SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2017

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 tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned it will remain open for application for three months from the date tenders close.

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.

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

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Townships Act, 1910, and the Native Land Act, 1931, and amendments and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to 3 p.m., on Thursday, the 22nd day of September, 1938, for leases of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF PIPIRIKI.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. Tenders must be written in the form provided for the purpose, and be forwarded in a sealed envelope marked “Tender for Lease” so as to be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, not later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, the 22nd day of September, 1938.

2. Each lot must be tendered for separately and each tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered. Two or more adjacent sections in the said township may be included in one lease.

3. Each successful tenderer will be entitled to possession on receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.

4. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be returned to the respective tenderers.

5. The highest or any tender for any lot will not necessarily be accepted and the Board reserves the right to accept or reject any tender.

6. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable to grant a lease of any lot tendered for the successful tenderer shall be entitled to a refund of his deposit but shall have no claim for damages, compensation, or interest on the deposit.

7. Each successful tenderer shall be required, within thirty days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him, to sign same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent paid by him and again offer the land for lease, freed from any obligation to the defaulting tenderer.

8. The lease will be issued subject to the provisions of the Native Townships Act, 1910, and will contain, inter alia, the following provisions:—

(a) The term of the lease will be twenty-one years from the 1st day of January, 1939, at the rent tendered with a right of renewal for every twenty-one years at a rental assessed on the unimproved valuation of the section at the time of renewal.

(b) Rent will be payable half-yearly in advance. Lessee will pay rates, and will not assign or sublet without the Board’s consent. Lessee will keep the land clear of noxious weeds.

(c) Lessee will fence the boundaries without any resort to the Board for contribution as owner of adjacent land; but this provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier, other than the Board, of such adjacent land.

(d) Lessee to keep premises in repair.

(e) Lessee not to carry on any offensive trade without the consent of any local authority.

9. The leases will be prepared by the Board at the cost of the lessee. The cost is £1 1s., together with cost of stamping and registering same.

10. Forms of tender may be obtained and full particulars and plan may be seen at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, and at the post-offices at, Wanganui, Raetihi, Pipiriki, Ohakune Township, and Taihape.

Instructions to Applicants.

The lands are described for the general information of intending selectors who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description. Some areas are liable to slight alterations.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui
22nd day of August, 1938.