Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 59

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hotitika, 7th January, 1930.

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 31st day of January, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 67 acres, situated in Block X, Mawhera-iti Survey District (portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1594), about one mile and three-quarters from Totara Flat Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 114,469; or in board feet 710,100; made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 80,625 510,800
Kahikatea .. .. 24,907 148,100
Miro .. .. 8,837 51,200
Totals .. .. 114,369 710,100

Upset price: £594.
Ground rent: £1 13s. 6d. per annum.
Time for removal: Six months.

Terms of Payment.

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

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made or 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. The aforementioned qualities, quantities, 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 as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

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,
Invercargill, 20th December, 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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 27th January, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber in that area, containing approximately 401 acres (Provisional State Forest No. 20), Block VI, Lillburn Survey District, situated approximately twenty-two miles from Tuatapere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity is:—
Species: Silver beech. Cubic ft.: 505,575. Board ft.: 3,160,297.
Upset price: £2,081.
Ground rent: £20 1s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifteenth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by fourteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six months after the date of sale. The successful tenderer shall continue to pay ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.

When the successful tenderer has satisfactorily completed the cutting of and payment for the timber herein mentioned, he will be offered without competition the milling rights over an area of tributary timber containing approximately 3,600,000 ft. B.M.

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 form 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 letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

4. 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.

5. 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 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.

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, Invercargill,” and enclosed “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.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.