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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 614,987, or
in board feet 4,139,060, made up as follows :-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 375,133 2,555,690
Miro .. 50,299 311,480
Kahikatea .. 128,149 869,440
Matai .. 61,406 402,450
Total .. 614,987 4,139,060
Upset price : £7,104.
Time for removal of timber : Three years.

Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-ninth of the purchase-price,
together with £l ls. license fee, must be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance by eight quarterly instalments,
the first of which shall 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 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 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 buyers is drawn to the fact that the
   local controlling body may require the successful bidder
   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 buyers are expected to visit the locality
   and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
   relative to the sale.
7. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the
   final acceptance of the highest bid 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
   before the date of sale.
9. If no bid is accepted for the timber herein mentioned
   it will remain open for application at the upset price until
   further notice.
   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 Auction.
State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 23rd February, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned milling-
timber will be disposed of by public auction at the
office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at
2 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 5th day of March, 1937.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.- WELLINGTON
LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 438 acres (part Provisional State Forest No. 42), known
as Lot 5, Block I, Tongariro Survey District, and Block IV,
Kaitieke Survey District, situated about three miles from
Owhango Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 620,678, or in
board feet 4,308,890, made up as follows :-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 253,423 1,768,870
Miro .. 26,013 173,000
Kahikatea .. 138,766 968,880
Matai .. 202,476 1,398,140
Total .. 620,678 4,308,890
Upset price : £7,240.
Time for removal of timber : Three years and a half.

Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-thirtieth of the purchase-money,
together with £l ls. license fee, must be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance by twenty-eight equal monthly
instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month after
the date of sale, and the others at monthly 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 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 buyers is drawn to the fact that the
   local controlling body may require the successful bidder
   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 buyers are expected to visit the locality
   and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
   relative to the sale.
7. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid 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
   before the date of sale.
9. If no bid is accepted for the timber herein mentioned
   it will remain open for application at the upset price for
   three months from the date of the sale.
   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 Auction.
State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 23rd February, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned milling-
timber will be disposed of by public auction at the
office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at
2 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 15th day of March, 1937.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.- WELLINGTON
LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 50 acres (part State Forest No. 67), known as Lot 7,
Block XVI, Kaitieke Survey District, situated about two
miles from Raurimu Railway-station.