JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1567

Lands in the Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th June, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/3.)

J. G. BARCLAY,
For the Minister of Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Land in the Wellington Land District acquired for a State Forest.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 27th May, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act, 1921–22, as a State forest.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, Masterton County, containing by admeasurement 1,718 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XVI and XVII, Otahuna Survey District, and Blocks IX and XVIII, Rova Survey District, being parts of Sections 23, 24, 25, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 77, and 605 of the Whareanu Block, and parts of Sections 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92 of the Pahaoa Block, and also being Lots 1 and 2 on Deposited Plan No. 6589. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 90/7, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. Certificates of title, Vol. 310, folios 284 and 285.

ALEX. R. ENTRICAN, Director of Forestry.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 4th June, 1941.

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 Monday, 16th day of June, 1941.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 68 acres in Block XVI, Mangamui Survey District, being Lot 6, Horopito, Provincial State Forest 67, about one mile from Horopito Railway-station.

The estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 58,400, or in board feet 377,000, made up as follows:—

Upset price : £645.
Time for removal : Twelve months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of purchase money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance to be paid in four equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid two months after the date of the 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 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 accountants 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 licence 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, 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.