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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Abstract of Conditions of Leases.

1. The terms of the lease in each case is twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years at revaluation, and on terms to be approved by the Land Board.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance.

3. Immediate possession will be given.

4. The cutting generally is to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and no flax is to be cut lower than 7 in. to 8 in. above the “crown,” the “crown” being defined as the junction of the bulb. For a period of eighteen years from the commencement of the term of the lease the hook method of cutting may be employed except during the months of April, May, June, and July, in each year, when the side-leaf method shall be exclusively employed. During the three final years of the first term of the lease all flax must be cut by the side-leaf method only. The method of cutting during the term of the renewal, if granted, shall be determined by the Land Board.

5. Lessee to construct and maintain subsidiary drains, so as to stimulate the growth of the flax. The following drains will be maintained by the Department: All road drains, Waerenga Drains, Section 23 to 28 Drain, and Punene Drain.

6. The lessee shall clean up and prevent the spread of all noxious weeds, scrub, kakahu, raupo, rushes, and manuka on the area. If the lessee fails to carry out this work, it may be done by the Department and the cost recovered from the lessee.

7. Planting shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and each lessee will be required to plant a certain area in each year, to be determined by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. Stock may be grazed during certain periods of the year with the permission of the Land Board, provided that all drains are securely fenced before stock are placed on the area. No grazing will be allowed during the winter months.

9. No fires shall be lit on the area, and each lessee shall be required to take all reasonable precautions against the occurrence and spread of fires. No compensation shall be allowed for loss by fire, and all risk shall be taken by the lessee.

10. No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the expiry or sooner determination of the lease, but the lessee may, provided all the conditions of the lease have been satisfactorily fulfilled, remove all buildings and plant erected by him on the ground.

11. All flax growing on the ground shall revert to the Crown at the expiry or sooner determination of the lease, without any compensation whatever, and no plants shall be removed or destroyed.

12. The Crown reserves the right to make drains and roads within the areas at any time, and also reserves the right of access at all times.

13. The lessee shall not transfer, sublet, or dispose of the cutting or milling rights, except with the approval of the Land Board.

14. All carting on the roads shall be subject to the heavy traffic by-laws of the Tauranga County Council, or as may be gazetted by the Lands Department under the authority of the Swamp Drainage Act.

15. The lease will be subject to the rating clauses of the Swamp Drainage Act, but for maintenance only.

16. The lease may be forfeited by the Land Board for non-compliance with any of these conditions.

A plan of the areas may be obtained on application to this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 27th August, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 2nd October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Waipukurau County.—Motuotaraia Survey District.—Hatuma Settlement.

SECTION 36, Block I: Area, 5 acres. Upset price, £80. Deposit on deferred payments, £5.

Situated a quarter of a mile from Hatuma Railway-station. A creek runs through the section, which is inclined to be wet, and would be improved by draining. Improvements, comprising old boundary fencing and an old shed, are included in the capital value.

Terms of Sale.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of 34½ years. The terms are—

(1) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

(2) Deferred Payments.—Required deposit and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal half-yearly instalments of principal and interest, extending over 34½ years, but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed 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.

Further particulars can be obtained on application to this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 26th August, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned milling-timber will be offered for sale by public auction at the office of the State Forest Service, Auckland, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 18th September, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST CONSERVATION-REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 258 acres (part Provisional State Forest No. 139), Block XIII, Tairua Survey District, situated three miles north-east of Puriri.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 174,614; in board feet, 1,258,500; made up as follows:—

Upset price: £5,535.

Ground rent: £12 18s.

Time of removal of timber: Four years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourteenth of the price bid, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee), must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance of the purchase-money be paid by thirteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six months after the date of sale. In addition, the successful bidder 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 “on demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at 1 per cent. in excess of current bank 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.

3. The attention of all buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful bidder 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. 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,