Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3649

Weighted with £120, for improvements comprising old

dwelling, approximately 220 chains of fencing (in poor order),
and 140 acres felling and grassing, now mostly deteriorated.
This sum is payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £20;
balance to be secured by instalment mortgage for ten years;
interest, 5½ per cent.; half-yearly instalment, £6 11s. 4d.
A grazing property, situated at Aukopae, on the Aorangi
Road, about twelve miles from Taumarunui Railway-station
and a quarter of a mile from Aukopae School. Comprises
about 18 acres undulating land; balance hilly to steep. Soil of
fair quality on papa and sandstone formation; watered by
streams.
ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Sixty-six years, with a perpetual right
   of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rent: 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value,
   payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, 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. 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 lands 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.
    (L. and S. 26/10214.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 26th November, 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, Rotorua, at
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 12th day of December, 1930.
SCHEDULE.
ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND
LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber specified on that area, containing
approximately 46·4 acres, situated in Section 30s, Block VIII,
Otanewainuku Survey District (Portion of P.S.F. No. 69),
about nineteen miles from Tauranga by the Tauranga-Oropi
Road.
The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 56,395, in
board feet, 390,400; made up as follows:—
Species. Cubic Ft. Board Ft.
Rimu 54,518 377,850
Miro 1,077 7,100
Kahikatea 426 3,000
Tanekaha 200 1,300
Mangeao 174 150
Totals 56,395 390,400
Upset Price: £555.
Ground rent: £2 6s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Nine months.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-half of the purchase-money,
together with ground rent (£l 14s. 6d.) and £1 ls. (license
fee), must accompany tender, and the balance be paid three
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 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, 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 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 may require, and for this purpose the
   accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the
   Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.
6. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality
   and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
   relative to the sale.
7. 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 Commissioner of State Forests.
8. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of State
   Forests to withdraw from sale any or all of the said timber
   either before or after the closing date for receipt of tenders.
9. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned
   it will remain open for application at the upset price until
   further notice.
10. Tenders should be on the special form obtainable from
    any office of the State Forest Service, and should be enclosed
    in envelopes addressed 'Conservator of Forests, Rotorua,'
    and endorsed 'Tender for Timber.'
    The conditions which will be inserted in the license to be
    issued to the purchaser and further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director
    of Forestry, Wellington.
    W. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.
    MAORI LAND NOTICE.
    Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.
    Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
    Wanganui, 21st November, 1930.
    NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Townships
    Act, 1910, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908,
    that written tenders are invited and will be received at the
    office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui,
    up to 3 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 19th December, 1930, for the
    lease of the undermentioned sections:—
    Potaka Native Township, Block III, Section 17: Area,
    1 rood. Upset rental, £1 per annum.
    Potaka Native Township, Block III, Section 18: Area,
    1 rood. Upset rental, £1 per annum.
    Potaka Native Township, Block III, Section 19: Area,
    1 rood. Upset rental, £1 per annum.
    Potaka Native Township, Block III, Section 21: Area,
    1 rood. Upset rental, £1 per annum.
    Potaka Native Township, Block IV, Section 8: Area,
    1 rood. Upset rental, £1 10s. per annum.
    Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Aotea
    District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.
    JAS. W. BROWNE,
    President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.