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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 15

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 land 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, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 12 o’clock noon on Monday, 28th April, 1930.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 30th April, 1930, 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 conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; 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; 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; and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the hereinbefore specified classes.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kiwitea County.—Umutoi Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent or interest and rates for three years).

SECTIONS 26, 27, and 28, Block I: Area, 615 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £350. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 17s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7.

These sections are situated in the Onslow Block at the foot of the Ruahine Ranges. Access is from Rangiwahia, which is seven miles and a half distant, by formed and metalled road. There is an area of about 20 acres flat land on Section 26 suitable for a homestead-site. The remainder is hilly, and mostly covered by heavy fallen timber. About 100 acres have been felled and grassed, but reverting to second growth. There are no buildings and fencing. Section is permanently watered. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 2,500 ft.

Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 20th March, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

SECTION 8, Block I, Hukerenui Survey District.

95 green kauri trees .. .. 166,552 superficial feet.
5 dry kauri trees .. .. 12,616 ,,
62 dry kauri rickers .. .. 33,604 ,,
110 green totara trees .. .. 161,419 ,,
191 rimu trees .. .. 294,770 ,,
182 kahikatea trees .. .. 567,773 ,,
27 matai trees .. .. 31,539 ,,

672 trees containing .. .. 1,268,273 ,,

Distinguishing brand: V.
Upset price: £1,800.
Time for removal: Two years.

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

The sum of one-fourth of the amount of the tender to be paid in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £1 1s. (license fee); balance payable in three equal instalments within six months, twelve months, and eighteen months thereafter respectively.

All instalment-payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of acceptance of tender, and with the interest added shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes endorsed by two approved sureties, and such bills are to be completed, and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after notifying the purchaser to complete.

Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order; the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, in terms as stated above.

Conditions of Sale.

1. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.

2. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw this timber from sale either before or after the date for receipt of tenders.

3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for 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, and kind than as stated herein, or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

4. All timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.

5. The quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands shown are included in this sale. All trees branded F.R. or unbranded, being the undersized, defective, and isolated trees, are excluded from this sale, and must not be felled or removed.

6. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.