M AR. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st March, 1933.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 26th April, 1933, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND LAND DISTRICT.-SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.-Oteramika Hundred.
SECTION 48, Block VII : Area, 2 roods. Upset price, £5. The section, which is suitable for a building-site, is situated close to Gorge Road Railway-station.

Conditions of sale and further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

B. C. McCABE, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
( L. and S. 1913/1319.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th March, 1933.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Friday, 12th May, 1933, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WHAKATANE COUNTY.
Section 5, Block XI, Rotoma Survey District.
Species. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. .. 988,075
Kahikatea .. .. .. .. 6,657
Miro .. .. .. .. 10,092
Mangeao .. .. .. .. 11,622
Totals ... 1,016,446

Distinguishing brands : Consecutive numbers. Upset price : £1,300. Time for removal : Three years.

The timber is situated near Lake Rotoma, the Rotorua-Matata Road forming the north-western boundary of the section. Construction of any roading necessary to extract the timber will not be a difficult matter.

Terms of Payment.

The sum of one-quarter of the amount of the tender to be paid in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £l ls. (license fee); balance payable in six (6) equal instalments, the first of such instalments to be paid within three (3) months of the date of acceptance of tender.

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. Such bills are to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after the purchaser has been notified to complete.

Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. of the amount of tender in cash, marked cheques, or post-office order, the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, in terms as stated above.

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, and such additional conditions as the Commissioner of Crown Lands considers necessary in the interests of the Crown or of the public.

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

3. 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.

4. For the purposes of this sale the foregoing description of the timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate as to quantities, qualities, and species, 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.

5. All timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until the purchase of same has been completed.

6. The attention of all intending purchasers 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 is 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.

7. Only those trees numbered numerically are included in this sale. All unnumbered trees are excluded from this sale, and must not be felled or removed.

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

9. In the event of the timber remaining unsold at this offering, 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.

10. Any breach of the foregoing conditions of sale will render the “on demand” promissory notes liable for presentation for immediate payment.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

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

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

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

K. M. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 20/679.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 20th March, 1933.
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 Monday, 10th April, 1933.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION, WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 56·5 acres, situated in Block XIII, Arnold Survey District, part of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1600, about two miles and a half from Omoto Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 76,791 or in board feet 500,050 made up as follows:-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. .. 69,271 450,250
Kahikatea .. .. .. .. 7,520 49,800
Totals ... 76,791 500,050

Upset price : £408.
Time for removal : Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the purchase-money, together with £l ls. (license fee), must accompany tender, and the balance be paid in four equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall fall due three months after the date of sale.