Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 689

A remission of interest under the mortgage will be granted for one year contingent on improvements to the value of £100 being effected during the first year of occupancy.

Situated on the Turoto Road, five miles from Ohura Post-office, five miles and a half from Ohura School and Railway-station, and seven miles from Ohura Saleyards. Access is by clay road from Ohura. Cream is picked up at the gate. The section is watered by springs and creeks and the soil is loam resting on sandstone and papa formation. The contour varies from flat easy ploughable land to steep hills - approximately 100 acres are ploughable. About 575 acres are in fair pasture, and the balance is in bush consisting of tawa, tawhero, and rimu with scattered totara. The property, which is subdivided into five paddocks (fencing in fair order), is suitable for sheep and cattle farming with a limited number of dairy cows. Ragwort is coming in.

Special condition.—The cost for completion of the mortgage to the State Advances Office, and amounting to £2 9s. 6d., must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

Ohura County.—Tangitu Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of half the annual rent for six years.*)

Section 7, Block XI: Area, 550 acres. Capital value, £420; half-yearly rent, £8 8s.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and broken period rent (if any) a remission of half the annual rent will be allowed for a period of six years provided improvements are effected to the value of £100 for the first year and £50 for each subsequent year of the concession period.

Weighted with £740 valuation for improvements, comprising three-roomed dwelling, shed, yards, approximately 360 chains fencing, and felling and burning. This amount may be paid in cash or secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years with interest at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum, half-yearly instalment £25 6s. 3d. A remission of the interest under the mortgage will be granted for a period of two years provided improvements to the value of £100 are effected during the first year of occupancy.

A sheep and cattle grazing property, situated on the Okahukura Road, three miles and a half from Tuhua Post-office, three miles from Tuhua School, and four miles from Tuhua Railway-station. Access is by metalled road from Okahukura.

The section is watered by springs and creeks, and the soil is light loam resting on papa, clay, and sandstone formation. About 10 acres are ploughable, the remainder being undulating and hilly to steep and broken. Approximately 300 acres are in fair pasture, 30 acres in worn-out pasture, and approximately 220 acres in standing bush. The property, which is subdivided into six paddocks, is not attractively situated.

NOTE.—No timber, firewood, or posts may be sold or removed from the property without the prior written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and all proceeds from the sale of such timber, firewood, or posts shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, New Plymouth, and shall be disbursed as directed by the Land Board.

Special condition.—The costs for completion of the mortgage to the State Advances Office, and amounting to £1 7s., must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Whangamomona County.—Maho e Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of half the annual rent for four years.*)

Section 3, Block X: Area, 655 acres. Capital value, £170; half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and broken period rent (if any) a remission of half the annual rent will be allowed for a period of four years provided improvements to the value of £17 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £56 valuation for improvements, comprising dwelling, 40 chains fencing, and 5 acres felling and grassing. This amount may be paid in cash or after payment of a deposit of £6 the balance, £50, may be taken over by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of twenty years with interest at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, half-yearly instalment £2 1s. 6d.

Situated on the Whangamomona Road, eleven miles from the Whangamomona Post-office, School, and Railway-station, and forty miles from the Douglas Dairy Factory. Access is by metalled road from Whangamomona. The section, which is watered by streams, consists of poor sandstone country, steep and broken. About 5 acres are in worn-out pasture, about 145 acres bush land, felled, but of no value, and about 505 acres in natural state. The area in grass is badly infested with ragwort.

Special condition.—The costs for completion of the mortgage to the State Advances Office, and amounting to 10s. 6d., must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

Whangamomona County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for ten years.*)

Section 2, Block XVI: Area, 1,417 acres. Capital value, £360; half-yearly rent, £7 4s.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and broken period rent (if any) a remission of rent will be allowed for a period of ten years provided improvements to the value of £30 are effected annually.

Weighted with £280 valuation for improvements, comprising dwelling, cow-byre, yards, 100 chains fencing, and 100 acres felled, burned and grassed. This amount may be paid in cash or secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years with interest at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, half-yearly instalment £9 11s. 6d. A remission of interest for a period of two years from date of selection will be allowed contingent on improvements to the value of £30 being effected in each year of remission period.

Situated on the Tarawai Road, twelve miles from Whangamomona Post-office, School, and Railway-station. Access is from Whangamomona by two miles formed road and ten miles pack-track.

The property, which is watered by streams, is steep and broken, rising to 1,500 ft. An area of approximately 400 acres has been felled and grassed, but with the exception of about 100 acres, has reverted to manuka scrub. The remainder of the section is in its natural state.

Special condition.—The costs for completion of the mortgage to the State Advances Office, and amounting to £1 2s., must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

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

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3854.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 11th March, 1935.

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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 11th April, 1935.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber branded “T” on that area containing approximately 70 acres, being part of Section 1, Block IX, Hurakia Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 97), about eleven miles from Waimiha Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 34,770, or in board feet 235,200, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £437.

Time for removal of timber: One year and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the price tendered and £1 1s. license fee must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by two equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid 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 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.