3484
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 143

Suburban Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th December, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd January, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 25th January, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicants are required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and lease fee.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LANDS.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Township of Haumoana Extension No. 2.

Section 1: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 2: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 3: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 4: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 5: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 6: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 7: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 8: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 9: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 10: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 11: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 13: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 14: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 15: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 16: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 17: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 18: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 19: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 20: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Section 21: Area, 29·09 perches. Capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

These sections are situated within one mile and a quarter from Haumoana Post-office, five miles from Clive Railway-station, and about eleven miles and eight miles respectively from Napier and Hastings. The sections, which front Clifton Road, are flat and shingly, and admirably suited for beach cottage-sites.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 25/864; D.O. 14/14.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 5th December, 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, Palmerston North, at 3 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that area containing approximately 326 acres known as Lot 4 Block II, Pouatu Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 91), about seven miles from Tahora Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 152,020, or in board feet 1,052,700, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,666.

Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in fifteen 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 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 buyers 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, 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.