JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1871

Education Reserve in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 21st June, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
Education Reserve will be offered for lease by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin,
at 2 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, 3rd August, 1939, under
the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and
the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

EDUCATION RESERVE.

Town of Oamaru.—Borough of Oamaru.
SECTION 16, Block XXXV : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual
rental, £9.
Weighted with £900 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
comprising dwelling and outhouses.
The section is situated in Ure Street, about one mile
from Oamaru Post-office.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, broken-period
   rent (if any), loading for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease
   fee) must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on
   fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies'
   Leases Act, 1908.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all
   buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks,
   drains, ditches, and watercourses ; to trim all live hedges ;
   and to yield up all improvements in good order and condition
   at the expiration of his lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide, without
   the consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the
   consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive
   trade upon the land.
8. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or
   of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation
   for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon
   expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered
   for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment
   by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value
   of buildings and improvements effected by the original
   lessee ; and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant
   shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction
   except for rent and other payments in arrear. If the lease
   is not disposed of the improvements revert to the Crown.
9. Lease liable to re-entry by the Crown if conditions
   are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments
    levied against the land.
12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
    paid on rent in arrear.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at this office.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 20/1041 ; D.O. E.R. 1981.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 15th June, 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, 7th day of July, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND
LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
352 acres, situated in Block VII, Kopara Survey District,
P.S.F. 1660, approximately twenty-six miles from Ngahere
Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
346,305, or in board feet 2,149,850, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. . 327,548 2,037,680
Kahikatea .. . 18,757 112,170
——— ———
346,305 2,149,850

Upset price : £1,960.
Time for removal : Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the purchase money,
together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany tender,
and the balance be paid by nine equal quarterly instalments,
the first to be made 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 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, Hokitika,”
    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.

F. W. FOSTER, Conservator of Forests.