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and pumice, in very good order. Land described as steep
pumice country; approximately 20 acres ploughable, balance
in scrub.

Lot 5: Part Section 1, Block XV, Makotuku Survey
District: Area, 170 acres (approximately). Upset rental,
12s. per acre per annum. Value of existing improvements,
£415.
Situated about six miles and a half from Raetihi. Access
by Parapara Road, which is metalled. Greater portion of
section ploughable; about one-third having already been
stumped and ploughed. Partly fenced. Small area in bush.

Lot 6: Part Section 6, Block XV, Makotuku Survey District: Area, 62 acres (approximately). Upset rental, 10s.
per acre per annum. Value of existing improvements, £350.
Situated about nine miles from Raetihi by metalled road.
Mostly undulating country, well grassed.

Lot 7: Section 4, Block V, Makotuku Survey District:
Area, 542 acres. Upset rental, 9d. per acre per annum.
Value of existing improvements, £1,474--subject to mort-
gage to State Advances Department. The successful tenderer
must pay, or make satisfactory arrangements with that
Department to pay, their value to that Department before
any lease is issued to him.
Situated about six miles from Raetihi by good metalled
road. All fairly easy hills. Soil fair quality volcanic loam
on papa and sandstone. Approximately 432 acres felled.
Some bracken, fern, and second growth. Dwelling, wool-
shed, and cow-shed on property.

Lot 8: Section 4 (part), Raetihi 3B and 4B (Block IV,
Makotuku Survey District): Area, 167 acres 2 roods 19
perches. Upset rental, 4s. per acre per annum.. Value of
existing improvements, £150.
Situated about two miles from Ohakune, access by Tohanga
Road, which is metalled. Section has been milled, and
partially grassed. About 37 acres burned in recent fire has
recently been resown. Partly fenced.

LOT 9: SALE OF TIMBER.

The timber is situated on parts of Sections 5 and 6, Block
XV, Makotuku Survey District. between the Parapara Road
and the Mangawhero River. Distance from Raetihi about
eight miles. Estimated area in bush, 68 acres, all virgin
forest. Estimated quantities of timber:

Rimu . . . . . . . . 685,600 ft.
Matai . . . . . . . . 174,600 ,,
Kahikatea .. ... . . . 216,200 ,,
Miro . . . . . . . . 31,000 ,,
1,107,400 ft.

The timber is offered for sale for cash on the following
terms :

(1) The Board is not responsible for the accuracy of the
foregoing estimates, and, therefore, intending purchasers
should satisfy themselves as to the quantity and character
of the timber.

(2) The purchaser shall be allowed three years within
which to cut and remove the timber and to remove any mill
and appliances used for the purpose, and shall be entitled to
a rebate of 5 per cent. on the total purchase-money if the
timber is cut and, together with the mill and appliances,
removed within two years, and a rebate of 10 per cent. if
this is done within one year.

(3) The purchase-money shall be the amount of the ac-
cepted tender, and shall be payable as follows—viz., one-
twelfth of the amount on the acceptance of the tender and
one-twelfth every three months thereafter; provided,
however, that if during any one quarter timber in excess of
one-twelfth of the total estimated quantity on the land is
cut then such excess shall be paid for at the end of the quarter
in the proportion which the excess bears to the total estimated
quantity and at the rate specified in the tender.

(4) The purchaser shall keep a proper record of all timber
cut, and shall furnish to the vendor a monthly statement of
same. His books and records shall at all times be available
for inspection by the vendor or the vendor's agent.

(5) Instalments shall be payable promptly on the due
dates, and interest at the rate of 7 per cent. may be charged
on payments in arrear.

(6) If the purchaser makes default for a period of thirty
days in payment of any instalment of purchase-money, or if,
after due notice, he fails within thirty days to observe and
perform any of the terms, convenants, or conditions of the
agreement the vendor may, without further notice, cancel
the agreement and all purchase-money theretofore paid by
the purchaser shall be forfeited.