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 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.

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, Palmerston
    North,” 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.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 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, Hokitika, at
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 11th February, 1927.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION—WESTLAND LAND
DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing
110 acres, situated in Block II, Kopara Survey District,
portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1660,
situated about two miles and a half from Bell Hill and ten
miles from Ruru, on the Greymouth-Otira Railway-line. The
total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 110,084, or in board
feet, 646,900, of rimu.
Upset price, £530.
Ground rent, £2 15s.
Time for removal, six months.

Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-half the purchase-money, together
with ground rent and £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the
tender, and the balance be paid three 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.

7. 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.

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, Hokitika,”
    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.

A. D. McGAVOCK, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 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, Hokitika, at
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 4th February, 1927.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION—WESTLAND LAND
DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing
161½ acres, situated in Blocks XII and XVI, Waimea, and
Blocks IX and XIII, Hohonu Survey Districts, portions of
Provisional State Forest Reserves Nos. 1615 and 1666,
situated about seven miles from Kumara Junction Railway-
station.
The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 272,047, or
in board feet, 1,793,000, made up as follows:
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimiu ... 230,746 1,530,700
Kahikatea ... 32,328 208,100
Miro ... 8,973 54,200
272,047 1,793,000

Upset price, £1,475.
Ground rent, £8 1s. 6d.
Time for removal, three years.

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