2170
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Tender.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 11th August, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber are
invited from local bodies and public bodies, and will be
received up to 12 o’clock noon on the 29th September, 1921,
at the office of the Conservator of State Forests, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

An approximate area of 330 acres, portion of the Ruapehu
State Forest No. 42, situated in Block IX, Ruapehu, and
Block XII, Manganui Survey Districts, County of Waimarino.
The estimated quantity of timber on the land is 5,385,400
sup. feet (board feet), more or less, of all kinds—the quantities
of each kind being silver-pine 703,000 sup. feet, kawaka
1,095,000 sup. feet, beech 1,673,000 sup. feet, rimu 1,120,000
sup. feet, other species (mountain totara, kahikatea, and
miro) 791,000 sup. feet; 1,500 silver-pine poles 20 ft. long,
and 544 kawaka poles 25 ft. long. (Quantities calculated
by Hoppus formula.)

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

One-tenth of the purchase-money, a license fee of £1 1s.,
and survey costs £50, must be deposited with each tender;
the balance shall be divided into nine equal instalments,
which shall be paid quarterly from the date of the license.
All instalment-payments shall bear interest at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum as from the date of the license, and
with interest added shall be secured by “on demand”
promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner of State Forests.

In addition, the successful tenderer will be required to pay
a ground rent of 1s. per acre per annum, payment to be
made half-yearly in advance.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in
   accordance with the terms of the State Forests Act, 1908,
   the regulations made thereunder, and the following conditions.
2. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality
   and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
   relating to the sale.
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 contracts 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, or kind than as stated herein
   or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.
4. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals
   as indicated in the terms of payment, but they may be
   presented for payment at earlier dates if it is found that
   more than a due proportion of timber has been cut, or should
   any breach of the conditions occur, or if in the opinion of
   the Conservator the interests of the Crown are being
   jeopardized.
5. The tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared
   to pay for each species, and the price per pole for silver-pine
   and kawaka.
6. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be
   accepted, and the timber, described is submitted for sale
   subject to the final acceptance of the tender by the Commissioner of State Forests.
7. A return, which must be verified by affidavit, giving the
   number of logs and poles cut of each species and their contents,
   must be made quarterly by the licensee each quarter ending
   on the last day of March, June, September, and December
   respectively in each year. A return, similarly verified, must
   be made quarterly on the same dates showing the output
   of sawn timber of each species.
8. All timber must be cut to the best advantage, and the
   maximum number of poles produced to the satisfaction and
   under the supervision of an authorized Officer of the State
   Forest Service.
9. The whole of the silver-pine (over 6 in. in diameter),
   including dead standing and fallen trees, shall be thoroughly
   cleaned up, and that which is not suitable for poles shall
   be cut for sleepers, posts, strainers, stays, battens, house-blocks, or other purposes.
10. The settlement of any disputes shall be effected by
    the Conservator of State Forests, but there shall be a right
    of appeal to the Commissioner of State Forests, whose decision
    in all cases shall be final.
11. The successful tenderer will be granted a license to
    cut timber the period of which shall expire on 31st December,
    1923, and which shall not be transferable except with the
    consent of the Commissioner of State Forests. The period
    of the license shall not be extended.
12. The successful tenderer must commence cutting
    operations within six months of the date of the granting of
    the license.
13. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of State
    Forests to withdraw from sale any or all of the said timber
    either before or after the closing date for receipt of tenders.
14. Tenders should be addressed, Conservator of State
    Forests, District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, and
    envelopes endorsed “Tenders for Timber.”

Further particulars may be obtained on application to the
undersigned, or at the Head Office, State Forest Service,
Wellington.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Conservator of State Forests.

Land in Kelso Settlement, Otago Land District, open for
Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Dunedin, 16th August, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for selection on renewable lease under the
provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will
be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday,
the 25th October, 1921.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land
Board for examination at this office at 10 o’clock a.m. on
Wednesday, the 26th October.

The ballot will be held on Wednesday, the 26th October,
at the conclusion of examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants
who have one or more children dependent on them; to
landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice
unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New
Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; and to
persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in
connection with the late war, if such persons immediately
prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Kelso Settlement.—Tuapeka County.—Greenvale Survey
District.

SECTION 3s: Area, 143 acres; capital value, £2,760 (buildings, £35*); half-yearly rent, £62 2s.

• Payable in cash.

The improvements included in the capital value of the
section consist of boundary and subdivisional fences valued
at £111 17s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but
which have to be paid for separately, are: Yards and dip,
£10; also hut on sledge (nearest stable), now on Allotment 5s,
£25. Total valuation for buildings, £35, payable in cash.
The hut must be removed by the lessee of Section 3s and
re-erected on his allotment at his own expense.

This property lies about three miles from Heriot Township,
and about the same distance from Kelso. It is practically
level. Access by good roads. The soil is a black loam on
good subsoil. It is capable of growing good oats, roots, and
grass.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual
   right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three
   years, and a right to acquire the freehold.
2. Rent, 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s.
   (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken
   period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July
   following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.
6. Preference at the ballot will be given to landless
   applicants who have one or more children dependent on
   them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least
   twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond
   New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; and
   to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand
   in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately
   prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.
7. No person may hold more than one allotment.
8. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.
9. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all
   rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the
    land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price;
    within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the
    price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
    another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be
    effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
    10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every
    acre of third-class land.
11. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of
    lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then
    only with permission.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time
    within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed
    for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.