3402
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 80

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 3rd December, 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 Monday, the 17th January, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 237 acres, known as Sawmill Area No. 29, part Provisional State Forest No. 18, Block I, Tautuku Survey District, situated close to Tahakopa Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 406,218, or in board feet, 2,709,400, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 340,059 2,289,900
Miro .. .. .. 41,665 263,200
Matai .. .. 10,097 65,200
Kahikatea 4,726 30,800
Totara .. .. 3,041 18,900
Beech .. .. 6,630 41,400

Total .. .. 406,218 2,709,400

Upset price : £2,530.
Ground rent : £11 17s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber : Four and a half years.

Terms of Payment.

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

In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue to pay such ground rent 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 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. 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 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.

4. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents, must be made quarterly by the licensee on the last days 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. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection of the books of the mill, or by such other means as the Conservator may require, and for this purpose the accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.

5. 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.

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, 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.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th December, 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, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 14th January, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 258 acres, situated in Block XIV, Mawhera-nui Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1701, situated about three miles from Newman and O’Neill’s Siding, on the Greymouth–Otira Railway-line. The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 312,037, or in board feet, 2,025,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 273,841 1,787,700
Miro .. .. 21,014 129,300
Kahikatea 17,182 108,000

Upset price, £1,646.
Ground rent, £12 18s. per annum.
Time for removal, 4 years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-twelfth 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 eleven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six months after the date of sale.

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

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by an “on demand” promissory note 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 if the note is 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 aforementioned quality, quantity, and kind 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.

4. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents must be made quarterly by the licensee on the last days 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. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection of the books of the mill, or by such other means as the Conservator may require, and for this purpose the accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.

5. 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.

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