Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 451

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 19th March, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 21st March, 1934, 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.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hutt County.—Belmont Survey District.—Waddington Settlement.

SECTION 12s: Area, 7 acres 0 roods 2 perches. Capital value, £435; half-yearly rent, £10 17s. 6d.

Weighted with £415 for buildings, consisting of dwelling and outbuildings. This sum may be paid in cash or over a period of fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £19 16s. 8d. (comprising principal and interest at 5 per cent.) in the case of discharged soldiers, and instalments of £20 10s. 10d. (principal and interest at 5½ per cent.) in the case of others.

Improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing and hedges.

The Waddington Settlement is situated on the Nainai Road, about three miles from Lower Hutt Post-office. The section is subdivided into two paddocks and is suitable for market gardening or any kind of cropping. The soil is of a heavy swampy nature, resting on sand formation. There is a tank water-supply.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

(L. and S. 26/13515.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st February, 1934.

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, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 27th March, 1934, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RANGIORA SURVEY DISTRICT.

PART R.S. 1613, Block XI: Area, 6·55 perches. Upset price, £12.

This is a small area of gorse-covered land fronting on to the main Rangiora—Flaxton Road, situated about one mile and a half from Flaxton Railway-station. Improvements consist of a wooden building on piles which has been condemned by the Health Department. If the necessary repairs are carried out, however, it would make an ideal bach for a single man working in the district or for a week-end camp.

Conditions of Sale.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money payable on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with title fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

Any further particulars required may be obtained at this office.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3630/29.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 14th February, 1934.

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 Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber specified in that area, containing approximately 65 acres, situated in Section 30s, Block VIII, Otanewainuku Survey District (portion of P.S.T. No. 69), about nineteen miles from Tauranga by the Tauranga-Oropi Road.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 68,068, or in board feet 472,000, made up as follows:—

Upset Price: £612 5s.

Time for Removal of Timber: Fifteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifteenth of the purchase-money and £1 1s. license fee must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in fourteen equal instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month after the date of sale, and the others at monthly intervals thereafter.

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 timber being of less quantity, quality, or kind as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

4. 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 the 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.

5. 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.

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 the timber. 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.