Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered and £2 2s. (lease fee) must be deposited on acceptance of bid.
2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
8. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee; and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.
9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.
    W. D. ARMIT,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in the North Auckland Land District for Lease by Tender.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the lease of the undermentioned land will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Customs Street West, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 16th April, 1929.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.—WHANANAKI DOMAIN.
SECTION 28, Block IX, Opuawhanga Survey District : Area, 28 acres 2 roods 32 perches.
Situated on the peninsula between the open sea and the Whananaki Creek. Self reclaimed sand section with a little rattail and similar grasses.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years, but the lessor reserves the right to determine the lease at any time on giving three months’ notice in writing if the land is required for use as a domain.
2. The upset annual rental is £2. The rent is paid yearly in advance, the first year’s rent to accompany the tender.
3. The lessee shall not transfer, sublet, or otherwise dispose of his interest without the written consent of the lessor.
4. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, and other charges levied against the land during the lease.
5. The lessee shall keep the land free from rabbits and all noxious weeds.
6. The lessee shall fence in the land within the first twelve months with at least five wires and either totara or puriri posts at least four to the chain. The fencing shall be maintained in good condition throughout the term of the lease, and cannot be removed.
7. The lessee shall grass the land with any class of grass of a binding nature, and no stock shall be depastured on the land until the grass has sufficiently taken.
8. No compensation, shall be given for any improvements effected by the lessee, but any buildings erected by him may be removed on the termination of the lease.
9. The lease shall be liable to termination for breach of any of the conditions of the lease.
10. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.
    O. N. CAMPBELL,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 11th March, 1929.

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 4th day of April, 1929.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 55 acres, situated in Block XV, Mawhera-iti Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest No. 1694, about five miles and a half from Ikamatua Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 117,067, or in board feet, 729,100; made up as follows:
Species.
Rimu .. .. .. 63,552 406,500
Kahikatea .. .. 53,515 322,600
117,067 729,100
Upset price: £695.
Ground rent: £2 15s. per annum.
Time for removal: Twelve months.

Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-fourth of the purchase-money, together with half-year's ground rent and £1 ls. (license fee) must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by three equal quarterly installments, 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.
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. The aforementioned qualities, quantities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this sale, and no contract for the purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, or kind as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.
5. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents must be made quarterly by the licensee on the last days of March, June, September, and December respectively in each year. A return, similarly verified, must be made on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection of the books of the mill, or by such other means as the Conservator may require, and for this purpose the accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.
6. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.
10. 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, Hokitika,” 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.
    A. D. McGAVOCK, Conservator of Forests.