Nov. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3173

Hilly and broken section, approximately 400 acres having been felled and grassed, now mostly reverted and run out, balance in scrub, fern, and standing bush. Ragwort requires immediate attention and rabbits are numerous; watered by running streams.

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

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 31/669.)

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on optional tenure under the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 11th December, 1933.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 13th December, 1933, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

SECTIONS 14 and 15, Block IX: Area, 864 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £530. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £16 8s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £10 12s.

Weighted with the sum of £2,500 for improvements, consisting of dwelling, washhouse, whare, wool-shed, garage, cow-shed, 764 acres felling and grassing, 20 acres stumping, and 813 chains of fencing. This sum may be paid in cash, or may be secured by mortgage to the Superintendent, State Advances Department, payable over a period of thirty-six years and a half, table mortgage, interest 6 per cent., reducible to 5½ per cent. for prompt payment.

A grazing property, situated on the right bank of the Makino Stream, with a frontage to Makino Road. Access is from Raetihi Railway-station, which is about fourteen miles distant by metalled road.

The frontage of the section is hilly with rough sandstone faces rising to easy undulating country. The whole area has been felled and grassed and approximately 100 acres have reverted to fern. The soil is of fair quality loam resting on sandstone and papa formation; watered by streams.

Application forms and any further information desired may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

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

(L. and S. 31/371.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th November, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 22nd January, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 24th January, 1934, at 10 a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Stratford County.—Omona Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

SECTIONS 3 and 4, Block IV: Area, 400 acres. Capital value, £100; half-yearly rent, £2.

After payment of rent for first half year and broken period an exemption from payment of rent for five years will be granted provided improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

The selector of Sections 3 and 4 must acquire by transfer (at his own expense) Sections 8 and 9, area 400 acres, freehold land, the purchase-price of which, together with the loading for improvements on Sections 3 and 4, amount to £1,445. This amount is payable in cash, or by a cash deposit of £40, leaving £250 on first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent over Sections 3 and 4, term thirty years, half-yearly instalment, £9 0s. 8d., £480 on first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent over Sections 8 and 9, term thirty years, half-yearly instalment, £17 6s. 10d., and £675 on second mortgage over Sections 3, 4, 8, and 9, term—to a discharged soldier thirty-six years and a half, half-yearly instalment £20 5s., or to other purchasers thirty-four years and a half, half-yearly instalment, £21 18s. 9d. The improvements comprise dwelling, cow-byre, two sheds, yards, 490 chains fencing, felling, grassing, and stumping.

A grazing (sheep and dry cattle) farm, situated on the Puniwhakau Road, five miles from Puniwhakau School and Post-office and eighteen miles from Douglas Railway-station and Saleyards. Steep to broken country, light loam soil on sandstone; watered by streams. Divided into ten paddocks. About 725 acres have been felled and grassed (25 acres stumped), now reverting to second growth, mainly manuka and bracken fern, with ragwort and foxglove spreading, the balance of area, 75 acres, being in natural state.

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

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/17745.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 28th November, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of December, 1933.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 48 acres, situated in Blocks XI and XII, Opaheke Survey District, part of State Forest No. 39, about fourteen miles from Pokeno Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 26,352, or in board feet 182,200, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri .. 26,352 182,200

Upset Price: £700.
Time for removal: One year and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in four equal instalments, the first falling due three months, and the others at nine, twelve, and fifteen months respectively after the date of sale.

Terms of 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