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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 11th May, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned milling-timber will be offered for sale by public auction at the office of the State Forest Service, Auckland, at 11 o’clock a.m., on 31st May, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber contained in 38 kauri-trees, situated on the western side of Ruru Stream, about eight miles from Paeroa, Block II, Ohinemuri Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 72).

The estimated quantity is 156,950 super. feet (H.D. measurement).

Upset price, £552.

Ground rent, £1.

Time for removal of timber, six months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-half of the purchase price, together with £1 ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance be paid three 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 1 per cent in excess of 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 buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful bidder 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 undersigned.

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

5. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the bid 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 before the date of sale.

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

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.

R. D. CAMPBELL,
Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 10th May, 1926.

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 11th June, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on Section 26, Block VI, Otara Survey District, containing approximately 248 acres (part provisional State forest), situated close to Tokanui Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 208,641, or in board feet 1,126,700, made up as follows:—

Species, Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Totara 3,975 21,500
Rimu 194,079 1,048,000
Miro .. 10,587 57,200

Total 208,641 1,126,700

Upset price, £1,045.

Ground rent, £12 8s. 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 auction 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 six 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 the rate of 1 per cent. per annum in excess of current bank overdraft rates will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.

2. In addition the successful tenderer shall continue to pay such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.

3. 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.

4. 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 undersigned.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

MAORI LANDS NOTICE.

Tenders for Leases in the Otorohanga Native Township.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Townships Act, 1910, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday, the 27th day of June, 1926, for leases of the undermentioned sections, for terms of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years.