July 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1813

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, 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,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1929.

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 31st day of July, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MILLING-TIMBER on Sections 12, Block IV, Punakitere Survey District, and Sections 5 and 6, Block I, Motatau Survey District, containing 507 acres (approximately), being portion of the Rakautao Provisional State Forest No. 126. The timber is adjacent to the Otiria–Kaikohe Railway line in the vicinity of the Ngapipito Station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 265,631, or in board feet 1,818,600, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri 45,283 324,200
Rimu 133,885 901,300
Totara 31,584 218,600
Kahikatea 43,644 301,500
Miro 9,058 58,400
Matai 2,177 14,600
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265,631 1,818,600
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Upset price : £3,932.
Ground rent : £25 7s. per annum.
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 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 “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 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 entitled 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.

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 the 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.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 1st July, 1929.

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 31st July, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 19 acres (part Puketi Provisional State Forest No. 104), Block II, Omapere Survey District, and situated four miles and a half north of Okaihau Railway-terminus.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet (19,295) or in board feet (133,261) is made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri 18,480 128,187
Totara 815 5,074
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Total 19,295 133,261
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Upset price : £600.
Time for removal of timber : Six months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-half of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in three months thereafter.

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.