JULY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1913

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 24th July, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th July, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for a lease of the undermentioned reserve will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 12th August, 1929, under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Amuri County.—Waiau Survey District.

RESERVE 3419, Block XIII: Area, 24 acres 3 roods 22 perches. Term, twenty-one years, without right of renewal.

Weighted with £11 for improvements, to be paid in cash. Improvements comprise half value of 44 chains standard wire-fencing. There is also a shelter belt of trees along west boundary.

Situated about one mile and a half from Waiau Township. Well watered. All in old pasture. Part light terrace faces, flats, and swamps.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders, accompanied by six months’ rent at the rate offered, £1 1s. (lease fee), and valuation for improvements (£11), to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and marked on the outside “Tender for Lease.”

2. Possession will be given with notification of acceptance of tender.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

4. No compensation is payable to the lessee on account of improvements or for resumption, but upon the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, if the land is again offered for selection, the new lease will be loaded with an amount equal to the value of improvements effected or paid for by the outgoing lessee, which amount will be payable in cash by the incoming lessee. In the event of the land not being re-selected when offered as aforesaid, the lessee will be allowed a reasonable time in which to remove any improvements to which he may be entitled.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, Californian thistle, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within one month after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to this office.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 18th July, 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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th day of August, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 120 acres (part Provisional State Forest No. 51 and State Forest No. 10), Block VII, Aparima Hundred, situated close to Otatau.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 110,221, in board feet 701,300; made up as follows:—

Upset price : £521.
Ground rent : £6.
Time for removal of timber : Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-quarter of the price tendered, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase-money be paid by four equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three 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.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by an “on demand” promissory notes 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 on all notes 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.