SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2175

Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 28th September, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property will be offered for lease (term, sixty-six years with perpetual right of renewal at revaluation) by public auction at the Lands Office, Stafford Street, Timaru, on Thursday, 3rd November, 1938, at 2 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, rent for broken period between date of auction and 31st December, 1938, weighting for fencing (£10), and lease fee (£1 1s.), must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Levels County.—Arowhenua Survey District.

RESERVE 3697, Block VIII: Area, 5 acres. Upset half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Loaded with £10 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising 21½ chains of road-boundary and party-boundary fencing.

This reserve, which is suitable for grazing, cropping, or residential purposes, is situated on the Main Point Road, one mile from the Levels Railway-station and five miles from the Timaru Post-office. The land is covered mostly in weeds with patches of gorse spreading out from the fences.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned or from the Lands Office, Timaru.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/1/591 ; D.O. O.L. 2993.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 26th September, 1938.

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, Rotorua, at noon on Friday, the 14th day of October, 1938.

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SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area containing 342 acres, more or less, being part of Provisional State Forest 34 (part of Section 1A, Block I, Rotoma Survey District), situated approximately thirteen miles from Pongakawa Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 111,320, or in board feet 776,500, made up as follows:—

Upset price : £1,100.
Term of license : One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance paid in eight equal instalments, the first falling due one month after 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 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 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 for three months from the closing date of tenders.

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.

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Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 23rd September, 1938.

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 3 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 21st day of October, 1938.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 285 acres, known as Lots 4 and 5, Block II, Ngatapa Survey District, State Forest No. 29, about sixteen miles from Matawai.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 252,571, or in board feet 1,747,800, made up as follows:—

Upset price : £2,685.
Time for removal : Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-thirteenth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in twelve equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month after the date of sale, and the others at monthly intervals thereafter.