Kaipara Development Scheme.

Office of the Native Minister,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1930.
WHEREAS notice was published in the Gazette and
Kahiti on the 19th June, 1930, that the Native
Minister had decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3)
of section 23 of the Native Land Amendment and Native
Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, to Aoroa Lot 4D and
other blocks of Native land or land owned by Natives in the
Tokerau Native Land Court District: And whereas the
Native Minister has now decided that the block mentioned in
the Schedule hereto shall no longer be subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of the said section 23; it is hereby
notified that such land is excluded from the said Kaipara
development scheme accordingly.

SCHEDULE.
OPANAKE 1c South No. 3 Block : Area, 196 acres 1 rood
37·2 perches.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.
Education Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by
Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 24th June, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be
received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New
Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 25th August, 1930,
for a lease of the undermentioned education reserves under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the
Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.-PATEA COUNTY.
PART Sections 2 and 11, Block VIII, Opaku Survey District :
Area, 22 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Term: Fifteen years.
Minimum annual rent: 10s.
This area is situated on the Ahoroa Road, about sixteen
miles from Waverley Railway-station. About half is in bush,
and remaining area in fern.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, loading for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee) must be deposited with tender.
2. Term of lease, fifteen years with no right of renewal.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
8. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Crown on account of any improvements effected by the lessee nor for any other cause.
9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, to be paid on rent in arrear.
12. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner
    of Crown Lands.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.
Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 9th July, 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 Ist day of August, 1930.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION. — WESTLAND
LAND DISTRICT.
All the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 131 acres, situated in Block XI, Te Kinga Survey District,
portion of provisional State Forest Reserves Nos. 1094 and 1576, about six miles from Roto Manu Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 348,012 or in board feet 2,286,700; made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Ft. Board Ft.
Rimu 138,485 909,700
Kahikitea 186,690 1,227,500
Miro 7,417 48,800
Matai 15,420 100,700

Total 348,012 2,286,700
Upset price: £2,334.
Ground rent: £6 11s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Three years.

Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-eighth of the purchase-money, together with half-year's ground rent and £1 ls. (license fee) must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by seven equal quarterly instalments; the first payment to be made six 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 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. 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.
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 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 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, 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.

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