New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 32

Page 1066

✨ Timber Royalties and Licenses



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

(c.) On payment of the following royalties:—

Totara, Black-pine, Kowhai, and Broadleaf Timbers.

Royalty.
Per 100 Posts.
s. d.
Posts, 6 in. by 3 in. by 5 ft. 6 in. long … 8 0
,, 6 in. by 4 in. by 6 ft. long … 12 0
,, 6 in. by 5 in. by 7 ft. long … 16 0
,, 6 in. by 6 in. ,, … 21 0
,, 8 in. by 6 in. ,, … 28 0
,, 10 in. by 8 in. ,, … 46 0
,, 12 in. by 10 in. ,, … 70 0
,, 12 in. by 12 in. ,, … 84 0

Telegraph poles and piles, s. d.
6 in by 6 in. … … 3 0 per 100 running feet.
Ditto, 8 in. by 8 in. … 5 6 ,,
,, 10 in. by 10 in. … 8 6 ,,
,, 12 in. by 12 in. … 12 0 ,,

Other sizes in proportion, up to 25 ft. long. Over 25 ft. long, double royalty.

NOTE.—Royalty on telegraph poles to be computed on butt measurements.

Other Timbers.

Per 100 Posts.
&c.
Posts, rails, and sleepers, up to 7 ft. by s. d.
6 in. by 6 in. … … … 8 0
Ditto, 8 in. by 6 in. by 7 ft. long … 14 0
,, 10 in. by 8 in. ,, … 23 0
,, 12 in. by 10 in. ,, … 35 0
,, 12 in. by 12 in. ,, … 42 0

Stakes of all kinds up to 5 ft. 6 in. by 4 in. by 4 in., at the rate of 4s. per 100 stakes.

Miscellaneous.

Per 100.
s. d.
Drain slabs, 12 in. by 1 in. by 12 in. … 0 6

Licenses to cut firewood, split posts, &c., in virgin forest.

  1. Licenses to cut firewood, or to split posts, slabs, rails, palings, shingles, or fencing-stakes, within virgin forests heavily timbered and within the areas defined in the preceding two regulations may, at the discretion of the Minister, be granted at the following rates: For firewood only, £5 per annum per man; for posts, rails, slabs, palings, shingles, and sleepers, £7 10s. per annum per man. The Minister may, as the case demands, grant licenses at a fixed rate per annum, or at the schedule rates of royalty hereinafter specified, or may, if the timber is exceptionally valuable or plentiful, increase any of such rates, or he may refuse the application.

Splitting licenses in virgin forest may be refused.

  1. It shall be competent for the Minister to refuse to grant licenses for cutting firewood, or for splitting timber for sleepers, posts, slabs, rails, fencing-stakes, palings, shingles, or firewood, within a virgin forest, or within any forest which contains milling-timber in quantity sufficient for milling or handsawing.

SPECIAL LICENSES.

Settlers’ licenses.

  1. Licenses may be granted by the Commissioner to settlers not entitled to free firewood, and to others, to cut firewood, fencing,


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🌾 Timber Royalties for Various Sizes and Timber Types

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Timber royalties, Totara, Black-pine, Kowhai, Broadleaf, Posts, Telegraph poles, Piles, Firewood, Sleeper

🌾 Licenses for Firewood and Timber Splitting in Virgin Forests

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Firewood licenses, Timber splitting licenses, Virgin forest, Royalties, Minister's discretion

🌾 Refusal of Splitting Licenses in Virgin Forests

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Splitting licenses, Virgin forest, Refusal, Firewood, Sleepers, Posts, Minister

🌾 Settlers' Licenses for Firewood and Fencing

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Settlers' licenses, Firewood, Fencing, Commissioner