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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

22. In every case where areas and quantities of timber are disposed of by public tender as aforesaid for the supply of new mills, clauses 4 and 7, and also clauses 9 to 14, of these regulations shall apply.

Logging.

23. Any person desirous of acquiring any areas or quantities of kauri timber for logging for sale to mill-owners, or for export, may apply therefor, and in his application shall state and clearly define the proposed locality, area required, estimated amount of timber growing thereon, &c., and he shall also state—

(a.) How it is proposed to take away the timber, whether by tramway, or by driving in the creeks, or in any other manner.

(b.) Whether he has any other timber areas at the time of making the application, and, if so, the area, the locality, and the estimated amount of timber growing thereon.

24. The applicant shall state in his application the amount he is prepared to pay per 100 superficial feet for the timber, and the date on which he will be ready to begin cutting operations. The application shall also be accompanied by a sketch-plan showing the locality of the land from which it is proposed to take the timber applied for.

25. The applicant shall also state whether he has any other logging areas, or any interest, direct or indirect, in other logging areas, and, if so, where they are located; how it is proposed to remove the timber, whether by tramway or by putting the timber in creeks and driving it out, or by hauling, rafting, towing, or in any other manner; and whether there are other logging-area owners in the same locality.

26. On receipt of the application the Ranger shall visit the land applied for, and shall report generally and specifically as under :—

(a.) On the proposed logging area.

(b.) On the quantity of timber on the logging area in question.

(c.) Whether the granting of the application would interfere with other logging-area owners (if any).

(d.) Whether the granting of the logging area as applied for would prevent other owners from removing timber from their respective areas and lands, or prevent timber from being taken off other Crown lands.

(e.) On the estimated amount of timber, together with a description thereof, and his value of the selling-price of the timber as it stands at per 100 superficial feet.

27. The Conservator of State Forests shall transmit such application, together with the Ranger’s report thereon, and accompanied by full particulars and recommendations, to the Commissioner of State Forests.

28. (1.) Thereupon (subject to the approval of the Commissioner of State Forests) the area and quantity of timber shall be thrown open by public notification for disposal by public tender.

(2.) Irrespective of any such applications the Commissioner may from time to time, as he thinks fit, publicly notify as open for disposal by public tender any areas or quantities of kauri timber for logging, for sale to mill-owners, or for export.

29. In every case where areas or quantities of kauri timber are disposed of by public tender as aforesaid for logging as aforesaid, clauses 4 and 7, and also clauses 10 to 14, of these regulations shall apply.

30. The highest or any tender shall not necessarily be accepted, and the right is reserved by the Commissioner to allot the timber in such manner and on such conditions as, in his opinion, the circumstances of the case warrant: Provided that, before accepting a tender, he shall satisfy himself that the timber applied for is for logging, for sale to mill-owners, or for export.

31. It shall be unlawful for the licensee to transfer the license to any other person, except with the approval of the Commissioner of State Forests, and such approval shall not be given until after the lapse of not less than a year from the date at which the license was granted.

32. The timber acquired by the licensee shall in no case be disposed of to any mill-owner who owns, holds, or controls a supply of timber exceeding three times the yearly cutting capacity of such mill.

General.

33. Subject to the foregoing provisions of these regulations, the general regulations made on the 15th day of January, 1900, shall apply to all licenses issued and kauri timber disposed of under these regulations.

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FORM (UNDER REGULATION 3).

Tender for Kauri Sawmilling Timber.

I, , hereby tender for superficial feet of kauri timber.

The position of the timber applied for is shown in red on the lithograph, tracing, or sketch-plan attached hereto.

It is intended to cut the timber at the Mill, situated on , in the District, concerning which I attach the following statement as to output, timber on hand, &c.

STATEMENT.

Name of mill, , situated in District within miles of Township, and close to or fronting River.

Capacity, million feet per annum.

Output during last year, million feet.

Details of total quantity of timber now on hand for cutting at the above mill—

Feet.

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Total quantity on hand.. ..

I, , hereby certify that the above is a correct statement as regards the Mill, for which a tender is now being made to obtain million feet of kauri timber.

Dated this day of , 190 .

Name: .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road through Muhunoa 3a 1e No. 1, Waitohu Survey District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purpose of a road in Muhunoa 3a 1e No. 1 Block, Waitohu Survey District:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said road, and the said land vest in His Majesty the King as from the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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SCHEDULE.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Land taken for a Native School at Kenana.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of March, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school;