SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY-OTAGO FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that milling-timber on that parcel of land containing approximately 63 acres, being part of Reserve 1816, Block VII, Waitaki Survey District, situated about one mile from Morven Railway-station.

The estimated quantity of milling-timber in feet, board measure, is 1,693,000, or in cubic feet, 311,400, as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Pinus insignis (6,655 trees) .. 300,100 1,672,000
Larch (3,000 trees).. 11,300 21,000

In addition the plantation is estimated to yield 1,090 cords of firewood, principally from the trees already mentioned and from 700 spruce-trees, together with 2,200 posts and stakes from 429 macrocarpa-trees.

Upset price: £2,410.
Ground rent: £3 3s. per annum.
Term of license: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the tendered price, together with half-year's ground rent, and £1 ls. license fee, plus exchange, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by nine 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 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 on similar conditions to those contained in 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 undersigned.

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

5. 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.

6. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared to pay for the timber. 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. Any sawmill erected in the reserve must be placed in an open cleared space not closer than 3 chains from any standing trees, and all locomotives, log-haulers, &c., used in connection with milling-operations must at all times be equipped with spark-arresters of a type approved by the undersigned.

10. No tree-cones are included in this sale.

11. The successful tenderer must maintain the fences round the sawmill area in good repair, and must prevent the trespass of any stock on that part of the area on which the trees are growing.

12. Tenders should be on the special form obtainable from any office of the State Forest Service, and should be enclosed in an envelope addressed “Conservator of Forests, Christchurch,” 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.

W. G. MORRISON,
Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 23rd November, 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, Auckland, at 4 o'clock p.m., on Monday, the 6th December, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area containing approximately 440 acres (part Provisional State Forest No. 123, Block XIV, Russell Survey District), situated about eight miles from Whangarei-Opua Railway.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 99,130, or in board feet 740,228, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 24,595 168,091
Miro .. 957 6,059
Kauri .. 59,228 473,836
Totara .. 12,568 79,827
Kahikatea .. 1,785 12,415
Total .. 99,130 740,228

Upset price: £2,030.
Ground rent: £10 per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the price tendered, together with half-year's ground rent and £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by five equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after the date of sale.

Terms of Sale.

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. The above-mentioned quantities, qualities, 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 than as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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, Auckland,” 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.

R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.