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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Public Trust Office.—Appointment of Agent at Paeroa.

IT is notified for public information that Mr. Arthur Thomas Jones has been appointed to the position of Agent of the Public Trust Office at Paeroa, vice Mr. W. C. Alexander.
Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of July, 1935.
E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

Unclaimed Lands.—Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments.

TO the owner of that parcel of land containing 40 acres, more or less, being south-east part Allotment 64, Parish of Aotea (Great Barrier Island), bounded on the east by the high-water mark of the sea, on the south-east by Allotment 63, 6080 links, on the south-west by a road 100 links wide, 440 links, and on the north-west by other part of Allotment 64, 7060 links, and being all of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Vol. 500, folio 62 (Auckland Registry), in the name of George Walters, of Auckland, Clerk: Whereas after due inquiry the owner of the above-described land cannot be found: And whereas the said owner has no known agent in New Zealand: Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner within six months from the date of the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee the title of such owner to the said land, and if such owner fails or neglects so to do the Public Trustee will exercise with regard to the said land all the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.
Dated this 27th day of July, 1935.
E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is 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, 26th August, 1935.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 28th August, 1935, at 10.30 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.

Kaitieke County.—Manganui Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block VI: Area, 991 acres. Capital value, £250. Deposit on deferred payments, £10: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 16s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5.
Weighted with the sum of £150 (to be paid in cash) for improvements consisting of felling and grassing and 60 chains of fencing.
A rather hilly and rough section situated at the headwaters of the Makino Stream, twelve miles and a half from Erua Railway-station by two miles of metalled road and balance formed dray-road. Approximately 385 acres have been felled and grassed, of which 80 acres are in fair pasture, 250 acres reverted to fern and second growth, balance of section is in standing bush consisting principally of rimu, matai, maire, and tawhero. Soil of a light quality loam resting on sandstone and papa formation; permanently watered. Altitude 1,700 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.
H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. XI/4/170.)

Lands in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 31st July, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Monday, 9th September, 1935, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Maniatoto County.—Town of Ranfurly.

The sections are situated approximately a quarter of a mile from the Ranfurly Post-office and Railway-station and are handy to school. All are good building-sites.
Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.
N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2974.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 31st July, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at this office at 4 p.m. on Monday, the 12th day of August, 1935.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 139·3 acres, situated in Block I, Turiwhate Survey District, Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1616, about thirteen miles from the Kumara Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 182,000, or in board feet 1,200,340, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £970.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the sum tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in four equal quarterly 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 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 may 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.