Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3865

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Wallace County.—Jacobs River Hundred.—Otago Mining District.

SECTIONS 24 and 31, Block XVII: Area, 277 acres 2 roods 33 perches. Capital value, £210; half-yearly rent, £4 4s.
Weighted with £150 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising dwelling, shed, fencing, felling, and grassing.
The property is an undulating partly developed bush farm situated at the junction of Wards and Centre Road, three miles from Colac and Longwood Townships by good gravelled roads. There is practically no steep land, the soil being from light to medium quality. Approximately half the area has been felled and surface sown, and about 20 acres of this has been stumped, cultivated, and sown out. The pasture on the 20 acres is only of medium quality, while the surface-sown area has reverted to rushes and scrub. Buildings are in poor repair, and fences for the most part are not stock proof.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

THOS. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/4094; D.O. R.L. 144.)

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Native Land for Lease by Public Tender.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Townships Act, 1910, and the Native Land Act, 1931, and amendments thereto and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to 3 p.m. on Friday, the 12th day of December, 1941, for leases of the lands described hereunder.

(1) TOKAANU NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

*Improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling, outbuilding, and fencing, and valued at £285, are situated on this section.

(2) PIPIRIKI NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

The provisions of the leases of the above-described lands will be as set forth in the First Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
Forms of tender may be obtained and full particulars and plans may be seen at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, and tender forms may be obtained at the post-offices at Tongariro, Turangi, Tokaanu, Taupo, Taumarunui, Pipiriki, and Raetihi.
The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

R. P. DYKES,
President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 1st December, 1941.

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 Friday, 12th December, 1941.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA CONSERVANCY.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area containing approximately 369 acres, situated in State Forest No. 14, Block II and IV, Opoutihi Survey District, about twenty-four miles from Tauranga.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 308,800, or in board feet 2,132,200, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu.. .. 296,600 2,052,300
Miro .. 10,300 67,100
Kahikatea .. 1,300 8,900
Totara .. 600 3,900
———— ————
308,800 2,132,200

Upset price: £3,480.
Time for removal of timber: Two and a half years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase money must be paid in twenty monthly instalments, the first of which shall be made on the 20th of the month after 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.

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