1390
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

ALL the open land, containing about 80 acres, in the valley south of Sections 11 and 12, Maori Hill Settlement, Block XI, Waiau Survey District, portion of State Forest No. 10.

Term: Five years from 1st July, 1924.

Minimum annual rent, £8.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land will be used for grazing purposes only.

2. The annual rental will be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of July and the 1st day of January in each year.

3. The lessee shall keep down noxious weeds and destroy rabbits, to the satisfaction of the Crown.

4. No compensation shall be paid for any improvements which may be effected on the land.

5. The lessee shall take every precaution to prevent fires spreading on the land or into the adjoining bush.

6. The lessee shall have no right to cut or destroy any flax or timber on the land.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions thereof within thirty days after the date on which the same should have been fulfilled.

8. Not more than twenty head of cattle or fifty sheep may be grazed on the land at one time.

9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent at rate offered, plus £1 1s. lease fee, and be enclosed in an envelope addressed to the undersigned and endorsed on the outside “Tender for lease.”

Further particulars may be obtained and a sketch of the land and form of lease may be inspected at my office.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 4th June, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on 4th July, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 318 acres, situated in Block IV, Ahaura Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1606. Situated about seven miles from Ikamatua Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in superficial feet is 1,701,300, being kahikatea 1,020,500, rimu 680,800.

Upset price: £1,600.

Ground rent: £15 18s. per annum.

Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Further blocks of residual tributary timber in the provisional State forest mentioned will be selected at appropriate times and offered for sale by public tender as occasion warrants.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by four equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid nine months after the date of sale.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at current bank rates will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.

2. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921–22, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.

3. The attention of all tenderers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful tenderer to pay any claims or charges which may be made by that body for the maintenance of the road over which the timber may be transported and before a sawmill license is issued; or letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

4. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

5. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared to pay for each species. 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.

6. 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.

7. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned, it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.

8. Tenders should be on the special form obtainable from any office of the State Forest Service and should be enclosed in envelopes addressed “Conservator of Forests, Hokitika,” and endorsed “Tender for Timber.”

The following conditions will be inserted in the license to be issued to the purchaser:—

9. The aforementioned qualities, quantities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this sale, and no contract for the 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 as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

10. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals as indicated in clause 1, 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.

11. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs 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 on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species.

12. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or watercourse, or into any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

13. The licensee shall take all reasonable precautions by way of providing such safeguards as may be required by the Conservator for the prevention of damage to the adjacent bush by fires, whether caused by sparks from locomotives, log-haulers, or otherwise, and shall be liable for any damage thereto in consequence of any negligence or disregard of these conditions on the part of the licensee or his workmen, such damage to be assessed by the Conservator of Forests.

14. All timber must be cut to the best advantage, and milling must be carried on regularly and generally in a manner approved by the Conservator. The Crown reserves the right to withdraw from the license such areas as from time to time are cleared of merchantable timber, and as areas are withdrawn ground rent will be reduced pro rata.

15. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of the lot or in these conditions.

16. The settlement of any dispute shall be effected by the Conservator of Forests, and there will be a right of appeal to the Commissioner of State Forests, whose decision in all cases shall be final. Should the licensee fail to fulfil any and every obligation incumbent upon him the license will be subject to cancellation.

17. The Commissioner of State Forests may authorize the laying-down and working of tram-lines through the land by other persons than the licensee.

18. The license will not be transferable, except with the consent of the Commissioner of State Forests. Cutting operations must commence within six months of the date of the license.

19. The licensee shall be permitted to cut timber on private lands and Warden’s licenses simultaneously with the lot mentioned herein by obtaining permission from the Commissioner of State Forests.

20. The licensee shall have the right to cut, use, sell, or otherwise dispose of any species of timber not included in the Schedule herein on terms and conditions to be agreed upon, and provided the written consent of the Conservator be first had and obtained.

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

A. D. McGAVOCK, Conservator of Forests.