May 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1235

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Invercargill Hundred.

SECTION 57, Block XXIV: Area, 149 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £140. Deposit on deferred payments, £10: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 4s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Weighted with £226 10s. for improvements, comprising two-roomed dwelling, iron hut, cow-shed, 134 acres felled and grassed, 10 acres stumped, 250 chains of fencing, and 105 chains of drain. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £26 10s., the balance may be secured on mortgage for a term of five years bearing interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. per annum.

Situated eleven miles from Invercargill, one mile and a half from Timpany’s Railway-station, three miles from Waimatua School, five miles and a half from Tisbury Dairy Factory by good metalled road. A large portion of property is in heavy rushes with stumps throughout. Small patches of light bush for shelter. Soil is of light loam; well watered. The land is level to undulating but the general quality is poor.

Any further information desired may be obtained from the undersigned.

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1450/1050; D.O. O.R.P. 698.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 25th May, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 2.30 p.m. on Friday, 1st July, 1938, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Gore.—Gore Borough.

SECTION 1, Block V: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £9.

Weighted with £540 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising five-roomed dwelling with washhouse, coal-shed, storeroom, fencing, garden, and concrete paths.

A level section handily situated on the corner of Fairfield and Medway Streets, facing north.

Section 9, Block XXIII: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £12.

Weighted with £230 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising buildings used as a garage, fibrous plasterers, and motor-car paint-shop, in separate buildings.

A level section fronting south to Norfolk Street, a good business-site.

Section 6, Block XXIII: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £5.

Weighted with £260 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising four-roomed dwelling, coal-house and washhouse, fencing, and garden.

A level residential site facing north to Trafford Street.

Town of Campbelltown.—Bluff Borough.

Section 13, Block VII: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.

Weighted with £620 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising five-roomed dwelling with detached washhouse, concrete and asphalt paths, garden, road and boundary fencing.

This is a corner section with a frontage of two chains to Gore Street by one and a quarter chains to Shannon Street.

Section 4, Block X: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.

Weighted with £20 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fowl-house and yard and shelter-belt.

Situated with a frontage to Barrow Street.

Town of Lumsden.—Lumsden Town District.

Section 18, Block XVI: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, 15s.

This property is situated sixteen chains from Lumsden Post-office, and it comprises a low-lying level section subject to flooding. Suitable for grazing.

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Wyndham Survey District.—Southland County.

Section 2, Block II: Area, 188 acres 3 roods. Upset annual rental, £50.

Weighted with £252 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising 345 chains of boundary and internal fencing, while included in the rental value is 180 acres of pasture cultivated from tussock land.

Situated four miles from Wyndham Railway-station, two miles from Mimihaau School by formed and metalled road. This area rises from the Mimihaau Stream to a height of 300 ft. above sea-level and is broken by two gullies. About 120 acres is land of fair quality the remainder inclined to be light. Section is well watered.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, weighting for improvements, and 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 rents 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 carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

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

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. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

12. Lease liable to termination if conditions are violated.

Form of lease and any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

THOS. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 20/964; D.O. E.R. 2405.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 25th May, 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, Rotorua, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 16th day of June, 1938.

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SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area, containing 578 acres, more or less, situated in Block VI, Patetere N.E. Survey District (State Forest No. 3), about seven miles from the Mamaku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 395,570, or in board feet 2,735,450, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 345,560 2,393,900
Miro .. 18,430 122,300
Matai .. 3,300 22,900
Kahikatea .. 26,030 181,750
Tanekaha .. 1,350 8,700
Totara .. 900 5,900
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Total .. 395,570 2,735,450

Upset price: £3,902.
Time for removal of timber: Eighteen months.