Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3453

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th October, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease and license of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.P. 687. Section 23, Block XVI, Egmont Survey District. Lessee: Mrs. M. V. Slyfield. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: O.R.P. 679. Sections 11, 12, and 13, Block IX, Kapara Survey District. Licensee: J. M. Amos. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 31st October, 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 Friday, the 25th November, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MILLING-TIMBER on part Sections 1 and 2, Block VII, and part 25 and 26, Block X, Waipoua Survey District, containing 736 acres, being portions of Provisional State Forest No. 85, situated near Donnelly’s Crossing.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 275,686, or in board feet 1,926,212 made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri (855 trees) .. 197,853 1,406,065
Totara .. .. 7,681 51,566
Rimu .. .. 22,831 147,339
Kahikatea .. 38,148 263,036
Miro .. .. 4,562 27,592
Matai .. .. 4,611 30,614

Totals .. .. 275,686 1,926,212

Upset price, £6,750.
Ground rent, £25 per annum.
Time for removal, three years.
One hundred and four defective kauri trees, branded Λ, are excluded from this sale, and must not be cut without authority.

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 nine 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 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 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 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.

Land in the Auckland Forest-conservation Region acquired for a State Forest.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 12th October, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto was acquired under the Public Works Act, 1908, as a State forest on the 10th day of September, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST CONSERVATION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

State Forest No. 79.

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 352 acres 3 roods 17 perches, more or less, being part Sections 8 and 9, situated in Block XIV, Kaeo Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Towards the east by Sections 1s and 2s, Puketi Settlement, towards the south generally by other parts Sections 8 and 9, Block XIV, Kaeo Survey District; and towards the south-west and north-west by provisional State forest No. 104 (Gazette, 1922, page 1311). As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan numbered 5/2, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

F. PHILLIPS TURNER,
Secretary of Forestry.