SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2803

Deferred Payments.--£5 of the purchase-money and £1 1s.
(license fee) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal
half-yearly instalments extending over a period of 34½ years,
with interest at 5½ per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-
money; but with the right to pay off the whole or any part
of the outstanding amount.
In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the pre-
scribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or
interest, the amount (if any) already paid 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 obtained at this office.
W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th September, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925,
and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday,
21st September, 1928.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the Courthouse, Timaru, at 1.30 o'clock
p.m. on Tuesday, 25th September, 1928, and must produce
documentary evidence of their financial position or backing,
farming ability and experience, and, in the case of dis-
charged soldiers, their military discharges. If any applicant
so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any
other district.
The ballot will be held at the Courthouse, Timaru, on
Tuesday, 25th September, 1928, immediately upon conclusion
of the examination of applicants.
Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants
who have one or more children dependent upon them; to land-
less applicants who within two years immediately preceding
date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccess-
fully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as
members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged
on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with
the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war
were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants
who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond
New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty's Forces in
connection with any war other than the war with Germany.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.--SETTLEMENT LAND.
Mackenzie County.--Tengawai Survey District.--Cricklewood
and Lambrook Settlements.
Lots 2 and 4, D.P. 7546, Lambrook Settlement, and Lots 5
and 7, D.P. 7546, Cricklewood Settlement: Area, 355 acres,
1 rood 35 perches. Capital value, £3,940. Half-yearly rent,
£98 10s.
Weighted with £386 19s. 6d., valuation for improvements
consisting of four-roomed dwelling, scullery, &c., cowbyre
and shed, hut, and fencing. The concrete trough and piping,
windmill, well, and some of the fencing remain the property
of the Crown, and are included in the capital value of the lease.
The improvements (£386 19s. 6d.) are repayable by £36 19s. 6d.
in cash; the balance being secured by an instalment mortgage
for a period of 24½ years with interest at 5½ per cent. per annum
in the case of a civilian and 25½ years at 5 per cent. per annum
in the case of a discharged soldier.
Situated one mile from Cricklewood Railway-station and
school. Should carry about 325 ewes. Property is also
suitable for cropping and mixed farming.
A remission of two years' rent will be given subject to the
lessee effecting improvements to a value equivalent to the
amount of rent so remitted, such improvements to be to the
satisfaction of the Land Board.
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: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value,
   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 applications statutory declara-
   tion, and, on being declared successful, deposit £2 2s. (lease
   fees), £2 2s. (mortgage fee), deposit on improvements, 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. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.
6. No person may hold more than one allotment.
7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all
   rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. 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.
10. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of
    lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then
    only with permission.
11. 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.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner
    of Crown Lands, Christchurch.
    W. STEWART,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
    Millng-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
    State Forest Service,
    Hokitika, 12th September, 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 Thursday, the 11th October, 1928.
    SCHEDULE.
    WESTLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.--WESTLAND LAND
    DISTRICTS.
    ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 59
    acres, situated in Block VII, Otira Survey District, portion of
    Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1095, about two miles
    from Aickens Railway-station.
    The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 109,412, or in
    board feet, 692,300, made up as follows:—
    Species. Cubic feet. Board feet.
    Kahikatea . . . . . 88,338 554,500
    Rimu . . . . . 10,374 68,200
    Matai . . . . . 9,306 60,700
    Miro . . . . . 1,394 8,900
    Totals . . . . . 109,412 692,300
    Upset price: £728.
    Ground rent: £2 19s. per annum.
    Time for removal: Eighteen months.
    Terms of Payment.
    A marked cheque for one-tenth of the purchase-money,
    together with half-year's ground rent and £1 ls. (license fee)
    must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by twelve
    equal monthly instalments, the first payment to be made
    two months after the date of sale.
    In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue to pay
    such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency
    of the license.
    Terms and Conditions.
13. All instalment-payments shall be secured by "on
    demand" promissory notes made and endorsed to the satis-
    faction 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 on all notes overdue
    from the date of maturity to the date of payment.
14. In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue to
    pay such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the
    currency of the license.
15. 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.