MONDAY, 1st September, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 6, block 7, containing 73a 1r19p, Papakaio district, will be offered by auction by Mr Shrimski at his auction rooms, at Oamaru, on Monday, the first day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

All timber, when seized, shall be marked with the broad arrow, and after due notice of the seizure thereof in writing, to be posted up in the Land Office, or at the Police Station in the district where such seizure was made, shall, in case no claimant shall appear and establish his claim within fourteen days therefrom, be sold in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Waste Lands Board may direct.

8. All timber cut under a yearly license must be removed within six weeks after the expiration of the license, and under a monthly license within one fortnight, otherwise it may be declared forfeited, seized, and sold on behalf of the Crown.

9. The proceeds of the sale of timber so seized are to be accounted for and paid over to the Receiver of Land Revenue.

10. If any person duly licensed shall have established a saw-pit for the purpose of sawing timber, no other person shall cut timber within one hundred yards of such pit without consent of the person first occupying such saw-pit: Provided that if the person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for twenty-eight consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to enter thereupon, and to cut timber as though such pit had not been established.

MONDAY, 1st September, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 2 of 11, block 1, Glenomaru district, containing 18a 0r 12p, and sections 1, 3, 4, 6, halves of 7, 8, 9, 10, block 13; 12, block 17; 1 and 2, block 22; 1, block 27; 13, 14 and 15, block 3; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, block 8; 1, 2 halves of 5, 6, 7 and 8, block 9; sections 9 and 11, block 12, Clutha district, averaging 50 acres each, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Crown Hotel, Balclutha, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

MONDAY, 1st September, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 10 and 13, block 1, North Harbour and Blueskin district, containing 89a 0a 6p, and 50a 2r 20p, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the first day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

MONDAY, 1st September, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that the remaining halves of sections 9, 10, 11, and 12, blocks 47 and 7, block 50, Tokomairiro, containing 25a each, more or less; section 37, block 1, Pomahaka district, containing 16a 2r 6p, will be offered for sale by public auction, at Mr Capstick’s auction rooms, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the first day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of 20s per acre.

MONDAY, 1st September, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given, that section 4, block 11, Tuapeka District, containing 2080 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Royal Mail Hotel, Clinton, on Friday, the 26th day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

[The following Regulations are republished from Gazette, No. 860, date July 9th, in consequence of certain omissions.]

TIMBER REGULATIONS, SOUTHLAND, OTAGO.

Passed by the Waste Lands Board on 6th December, 1872, [in accordance with Clause XVI., of “Southland Waste Lands Amendment Act 1867.”]

Hand Saws, Wood Cutters, &c.

1. Applications for Timber licenses shall be made at the Land Office, Invercargill.

2. Each application shall state the particular purpose for which the license is required, and the reserve in which the timber is to be cut, and on its being granted by the Waste Lands Board, the applicant shall immediately pay the prescribed fees to the Receiver of Land Revenue and obtain a license.

3. The area granted by such license shall be confined to the bush named in application, the locality and extent being fixed by the Board, and shall extend only to lands of the Crown which have been or hereafter may be appropriated for “Timber Reserves” in accordance with the provisions of “The Southland Waste Lands Act 1865 Amendment Act 1867;” any licensed person cutting timber beyond the limit of his license will be considered as unlicensed and prosecuted accordingly.

4. A fee of ten shillings per month shall be charged for each person, whether felling, cutting, sawing, splitting, or drawing timber. A fee of five pounds shall be charged for a license for twelve months. An annual fee of two pounds shall be paid by any settlers cutting timber, or for each bona fide servant in their employment, for the improvement of land in their own occupation, or firewood for domestic use, but not for sale.

5. Every holder of a license to cut timber must exhibit such license to the officer appointed in that behalf whenever he may be called on to do so; and on his refusal, will be considered as unlicensed and prosecuted accordingly.

6. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may cause to be seized all cut timber lying on Crown lands which he may have cause to believe has been cut by an unlicensed person; but in case a right to such timber shall be asserted within fourteen days after the notice hereafter mentioned, the timber shall be restored to the claimant.

7. All timber, when seized, shall be marked with the broad arrow, and posted due notice of the seizure thereof in writing, to be affixed up in the Land Office, or at the Police Station in the district where such seizure was made, shall, in case no claimant shall appear and establish his claim within fourteen days thereafter, be sold in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Waste Land Board may direct.

8. All timber cut under a yearly license must be removed within six weeks after the expiration of the license, and under a monthly license within one fortnight, otherwise it may be declared forfeited, seized, and sold on behalf of the Crown.

9. The proceeds of the sale of timber so seized are to be accounted for and paid over to the Receiver of Land Revenue.

10. If any person duly licensed shall have established a saw-pit for the purpose of sawing timber, no other person shall cut timber within one hundred yards of such pit without consent of the person first establishing such saw-pit. Provided that if the person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for twenty-eight consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to enter thereupon, and cut timber as though such pit had not been established.

11. If any license holder shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made a tramway or road upon land being Waste Lands of the Crown, and not being a highway, it shall not be lawful for any other person to use the same without permission of the person making the same first obtained: Provided that if such road shall not be used at any time for ninety consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any holder of a license to use the same without permission.

12. Licenses cannot be transferred without the consent of the Board first obtained, transfer fee being ten shillings.

Special Licenses.

13. No log or wrought timber is to be drawn out of the bush or disposed of without a special license for the purpose, the fee under such special license being five shillings each log or tree.

Saw Mills.

Exclusive right to cut timber on Waste Lands of the Crown may be granted for saw mills on the following conditions:—

14. Every application for such exclusive rights shall be made in writing, and be accompanied with a sketch and description as near as may be of the land required, and a deposit in cash or properly marked banker’s cheque on the following scale:

10 to 12 horse power engine ... £50
13 to 15 ... ... £75
16 to 20 ... ... £100
Above 20 ... ... £200

Such deposit to be returned on the certificate of the ranger that the machinery is erected.

15. When two or more applications are made on the same day for the same timber, or part thereof, such timber or part thereof shall be put up to auction between the applicants at an upset price, to be fixed by an auctioneer, the amount realised being considered a bonus in addition to the license fee.

16. The area within which exclusive right to cut timber shall be granted for the erection of any saw mill shall (should the size of the bush permit) be estimated at ten acres for each horse-power of the engine, with a reserve for four years’ cutting inclusive of the first year, in similar proportion to the first year’s grant; and as regards shape shall be a rectangular block of a depth of not less than double the breadth, the Board reserving to itself the power of determining the frontage.

17. Within fourteen days the Waste Land Board shall determine whether such application shall be granted and the applicant shall forthwith deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board the amount of survey fees, the one-half to be credited to the first quarter’s rent.