Timber in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st July, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove
the sawmilling-timber on the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o'clock a.m., on
Thursday, 27th August, 1925, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 64, Block VI, Waimumu Hundred : Area, 127 acres
1 rood.
Estimated quantity of timber in superficial feet : Totara,
38,100 ; rimu, 190,500 ; kahikatea, 127,000 ; matai, 88,900 ;
miro, 31,750 ; rata, 31,750.
Upset price, £381. .Ground rental, £3 per annum. Time
for removal of timber, three years.
Terms of payment : One-fifth of purchase price, with £3
ground rental and £1 1s. license fee, to be paid on the fall
of the hammer, and the balance in four equal instalments
at intervals of six, ten, fourteen, and eighteen months re-
spectively from the date of sale.

Conditions of Sale.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold
   generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act,
   1924, and the timber regulations made thereunder, and the
   following conditions, and such additional conditions as the
   Commissioner of Crown Lands, in his discretion, considers
   necessary.
2. The quantities set forth in the above Schedule are
   approximate only, and are furnished for the information of
   intending purchasers, who are expected, previous to the sale,
   to make their own estimate of the quantity of timber on each
   lot. No contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall
   the licensee be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason
   of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind
   than as stated herein, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by
   the Crown if the quantity of timber is found to be in excess
   of that stated herein.
3. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals as
   indicated in terms of payment, but they may be presented
   for payment at earlier dates if more than a due proportion
   of the timber is found to be cut, or should any breach of the
   conditions occur, or if in the opinion of the Commissioner the
   interest of the Crown is jeopardized.
4. The purchaser of the timber shall have no right to the
   use of the land.
5. Licensee shall have the right to cut and remove only
   such trees as can be milled, and shall have no right to split
   posts, &c., or cut firewood.
6. The licensee shall have the right to construct and use
   such tramway or tramways as may be found necessary to
   the proper milling and removal of the timber.
7. If at any time during the currency of the license the Field
   Inspector or other person duly authorized by the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands shall report, or it otherwise appears, that
   the timber on any of the said areas is being improperly cut,
   or that the interests of the Crown or settlers are prejudiced,
   or for any other reason, the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   may, by notice in writing to the licensee and his surety,
   suspend the license pending investigation, and the Commis-
   sioner may cancel such license if it is found that its conditions
   have been infringed, without prejudice to any proceedings
   for damage done, recovery of amounts due on royalty, or
   otherwise.
8. If the timber on the lot is unsold at auction, the right
   to cut it at the upset price will remain open for application
   until further notice.
9. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed,
   for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in
   respect of any lot or in these conditions.
10. All the timber, whether standing or felled or in logs, shall
    remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are
    paid.
11. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision
    of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final and
    conclusive.
12. The lot will be sold generally in accordance with the
    areas and boundaries as shown on the sale map, which may
    be seen at the Land Office, Invercargill.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, Invercargill.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.--Southland Forest-
conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 20th July, 1925.

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, Invercargill, at
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 21st August, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.--SOUTHLAND
LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling - timber on that piece of land containing
approximately 409½ acres, being parts of Sections 26, 7, 17,
19, and 32, Block X, Waikawa Survey District (Provisional
State Forest No. 21), situated about eight miles from Tokanui
Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity in superficial feet is 1,879,500,
being rimu, 1,697,000 ft.; miro, 90,100 ft.; kahikatea,
79,950 ft.; matai, 8,950, and totara 3,500 ft.
Upset price : £1,705.
Ground rent: £20 9s. 6d. per annum.
Time for removal: Four years.

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

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth 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
seven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be
paid twelve months after date of sale.

In addition, the ground rent shall be paid half-yearly in
advance during the currency of the license.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment - payments shall be secured by "on
   demand" promissory notes made and endorsed to the satis-
   faction 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
   a letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been
   made in this connection must be produced to the under-
   signed.

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 pre-
   pared 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, Invercargill,"
   and endorsed "Tender for Timber."

The conditions which will be inserted in the license to be
issued to the purchaser, and further particulars may be
obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director
of Forestry, Wellington.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.