✨ Forestry Regulations
APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1047
(4.) The licensee shall make and deliver on a date to be fixed
by the Conservator a statement of the number and con-
tents of trees felled during the preceding period, together
with total quantity of timber felled as from the com-
mencement of his timber-cutting license, and such state-
ment shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration as
to the correctness thereof.
NEW MILLS.
Sawmill area for new mill.
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Any person desirous of applying for a sawmilling area of
timber for a new mill shall roughly mark off an area not exceeding
200 acres, and supply a sketch-map of the same, with compass
bearings and approximate distances, and may also apply for addi-
tional areas adjoining the first, as provided in Regulation 32, but
not exceeding a total area of 600 acres, to be reserved for his ex-
clusive use : Provided that the reservation of any or all of such
additional areas shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner; and
provided also that the holder shall not be allowed to fell timber on
any reserved area until he has complied with the terms of payment,
and has otherwise complied with the terms of these regulations. -
The holder of the sawmill area shall erect a substantial
and fully equipped sawmill capable of cutting not less than 100,000
superficial feet of timber monthly on the area applied for, or on
such other site as may be approved of by the Commissioner.
Mill-site.
- An area not exceeding 20 acres of Crown lands may be
granted by the Commissioner as a mill-site, with prescribed condi-
tions as to rent and otherwise.
Application to state royalty offered and date cutting-operations
will commence, and have plan attached.
- The applicant shall state in his application the amount of
royalty he is prepared to pay per 100 superficial feet for the tim-
ber, the date at which it is proposed to erect and complete the mill,
tramways, &c., together with the date on which the applicant 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.
Applicant's interest in other mills, and how timber to be removed.
- The applicant shall also state whether he has any other
mills, or any interest, direct or indirect, in other mills, 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 sawmills in the same locality.
Ranger's report on mill-site and milling-area.
- 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 mill-site.
(b.) On the quantity of timber on the milling-area in question.
(c.) Whether the granting of the application would interfere
with other millowners (if any).
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