2792
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Town Land in the Hawke's Bay Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 28th August, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on
deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, 3rd October,
1934, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Napier Borough.—Town of Napier.

Lot 1 of Subdivision 4 of Section 306, Town of Napier:
Area, 5-94 perches. Upset price, £120.

Situated on the east side of Hastings Street, adjacent to
house property number 224. The area is not large enough to
permit of the erection of a dwelling, but would be suitable for a
shop-site.

Terms of sale and full particulars may be obtained at this
office.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2259.)

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or
on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey
Office, State Fire Insurance Building, Wellington, on Friday,
7th September, 1934, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., under the pro-
visions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Hutt
Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT BOROUGH.—HUTT
VALLEY SETTLEMENT.

Sections 44 and 45, Block XXVIII: Area, 12-8 perches.
Upset price, £400.

Situated with frontages to Knight's Road, adjoining the
post-office site on the corner of Oxford Terrace. Good
shopping sites situated within the brick area opposite Waterloo
Railway-station. Drainage, sewerage, gas, and electric light
are available.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

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

(L. and S. 22/3417, Sales.)

Town Land in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th August, 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, Dunedin, on Monday,
1st October, 1934, at 11.30 o'clock a.m., under the provisions
of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Borough of Palmerston.—Town of Palmerston.

Sections 3 and 4, Block XXIV: Area, 2 roods. Upset
price, £30.

Section 13, Block XXIV: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £45.

Sections are situated in the centre of Palmerston, in close
proximity to post-office and railway-station, and comprise
good building-sites.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 6/3/407.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 28th August, 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, Hokitika, at
4 p.m. on Friday, the 5th day of October, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND
DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
42 acres, situated in Block III, Brunner Survey District,
part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1715, about six
miles from Kotuku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
52,270, or in board feet 341,650, made up as follows :—

Upset Price: £328.

Time for removal: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the purchase-price,
together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance paid in two equal instalments, the first falling
due three months after the date of sale.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by “on
   demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the sat-
   isfaction 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 quality, quantity, and kind 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 en-
   titled 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 also 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 Con-
   servator 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 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 pre-
   pared to pay for the timber. The highest or any tender will
   not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
   mitted 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, Hokitika,”
    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 ob-
tained on application to the undersigned or to the Director
of Forestry, Wellington.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.