SEPT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2671
3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as
The total estimated quantity of timber in superficial feet
to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for
is 3,228,400, being rimu, 2,792,500; miro, 435,900.
the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall
Upset price, £2,883.
be voidable, nor shall the successful purchaser be entitled to
Ground rent, £13 19s. per annum.
any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being
Time for removal: Five years.
of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein, or
Both lots are situated in the vicinity of Tahakopa Railway-
in any advertisement having reference to the said timber,
station.
nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said
Further blocks of residual tributary timber in the provi-
quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated
sional State forest mentioned will be selected at appropriate
herein.
times and offered for sale by public auction as occasion
4. All timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall
warrants.
remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
are paid.

1. Lot 1.—A marked cheque for one-seventeenth of the
2. The quantities stated are standing measurements, and
   purchase-money, together with half-year's ground rent and
   only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands
   £1 1s. license fee, plus exchange, must accompany the tender,
   shown are included in this sale. All trees branded F.R. or
   and the balance be paid by sixteen equal quarterly instal-
   unbranded, being the undersized, defective, and isolated
   ments, the first of which shall be paid nine months after the
   trees, are excluded from this sale, and must not be felled
   date of sale.
   or removed.
3. Lot 2.—A marked cheque for one-thirteenth of the
4. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries the decision
   purchase-money, together with half-year's ground rent and
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
   £1 1s. license fee, plus exchange, must accompany the tender,
5. In the event of no tenders being received for this timber,
   and the balance be paid by twelve equal quarterly instalments,
   applications may be received and dealt with at any time
   the first of which shall be paid three months after date of the
   within six months thereafter (unless previously formally
   sale.
   withdrawn); providing, however, that the amount offered
6. In addition the successful tenderer shall continue to
   is not less than the upset price stated herein.
   pay such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the
7. Any breach of the foregoing conditions of sale will
   currency of the license.
   render the "on demand" promissory notes liable to be
8. All instalment payments shall be secured by "on
   presented for immediate payment.
   demand" promissory notes made and endorsed to the satis-
9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted,
   faction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest
   and this timber is submitted for sale subject to the final
   at the rate of 1 per cent. over current bank rates will be
   acceptance of any tender by the Minister of Lands.
   charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to
10. The purchaser shall have the right to cut the timber
    the date of payment.
    for the period specified, but shall have no right to the use of
11. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in
    the land.
    accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921-22,
12. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves
    the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.
    the right to follow up the mill-workings by felling and grassing
13. The attention of all tenderers is drawn to the fact that
    such areas as from time to time become available, and of
    the local controlling body may require the successful tenderer
    disposing of the same.
    to pay any claims or charges which may be made by that
14. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust to find its
    body for the maintenance of the road over which the timber
    way into any watercourse of any description.
    may be transported, and before a sawmill licensee is issued a
15. Purchasers are notified that extension of the time
    letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been
    herein stated for the removal of the timber must not be
    made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.
    anticipated.
16. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality
    The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
    and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
    Tenders to be addressed "Commissioner of Crown Lands,
    relative to the sale.
    North Auckland Land District, P.O. Box 10, Auckland,"'
17. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is pre-
    and envelopes to be marked "Tender for Timber."
    pared to pay for each species. The highest or any tender will
    Full particulars may be obtained from this office.
    not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
    mitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the tender
    H. J. LOWE,
    by the Commissioner of State Forests.
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
18. 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.
19. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned,
    it will remain open for application at the upset price until
    further notice.
20. 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.
    STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
    D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.
    Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
    MAORI LANDS NOTICE.
    State Forest Service,
    Kauri and other Timbers for Sale by Public Tender.-1,343,600
    Invercargill, 22nd September, 1925.
    Superficial Feet of Milling-timber.
    NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
    Office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board,
    purchase of the undermentioned lots of milling-timber
    Auckland, 18th September, 1925.
    will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Invercargill,
    NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land
    at 4 o'clock p.m., on Friday, the 23rd October, 1925.
    Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, and under
    SCHEDULE.
    authority of a resolution passed by a meeting of the beneficial
    SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.-OTAGO LAND
    owners of the undermentioned block (which block is vested
    DISTRICT.
    in the Tokerau District Maori Land Board under Part XV
    Lot 1.
    of the Native Land Act, 1909), that written tenders are
    ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land (known as
    invited and will be received at the office of the aforesaid
    Sawmill Area No. 8), containing approximately 273 acres,
    Board at Auckland up to 4 o'clock p.m. on the 23rd day of
    situated in Block I, Tautuku Survey District (Provisional
    October, 1925, for the purchase of the milling-timber as set
    State Forest No. 18).
    out in the underwritten Schedule.
    The total estimated quantity of timber in superficial feet
    is 4,255,700, being rimu, 3,501,550; miro, 436,600; matai,
    175,500; totara, 86,100; kahikatea, 49,750; beech, 6,200.
    Upset price, £4,070.
    Ground rent, £13 13s. per annum.
    Time for removal of timber : Five years.
    Lot 2.
    All the milling-timber on the parcel of land known as
    Sawmill Area No. 9, containing approximately 279 acres,
    situated in Block XII, Rimu Survey District (Provisional
    State Forest No. 37).