Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 263

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Kairanga County—Block X, Kairanga Survey District.

Lot 3 of Section 367, Township of Palmerston, Awapuni Education Reserve: Area; 6 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Upset annual rent, £30.

Weighted with £506 14s. for improvements, comprising dwelling, garage, outhouse, 20 chains of boundary-fencing, 11 chains of subdivisional fencing, garden, and paths. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £26 14s., the balance may be payable over a period of twenty-five years by instalments of principal and interest making a total quarterly instalment of £8 3s. Present interest rate 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment. The successful applicant will be required to pay the cost of preparing and registering the mortgage and he will be required to pay a proportion of the insurance premium.

NOTE.—A condition of the sale is that the successful applicant must covenant to paint and repair the house on the section within one year.

Kairanga County.—Block X, Kairanga Survey District.

Lot 4 of Section 367, Township of Palmerston, Awapuni Education Reserve: Area, 6 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Upset annual rental, £30.

Weighted with £23 6s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising 20 chains of boundary-fencing, and 5½ chains of internal fencing.

These sections are situated on the Maxwell’s Line Road one mile and a half from the Palmerston North Post-office, Railway-station, and Dairy Factory, half a mile from the West End School, and twelve miles from the Feilding Sale-yards; the access being from Palmerston North by good metalled road.

The soil consists of a rich heavy loam which is watered by means of an artesian supply. The sections are all flat and are suitable for all classes of farming or market gardening, and are free from noxious weeds. Lot 3 is subdivided into three paddocks, and Lot 4 into two paddocks, both sections being in good pasture at the present time.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, broken-period rent, weighting for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. 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 order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. Lessee not to effect improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not entitled to 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 valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payment in arrear. Failing disposal, the land and all improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

10. Lease liable to termination 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.

Form of lease may be perused and any further particulars required may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

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

(H.O. 26/19485; D.O. E.R.R. 304 and 305.)

F

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 7th February, 1938.

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 Monday, 7th March, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

THE milling-trees are numbered and situated on that area containing approximately 428 acres in Block VIII, Waipoua Survey District (State Forest No. 13), about two miles and a half from Donnelly’s Crossing Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 374,853, or in board feet 2,478,550, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 146,342 972,860
Miro .. .. .. 62,033 388,620
Totara .. .. .. 148,485 991,780
Kahikatea .. .. .. 17,993 125,290
———— —————
374,853 2,478,550

Upset price: £5,255.

Time for removal of timber: Two years and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the tendered price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by seven 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.

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 entitled 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 Conservator 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 all 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 prepared to pay for the timber. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is submitted 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 for three months from the date tenders close.

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, Auckland,” 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 obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director of Forestry, Wellington.

R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.