New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 32

Page 1044

✨ Forestry Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

in such license, or shall attempt to sell and deliver sleepers to the Railway Department without having first paid the royalty thereon as herein provided, or shall wantonly damage or destroy any bush, timber, or trees other than as may be necessary in felling trees for railway-sleepers, or shall wastefully use any trees so felled so that as many sleepers as possible are not obtained therefrom; or if any person not having a license as herein provided shall cut, split, or hew railway-sleepers on any land to which this regulation applies, then in any such case such licensee or person shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds (£20), and the Commissioner may in his discretion cancel such license, or suspend it for any period he may think fit: Provided that nothing herein shall operate to prevent the seizure of timber illegally cut on lands to which this regulation applies.

KAURI TIMBER.

Kauri for existing mills to be sold by tender.

  1. All kauri timber for the supply of existing mills shall be sold by public tender, after due notification, estimation, and appraisal: Provided that special licenses for single trees or clumps of trees not exceeding 100,000 superficial feet for any one license may be granted by the Conservator, with the approval of the Commissioner, on payment of such fees as they may fix.

Commissioner to approve sale.

  1. Subject to the approval of the Commissioner, the area and quantity of timber to be sold shall be thrown open by public notification, and tenders invited for the purchase of the same.

Particulars to be given with tender.

  1. Applicants tendering for the purchase of kauri timber shall forward to the Conservator, at the Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, a tender on the form given in Schedule C, stating the price at which they are prepared to purchase the timber specified in their tenders, at per 100 superficial feet, and giving the following particulars:—

(a.) The quantity of timber, whether standing or in logs, already owned, in possession of, or secured by the tenderer, and whether situated on freehold land, leasehold land, Native land, or Crown land.

(b.) A description of the locality where the timber and logs already owned or secured are situated, and, if in several localities, the names of each shall be stated, together with the quantity of timber thereon, the amount of timber required, and how long it would last, &c. An illustrative sketch-map must accompany the description.

(c.) A description of the lot and quantity of the particular timber tendered for, and also the locality of the mill at which it is proposed that this timber shall be sawn.

(d.) How it is proposed to remove the timber, whether by tramway, or by putting it into the creeks and driving it out, or by hauling, rafting, towing, or in any other manner.

(e.) The terms of payment offered being either wholly in cash, or partly in cash and partly by instalments, as specified in Regulation 85.



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🌾 Forest Regulations: Special Licenses for Woodcutting and Bark Peeling (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Forestry, Licenses, Firewood, Charcoal, Potash, Bark, Railway sleepers, Royalties, Commissioner, Conservator

🌾 Forest Regulations: Kauri Timber Sales

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Forestry, Kauri Timber, Tenders, Sales, Milling, Conservator, Commissioner