990
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Timber for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber, firewood, and fencing-posts will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th May, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that milling-timber, firewood, and fencing-posts contained in the marked trees comprising the plantation surrounding Section 534, Patea District, Block XI, Hawera Survey District.

The total estimated quantity is as under:—

Pinus radiata (1,345 trees) .. 811,225 sup. feet.
Pinus radiata (firewood) .. 564 cords.
Cupressus Macrocarpa (215 trees) 3,846 posts (6 in. by 4 in. by 6ft. 6 in.).

Time for removal: Two years.

This plantation is situated at Mokoia, about one-quarter mile from the Mokoia Railway-station, by good metalled road.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for £200, together with £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany tender, and the balance shall be paid in eight instalments payable at the expiration of each successive period of three months from date of sale.

Conditions of Sale.

1. All instalments shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum 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 generally in accordance with the provisions for the sale of timber contained in the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations made thereunder.

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 qualities, quantities, and kinds of the various timbers shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for 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.

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

6. The promissory notes will be presented at intervals as indicated in the terms of payment, but they may be presented for payment at earlier dates if more than a due proportion of the timber is found to be cut or should any breach of the conditions occur, of if in the opinion of the said Commissioner the interest of the Crown is jeopardized.

7. The timber shall be cut in a face from such areas, and in such order as the said Commissioner may arrange, and the Crown reserves the right of following up the mill workings by replanting such areas as from time to time will have been cleared of milling-timber.

8. If at any time during the currency of the license a Field Inspector or other person duly authorized by the said Commissioner shall report, or it otherwise appears that the timber on the said area is being improperly cut or that the interests of the Crown or settlers are prejudiced, or for any other reason, the said Commissioner may, by notice in writing to the licensee and his surety, suspend his license pending investigation; and the said Commissioner may cancel such license if it is found that its conditions have been infringed, without prejudice to any proceeding for damage done, recovery of amounts due on royalty, or otherwise.

9. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries the decision of the said Commissioner shall be final and conclusive.

10. The licensee shall, before commencing felling operations on the belt of trees situated on the northern end of the said section, remove the present fence erected on the south side of the said belt of trees to a safe distance as shall be agreed upon by the lessee of part Section 534, Patea District. After milling operations are completed and all slash and debris is cleared up and burnt to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner, this fence is to be re-erected on the original line.

11. Sawmill-sites not exceeding a half-acre in extent may be located at the north-east and south-west corners of the said section.

12. All trees shall be felled away from the adjoining properties, and if any damage is incurred to fences through the inability or other cause to carry out this direction the licensee shall immediately clear up any debris and repair the fence or fences so damaged to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner.

13. All sawdust or other sawmill refuse, also all debris arising out of felling and cutting operations must be burnt or otherwise destroyed or removed, all such operations to be conducted in a good workmanlike and tidy manner to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner.

14. The licensee shall have the right to haul or cart all logs, timber, or plant over that portion of the grassed area extending in width for a distance of one chain from the inside of the plantation or such increased distance as may be agreed upon by the said lessee.

15. The licensee shall be liable for any damage caused through felling operations either by himself or his workmen to all classes of stock, the property of the adjoining owners.

16. The licensee shall have the right to cut and remove only such trees as have been marked, and shall have no right to the two rows of pinus muricata along portion of the south-western side of the plantation.

17. Tenders to be addressed “The Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth” and endorsed “Tender for timber.” The highest of any tender not necessarily accepted.

Further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 9th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND CONSERVATION-REGION. — OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 93 acres, including portion of a public road, situated in Block VII, Tautuku Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest No. 18, close to the Township of Papatowai.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 113,269, or in board feet, 705,400; made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 87,460 557,400
Miro .. .. .. 25,809 154,000
Totals .. .. .. 113,269 705,400

Upset price: £644.
Ground rent: £4 13s. per annum.
Time for removal: Twelve months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by three equal quarterly instalments, the first payment to be made three months after the date of sale.

In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue the payment of 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 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 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