Nov. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3193

Education Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 29th November, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, 17th January, 1940, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, rent for broken period between date of auction and 30th June, 1940, weighting for improvements £23, and lease fee £2 2s., payable in cash on the fall of the hammer.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Inangahua County.—Town of Reefton.

SECTIONS 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, and 405: Area, 1 rood 32·6 perches. Upset annual rent, £3.

Weighted with £23 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing and clearing.

These flat sections which front Church Street (Section 405 also having a frontage to Kelly Street), are suitable for building purposes.

The property is described for the general information of intending purchasers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/7/204; D.O. X/55, E.R. 200.)

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Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 27th November, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to noon on Tuesday, 9th January, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 11th January, 1940, at 10 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.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank pass-books, certificates or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at the conclusion of the ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, mortgage costs and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

NOTE.—This property 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Inangahua County.—Inangahua Survey District.—Westland Mining District.

SECTIONS 42 and 52, Block XII: Area, 179 acres. Capital value, £115; half-yearly rent, £2 6s.

Weighted with £521 for improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling, cow-byre, barn, 120 chains fencing, 82 acres felled, burned, and grassed, and 16 acres cleared, stumped, and regrassed. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of not less than £121, the balance may be left on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for a term not exceeding fifteen years with interest at the rate ruling at date of selection. Legal costs, viz., £3 7s., in connection with the mortgage will be payable by the successful applicant.

This property is situated two miles from Rotokohu Railway-station and Post-office, two miles and a half from School thirteen miles from Golden-Coast Reefton Dairy Factory, and nine miles from Inangahua Saleyards. Access is by main road to within one mile of property, but the last mile from the main road is not good, there being no bridge over the Inangahua River. Porperty consists of low flats and terraces rising to easy hillsides; 68 acres felled and grassed, 16 acres felled and stumped, and the balance is in bush. Soil is light silt, stony in places, resting on gravel formation; watered by river and streams. Blackberry, fern, and broom are bad on most of the clearing. Suitable for grazing dry stock.

The land is described for the general information of intending applicants who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/19939; D.O. X/55, R.L. 738 and 824.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 27th November, 1939.

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, Palmerston North, at 3 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th December, 1939.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 145 acres, being Block XV, Manganui Survey District, State Forest No. 67, about two miles from the Horopito Railway-station.

The estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 96,700, or in board feet 643,700, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,274.

Time for removal: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of tendered price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance shall be paid in ten equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month after date of sale and the others at monthly intervals thereafter.

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 qualities, quantities, and kinds 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