JAN. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 ob-
    tained 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,
Rotorua, 10th January, 1927.
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, Rotorua, at
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 11th February, 1927.
SCHEDULE.
ROTORUA FOREST CONSERVATION REGION.--AUCKLAND
LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing
approximately 104 acres 2 roods, situated about 14 miles
from Tauranga by the Tauranga—Oropi Road, being part of
Section 29s, Block XVIII, Otanewainuku Survey District
(part of Provisional State Forest No. 69). The estimated
quantity of timber in feet, board measure, is 885,395, or in
cubic feet, 128,685, made up as follows:—
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu . . . 112,628 779,464
Mangeao . . . 1,773 11,710
Tanekaha . . . 3,447 21,763
Miro . . . 2,947 19,325
Kahikatea . . . 7,890 53,133
128,685 885,395
Upset price, £1,480.
Annual ground rent, £5 4s. 6d. per annum.
Time for removal of timber, two years.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-seventh of the tendered price,
together with half-year's ground rent and £1 1s. license fee,
plus exchange, must accompany the tender, and the balance
be paid by five 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
ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of
the license.
Terms of Sale.

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 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 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. 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 en-
   titled 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.
5. 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.
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 pre-
   pared to pay for each species. The highest or any tender will
   not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
   mitted 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, Rotorua,”
    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. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.
    Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
    State Forest Service,
    Palmerston North, 10th January, 1927.
    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, Palmerston
    North, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 18th February, 1927.
    SCHEDULE.
    WELLINGTON CONSERVATION REGION.—GISBORNE LAND
    DISTRICT.
    ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing 335 acres,
    being part Section 3, Block II, Ngatapa Survey District,
    situated about eight miles and a half from Rakauroa Railway-
    station by formed road.
    The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 830,177, or
    in board feet, 5,724,250, made up as follows:—
    Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
    Rimu . . . 691,952 4,804,200
    Miro . . . 75,218 501,150
    Kahikatea . . . 15,932 111,500
    Matai . . . 10,781 72,400
    Beech . . . 31,876 215,600
    Totara . . . 4,418 19,400
    830,177 5,724,250
    Upset price, £8,810.
    Ground rent, £16 15s. per annum.
    Time for removal of timber, five years.
    Terms of Payment.
    A marked cheque for one-tenth 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
    sixteen 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 cur-
    rency of the license.
    Terms and Conditions.
11. All instalment-payments shall be secured by an “on
    demand” promissory note made and endorsed to the satis-
    faction 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.
12. 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.
13. 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 en-
    titled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber