768 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 29

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth:—

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 14th April, 1936. E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th April, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, 27th May, 1936, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF INVERCARGILL.

Section 2, Block LXII: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £15.
Weighted with £305 for improvements, comprising wooden dwelling, workshop, garage, &c. Situated in Spey Street.

Section 2, Block LI: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £7.
Weighted with £245 for improvements, comprising four-roomed dwellinghouse, greenhouses, &c. Situated in South Invercargill.

Part Section 8, Block LXXIII: Area, 20 perches. Upset annual rental, £30.
Weighted with £1,450 for improvements, consisting of concrete motor-garage, &c. Situated about half a mile from post-office, with frontage to Dee Street.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st July, 1936.
2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period, valuation for improvements, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), must be deposited on acceptance of bid.
3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and yield up all improvements in good repair and condition at the expiration of the lease.
6. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide without consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without consent of the Land Board.
9. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.
10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

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

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 20/834 and 801; D.O. 10/6.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 14th April, 1936.

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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1936.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 482 acres, more or less, known as Sawmill Area 91, being portions of Sections 1, 4, and 5, situated in Block XII, Waikawa Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 21, situated about ten miles from Tokanui Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 408,664, or in board feet 2,650,400, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £2,090.
Term of license: Five years.