JULY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2339

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 circum-
stances, 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, Hokitika.

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/1248.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th July, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserve will be offered for lease by public auction
at this office on Monday, 1st September, 1930, at 11 o’clock
a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928,
and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Township of Ohai Extension No. 8.

SECTION 10: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 38 perches. Upset annual
rent, £3.

The section, which is undulating and is suitable for a building-
site, is situated close to the Ohai Railway-siding.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The lease, which confers surface rights only, will contain
   the following conditions:—

The lessor hereby excepts and reserves unto the lessor, his
successors, and assigns all coal-mines, veins and seams of coal,
and all other mines, metals, and minerals whatsoever, and all
quarries of stone, and deposits of gravel, scoria, sand, and clay,
with full liberty and power for the lessor, his successors, assigns,
and licensees, and his and their workmen, servants, and agents,
at his and their free will and pleasure, to search for, dig, work
and carry away the same; and for the better working the same
mines and quarries to erect furnaces, engines, and smelting-
houses, and other requisite buildings, and to make and lay
down and continue any railway, and to make drains, sluices,
and cuts, and to do every other act necessary or expedient for
raising and carrying away all such coal, metals, minerals,
stone, gravel, scoria, sand, and clay, doing as little injury as
may be to the soil of the said premises, and making, in the
absolute discretion of the Board, either reasonable com-
pensation for the disturbance of the surface soil or abatement
of the rent to an amount bearing the same proportions to the
total rent hereby reserved as the rental value of the area of
the land disturbed bears to the rental value of the whole area
of land hereby demised.

2. Lessees shall have no claim for compensation or otherwise
   against the lessor, or any other person or persons, or body
   corporate whomsoever or whatsoever, for any loss which
   lessees may sustain on account of mining operations carried
   on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered and £2 2s. (lease fee)
   must be deposited on acceptance of bid.
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.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. 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 his lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide
   without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the
   consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive
   trade upon the land.
8. 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 in-
   coming 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.
9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum to be
    paid on rent in arrear.

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

J. MACDONALD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/444.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 29th 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, Hokitika, at
4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of August, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND
DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approxi-
mately 60 acres, situated in Block III, Toaroha Survey
District, part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1627, about
eighteen miles from Hokitika Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
115,291, or in board feet, 746,800, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 23,528 157,000
Kahikatea .. .. 83,940 539,500
Matai .. .. 5,183 33,300
Miro .. .. 2,640 17,000

Total .. .. 115,291 746,800

Upset price: £746.
Ground rent: £3 per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the purchase-money,
together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee),
must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by five
equal quarterly instalments; the first payment to be made
six 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 satis-
   faction 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 en-
   titled 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,