2056
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Land in the North Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th June, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: O.R.P. License No. 5509. Section 38, Block VI. Hohoura East Survey District. Licensee: A. J. Blucher. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/A.)

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 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, the 24th July, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAROA COUNTY.

Allotment M102, Pupuke Parish.

86 kauri trees containing .. 372,710 board feet.
Distinguishing brand: X.
Upset price: £1,210.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

The sum of one-fourth of the amount of 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 at six-monthly intervals thereafter.

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.

7. In the event of no tenders being received for this timber, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months thereafter (unless previously formally withdrawn); providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated herein.

8. Any breach of the foregoing conditions of sale will render the “on demand” promissory notes liable to be presented for immediate payment.

9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and this timber is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of any tender by the Minister of Lands.

10. The purchaser shall have the right to cut the timber for the period specified, but shall have no right to the use of the land.

11. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right to follow up the mill-workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time become available, and of disposing of the same.

12. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust to find its way into any watercourse of any description.

13. Purchasers are notified that extension of the time herein stated for the removal of the timber must not be anticipated.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be addressed “Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland Land District, Private Bag, Auckland,” and envelopes to be marked “Tender for Timber.”

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 27/180.)

Settlement Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 28th July, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 30th July, 1930, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board, or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Whangarei County.—Aponga Settlement.

SECTION 7s: Area, 66 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £350. Half-yearly rent, £8 15s.

Section 8s: Area, 209 acres 0 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £2,200. Half-yearly rent, £55.

Part of the Aponga Settlement, situated eighteen to twenty miles from Whangarei, fifteen to seventeen miles from Kamo, and twelve to fourteen miles from Ruatangata Station. School close to both sections.

Section 8: Access by half mile stock-road from the main road at Aponga. Watered by good creeks. Soil rich brown rubble on blue rock formation. About half undulating and half hilly; patches of shelter bush and second growth in gullies. All in good grass, ring-fenced, and subdivided into two paddocks. Altitude about 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for sheep and fattening lambs.

Section 7s: Frontage to metalled cart-road close to Purua School. Watered by small creek; soil is fair sandstone and little pipe-clay resting of sandstone formation. All