2262
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908. The lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1915.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all drains, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

7. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee; and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrears.

8. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

9. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

10. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.

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

12. Land Board to approve of improvements proposed.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

(L. and S. 20/508.)

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st July, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 27th August, 1930, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH LUMSDEN.

SECTION 6, Block VI: Area, 11 acres 1 rood 9 perches. Upset annual rental, £3 6s.

Weighted with £12, value of improvements.

Light level land situated within a mile of Lumsden Railway-station, post-office, and school.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.

2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered and rent for the broken period, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

3. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of the lease.

6. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide without consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to use to remove any gravel without consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

9. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

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

S. L. FAIRHALL,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/1076.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 23rd July, 1930.

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 11th day of August, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 130 acres, being part Section 7, Block XII, Waikawa Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 21) Sawmill Area No. 52, about five miles from Tokanui.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 100,074; in board feet, 659,500; made up as follows:—

Upset price: £520.

Ground rent: £6 10s. per annum.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventh 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 eight equal monthly instalments; the first payment to be made one month 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