SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2885

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 14th September, 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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th day of October, 1927.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MILLING-TIMBER on part Provisional State Forest No. 140, Blocks XIII, Thames, and I, Ohinemuri S.D., containing 252 acres, situated about three miles from Omahu Railway-station.

Estimated quantity in cubic feet is 115,160, and in board feet 731,623, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri .. 110,269 698,154
Rimu .. 4,003 27,614
Totara .. 588 3,948
Miro .. 206 1,296
Matai .. 94 611

Totals .. 115,160 731,623

Upset price, £2,890.
Ground rent, £12 12s. per annum.
Time for removal, two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth 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 five equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall 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, 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.

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Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 14th September, 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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m. on 10th October, 1927.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land, containing approximately 852 acres, being Sections 7, 8, and 9, Block IV, Kaihu Survey District, and Section 11, Block XVI, Tutamoe Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 119).

The block is situated about fifteen miles from Dargaville.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 394,000, and in board feet 2,372,453, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri .. 42,213 297,109
Rimu .. 158,487 1,055,519
Kahikatea .. 128,759 888,988
Totara .. 11,318 78,104
Matai .. 4,454 29,019
Miro .. 3,769 23,714

Totals .. 349,000 2,372,453

Upset price, £4,084.
Ground rent, £34 per annum.
Time for removal of timber, two years and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-ninth of the price tendered, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. 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.

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 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. 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.