1456
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Matamata County.

Lot 5.

Nos. 1 and 4, Gorges, Block V, Patetere North-east Survey District (Selwyn Settlement): 2,272 rimu trees, containing about 3,657,211 sup. ft.; 208 kahikatea trees, containing about 483,726 sup. ft.; 173 matai trees, containing about 151,744 sup. ft.; 64 miro trees, containing about 39,357 sup. ft.; 16 totara trees, containing about 16,582 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brands: V, II, X.

Upset price: £3,200.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Three years.

West Taupo County.

Lot 6.

Part Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District, Lot “V” (national endowment): 3,623 totara trees, containing about 3,096,215 sup. ft.; 959 rimu trees, containing about 662,344 sup. ft.; 921 kahikatea trees, containing about 867,528 sup. ft.; 1,628 matai trees, containing about 545,118 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brands: V or FR.

Upset price: £6,000.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Lot 7.

Part Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District, and Block II, Piopiotea Survey District, Lot “K” (national endowment): 2,035 totara trees, containing about 1,509,321 sup. ft.; 192 rimu trees, containing about 164,445 sup. ft.; 807 kahikatea trees, containing about 662,763 sup. ft.; 638 matai trees, containing about 241,228 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brands: II or FR.

Upset price: £2,800.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Rotorua County.

Lot 8.

Section 8, Block X, Rotorua Survey District (education reserve): 421 rimu trees, containing about 622,291 sup. ft.; 133 miro trees, containing about 62,342 sup. ft.; 12 totara trees, containing about 11,399 sup. ft.; 1 kahikatea tree, containing about 4,200 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brand: I.

Upset price: £650.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

Piako County.

Lot 9.

Part Sections 25, 19, 71, and 72, Te Miro Settlement; 1,300 rimu trees, estimated to contain 1,950,000 sup. ft.; 103 mangeao trees, estimated to contain 51,500 sup. ft.; 58 miro trees, estimated to contain 44,800 sup. ft.

Upset price: £1,050.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Thames County.

Lot 10.

Crown land, part of Block XIII, Tairua Survey District; 274 green and dry kauri trees, containing approximately 478,017 sup. ft. (standing measurement); 5 totara trees, containing approximately 4,958 sup. ft.; 8 rimu trees, containing approximately 8,256 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brand: II.

Seventeen faulty and undersized trees branded FR not included in this sale.

Upset price: £1,200.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

Lot 11.

Crown land, part of Block I, Ohinemuri Survey District: 2,483 green and dry kauri trees, containing approximately 3,511,993 sup. ft. (standing measurement); 23 totara trees, containing approximately 17,672 sup. ft.; 55 rimu trees, containing approximately 64,465 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brands: II or V.

140 faulty and undersized kauri trees branded FR, and kauri trees above falls (unbranded), not included in this sale.

Upset price: £8,810.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: Three years.

West Taupo County.

Lot 12.

Sections 1 and 2, Block III, Piopiotea Survey District (national endowment): 435 kahikatea trees, containing about 578,917 sup. ft.; 275 totara trees, containing about 280,067 sup. ft.; 247 matai trees, containing about 135,835 sup. ft.; 2 rimu trees, containing about 3,281 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brand: A.

Upset price: £920.

Terms for payment: As below.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

Lots 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, and 12.—One-half to be deposited with tender, together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), and half in six months thereafter.

Lots 4, 5, 6, and 11.—One-fifth to be deposited with tender, together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one months, and one-fifth in twenty-eight months thereafter.

Lots 7 and 9.—One-third to be deposited with tender, together with timber-cutting license fee (21s.), one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

All instalment payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of sale, and, with the interest added, shall be secured by “On demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.

2. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw from sale any or all of the above lots of timber either before or after the date for receipt of tenders.

3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated hereon, or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated hereon.

4. All timber on each lot, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.

5. In all lots the quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands shown in each lot are included in this sale; but offers from the successful bidders will be considered for undersized or defective timber, &c., not included in the sale.

6. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.

7. In the event of no tenders being received for any of the above lots, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months thereafter (unless previously formally withdrawn); providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.

8. In lots where terms of payment may have been arranged, any breach of the foregoing Conditions of Sale will render the “On demand” promissory notes liable to be presented for immediate payment.

9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and all lots herein described are submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest tender by the Minister of Lands.

10. In the event of a tenderer purchasing two adjoining lots, the Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discretion, increase the time for removal of timber.

11. In the case of Lot 4, the licensee will be required to surrender each section as cut out.

12. The purchaser shall have the right to cut all the timber for the periods specified, and shall have no right to the use of the land.

13. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right to follow up the mill-workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time become available, and of disposing of the same.

14. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust to find its way into any watercourse of any description.

15. Purchasers are notified that extensions of the times herein stated for the removal of the timber must not be anticipated.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.