2234

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 65

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 16th August, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the sale
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 8th September, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.-TARANAKI
LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
approximately 578 acres, being Block VII, Waro Survey
District, State Forest No. 55, about sixteen miles from
Ohura Township.

The estimated quantity of milling-timber in cubic feet
is 602,285, or in board feet 4,143,650, made up as follows:-
Species.
Rimu
Miro
Kahikatea
Totara
Beech
Cubic Feet.
512,343
37,348
44,328
870
7,396
Board Feet.
3,543,300
240,350
304,100
5,950
49,950

602,285
4,143,650

Upset price: £5,932.
Time for removal: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-twelfth of purchase money,
together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance be paid in thirty 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 satis-
   faction 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 advertise-
   ment 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 Con-
   servator 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.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 21st August, 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
4 p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of September, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.- WESTLAND
LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
266 acres in Blocks VII and VIII, Ahaura Survey District,
Provisional State Forest Reserves Nos. 1606 and 1694, situated
about twelve miles from Ahaura Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
414,080, or in board feet 2,552,900, made up as follows:-
Species.
Rimu
Cubic Feet.
414,080
Board Feet.
2,552,900

Upset price: £2,225.
Term: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the amount tendered,
together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance be paid in eight equal quarterly instalments,
the first of which shall be paid three months after the date
of sale, and the others at quarterly intervals thereafter.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by "on
   demand" promissory notes made and endorsed to the satis-
   faction 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 en-
   titled 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 Con-
   servator 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 pre-
   pared to pay for the timber. The highest or any tender will
   not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
   mitted 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.