2692
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Piu Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)

SECTION 3s: Area, 416 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £925. Half-yearly rent, £23 2s. 6d.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of two years provided improvements to value of rent remitted are effected annually during the exemption period.

The section comprises 40 acres in good pasture, about 150 acres in worn-out pasture, and approximately 226 acres in fern, scrub, and bush.

Situated about eight miles from Kopaki Railway-station, and about three miles from Aratoro School. Dairy factory about eight miles to Kopaki Railway-station, thence by rail to Otorohanga.

Property is watered by running streams and springs. This section is mostly easy ploughable country, all of which has been grassed, but now reverted. Can be made into a good mixed-farming proposition.

Estimated to carry 100 ewes and 25 steers and heifers in present condition.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

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

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (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. No persons may hold more than one allotment.

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

8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

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. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

11. 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.

12. 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.

(L. and S. 31/659.)

Timber for Sale by Public Tender.

Lands and Survey Department,
Auckland, 25th August, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 6th October, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately two hundred and seventeen (217) acres, being part of the Ngaromaki Block, about five miles and a half north-east of Thames.

The total estimated quantity in board feet is 598,244, made up as follows:—

Species. Board Feet.
Kauri .. .. .. .. 119,462
Rimu .. .. .. .. 444,787
Kahikatea .. .. .. .. 22,248
Miro .. .. .. .. 11,747

Total .. .. .. .. 598,244

Upset price: £991.
Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for the amount of the tender in excess of £840, together with £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany the tender, and the balance paid by seven equal quarterly instalments of £120 each, the first of such instalments to be paid three months after the date of sale.

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 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.

Conditions of Sale.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.

2. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

3. For the purposes of this sale the foregoing description of the timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate as to quantities, qualities, and kinds, and no contract for the purchase of the timber shall be voidable nor shall the purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of any error or misdescription herein or in any advertisement having reference to this sale; nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

4. The attention of all tenderers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the purchaser 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 to the purchaser, a letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

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

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

7. 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 same.

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

9. 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.

10. A return, verified by affidavit, showing the number of logs cut and their contents, must be made quarterly by the purchaser on the last days of March, June, September, and December respectively in each year. The said returns may be verified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands by inspection of the mill books or by such other means as he may think fit, and for this purpose the accounts and books of the purchaser shall be open to the inspection of the said Commissioner or any officer duly authorized in that behalf.

11. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw from sale any of all of the said timber either before or after the closing date for receipt of tenders.

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

13. 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 Minister of Lands.

14. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.

Tenders should be enclosed in envelopes addressed “Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland,” and endorsed “Tenders for Timber.”

Further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 55964.)