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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

for dairying comprises 100 acres terraced flat and undulating land (40 acres stumped), balance hills; all in birch bush. Soil fair to poor on flat, poor on hills, resting on granite; watered by streams. There are no improvements and the property has not been subdivided. No rabbits or noxious weeds.

The reserve is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

• After payment of the first half-year’s rent and lease fee the rent will be remitted for a period of four years, provided that improvements to an equivalent value are effected to the satisfaction of the Land Board.

Detailed terms and conditions of lease and full particulars may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/73.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 9th April, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at this office at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 2nd day of May, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area, containing approximately 498 acres, situated in Blocks IX and X, Patetere North-east Survey District (portion of State Forest No. 3), about six miles from Mamaku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 327,500, or in board feet 2,213,300, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £2,800.

Time for removal of timber: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for £550 of the purchase-money and £1 1s. license fee must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in five equal instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after the date of sale and the others at quarterly intervals thereafter.

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 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. A return 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 must also 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, Rotorua,” 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.

W. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 10th April, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at this office at 4 p.m. on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 68 acres, situated in Block XV, Ahaura Survey District, part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1695, about sixteen miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 101,225, or in board feet 618,500, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £504.

Time for removal: One year.

Terms of Payment.

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

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 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. A return 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 must also be made on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection