Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2421

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Takaka County.—Waitapu Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

(National Endowment.)

SECTION 13, Block V: Area, 455 acres. Capital value, £92; half-yearly rent, £2 6s.

Weighted with £24 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising 80 chains of fencing.

For a term of three years from 12th September, 1935, a license for the removal of fireclay is in force over an area of 12½ acres.

This section is situated on the main Takaka–Collingwood Road about five miles and a half from Takaka. Hilly in parts with a fair amount of swamp and easy land. There are approximately 50 acres of scattered pine trees of no commercial value and very poor soil (clay and pakihi); watered by permanent streams.

N.B.—This land is offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/895.)

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th December, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease—term, twenty-one years—by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, 27th January, 1937, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Waimea County.—Wangapeka Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block III: Area, 45 acres. Upset annual rental, £3 10s.

Weighted with £50 for improvements, comprising hut, small wool-shed, and sheep-dip.

Situated approximately sixteen miles from Tadmor between the Baton and Skeet Rivers; access is from Woodstock which is about eight miles distant by metalled road, thence across the Baton River by ford. About 30 acres flat to undulating ploughable land, remainder steep hillside. The whole area is in danthonia and covered with blackberry, manuka, and fern. The soil is fair on the flat and poor on the hills, resting on granite formation; well watered by streams.

Terms and Conditions of Leasing.

(1) Term of lease, twenty-one years, but the lessor to have the right, in the event of the land being required for any purpose, to determine the lease on giving to the lessee six months’ notice in writing of the intention in that behalf.

(2) Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be paid immediately on acceptance of bid. Thereafter rent payable half-yearly in advance on the first days of January and July in each year.

(3) Should the purchaser of the lease be any person other than the person entitled to receive payment for the improvements the sum of £50 shall, immediately on acceptance of bid, be paid in cash to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Nelson.

(4) Lessee liable for all rates, taxes, and other assessments levied against the demised land.

(5) Lessee to keep all buildings, fences, drains, and other improvements in repair and watercourses clear from weeds to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson.

(6) Lessee to have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

(7) Lessee to destroy all rabbits on the land and prevent growth and spread of noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(8) Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

(9) No compensation to be claimed or allowed on account of any improvements effected by lessee nor for any other cause, but at the expiration or sooner determination of the lease lessee may remove any movable improvements belonging to him,

(10) Lessee not to engage in any noisome, noxious, or offensive trade upon the land.

(11) If any of the conditions of lease not fulfilled within thirty days after date on which same should be fulfilled lessor to have the right to re-enter and determine the lease.

Full particulars can be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 6/1/517.)

Timber in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th December, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove the sawmilling timber on the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 15th January, 1937, in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

SECTIONS 22 and 23, and Road Reserve, Block XI, Naseby Survey District, Maniatoto County.

Trees. Board Feet.

P. Radiata .. .. 1,372 386,430

P. Pinaster .. .. 44 1,309

Upset price: £400.

Time for removal: Two years.

General Description.

The plantation is situated on the above sections and road reserve which is two miles and a half from Wedderburn Railway-station. The access road is all metalled with easy grades and the whole area could be logged satisfactorily by means of a traction-engine.

Terms of Payment.

The purchaser of the timber will be required to pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, one-quarter of the purchase-price on the fall of the hammer, together with £1 1s. license fee. The balance will be payable by three equal instalments, the first within six months, the second within twelve months, and the third within eighteen months thereafter.

All instalment-payments shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum as from the date of purchase, and, with the interest added, shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes endorsed by two approved sureties. The promissory notes are to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after the purchaser has been notified to complete.

Conditions of Sale.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions, and such additional conditions as the Commissioner of Crown Lands considers necessary in the interests of the Crown or of the public.

2. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals as indicated above, but they may be presented for payment at earlier dates if more than a due proportion of the timber is found to be cut or should any breach of the conditions occur, or if, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the interest of the Crown is jeopardized.

3. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.

4. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw this timber from sale before or after the date fixed for the auction.

5. For the purposes of this sale the foregoing description of the timber shall be taken as being sufficiently accurate as to quantities, qualities, and species, and no contract for the purchase of the timber shall be voidable, nor shall the purchaser be entitled to any abatement of price, by reason of any error or misdescription herein, or in any advertisement having reference to this sale, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

6. All the timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until the purchase of same has been completed.

7. Should any dispute arise as to any boundary, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final,