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7. No tussock or snow-grass shall be burned save with the prior consent in writing of the Board, which may be given subject to such conditions, restrictions, and directions as the Board thinks fit.

8. Licensee shall have no right to any minerals; where any mineral is discovered the Governor-General may cancel the license over such land as is required for the proper working of the mine or for access thereto.

9. Licensee shall have no right to the timber or flax on the land comprised in the license, and full rights of ingress, egress, and regress are reserved to the Crown for the purpose of cutting and removing such timber and flax.

10. With the permission of the Land Board the licensee may—

(a) Cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed thereon:

(b) Plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding 3,000 acres:

(c) Clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run and sow same in grass:

(d) Surface-sow in grass any portion of the run.

11. Roads may be taken without payment of compensation.

12. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Plans showing the boundaries, location, &c., of the run may be seen at the offices of the Commissioners of Crown Lands at Christchurch and Dunedin and at the Lands Office, Timaru. Any further information required concerning the run and the terms of sale may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 8/8/128.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 15th February, 1939.

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, Auckland, at 4 o'clock p.m., on Monday, 13th March, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

THE milling-trees are numbered and situated on that area containing approximately 139 acres known as Lot 3, being portion of Section 7, Block IX, Hurakia Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 97), about ten miles from Waimiha Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 159,309, or in board feet 1,112,700, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu . . . . . . . 105,438 736,900
Matai . . . . . . . 38,164 266,800
Kahikatea . . . . . . 1,186 8,300
Miro . . . . . . . 11,643 80,700
Totara . . . . . . . 2,878 20,000

159,309 1,112,700

Upset price : £2,190.
Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the tendered price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by five equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six 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 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 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, Auckland,” 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.

R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 22nd February, 1939.

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 noon on Friday, 3rd day of March, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 103 acres, in Block IX, Ahaura Survey District, Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1599, about eight miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 189,963, or in board feet 1,128,050, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu . . . . . . . 185,948 1,102,800
Miro . . . . . . . 3,212 20,040
Kahikatea . . . . . . 617 3,910
Matai . . . . . . . 185 1,300

189,963 1,128,050

Upset price : £950.
Term of license: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the upset price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in three equal quarterly instalments, the first falling due three months after the date of the 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.