Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3051

Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th November, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 14th January, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 16th January, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

The land is offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose right shall be to the surface soils only.

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SCHEDULE.

Wallace County.—Jacobs River Hundred.

SECTION 51, Block XIX: Area, 76 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £115. Half-yearly rent, £2 6s.

Section 52, Block XIX: Area, 89 acres 0 roods 22 perches. Capital value, £155. Half-yearly rent, £3 2s.

Both sections are situated on the west side of the Pourakino River, about eight miles from Riverton by formed and metalled road (about seven miles metalled); balance new formation. Three miles from Waipango Post-office and school, and four miles and a half from Aparima Dairy Factory.

Section 51 is undulating to hilly. All milling-timber has been removed. When cleared and grassed will be suitable for dairying and mixed farming. Altitude from 70 ft. to 240 ft. above sea-level.

Section 52 is all undulating, of fair quality, and with the exception of 2 or 3 acres of swamp, is all native bush which was milled some years ago. Watered by small gullies. Suitable for dairying when cleared and grassed. Altitude from 30 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Special condition.—After the first half-year’s rent has been paid no further rent will be demanded on either section for a period of two years.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £2 2s. (lease fee) 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. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

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. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

12. 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.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

THOS. POUND,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 20th November, 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 Monday, the 9th day of December, 1929.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION. — SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 241 acres, situated in Block XIII, Lillburn Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 20), Sawmill Area No. 31D, about twenty miles from Tuatapere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 256,965, in board feet 1,578,400, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,316.

Annual ground rent: £12 1s.

Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by seven equal quarterly instalments; 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 “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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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.