Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3365

The section is situated about one mile from the Hawea Flat Post and Telegraph Office and School, and comprises partly easy rolling terrace and partly steep broken faces, rock outcrops being in evidence over the whole area. The soil is of a schisty loam, growing silver tussock and other scanty native vegetation. No water available.

Note.—The successful applicant will require to make his or her own arrangement with regard to the boundary-fencing, some of which is not on the correct boundary (other than the 7 chains western road boundary included in valuation for improvements).

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2939.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 12th December, 1933.

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, Palmerston North, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 19th January, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON CONSERVATION REGION.—GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing 335 acres (State forest No. 29), being part Section 3, Block II, Ngatapa Survey District, situated about eight miles and a half from Rakauroa Railway-station by formed road.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 793,883, or in board feet 5,489,250, made up as follows:—

Upset Price: £7,102.

Time for removal of Timber: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for £400, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase-money shall be paid by seventeen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid four months after the date of sale.

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 shall be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921-22, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.

3. The aforementioned quantity, quality, 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 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, Palmerston North,” 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.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 12th December, 1933.

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 p.m. on Thursday, the 28th day of December, 1933.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 37 acres, situated in Block Y, Haupiri Survey District, part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1614, about twenty-five miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 45,879, or in board feet 292,240, made up as follows:—

Upset Price: £292.

Time for removal: One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in two equal one-monthly instalments, the first falling due one month after the date of sale.

Terms of 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 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.

4. A return giving the number of logs out 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 must be made on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species.