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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31307, 1 March 1967, Page 28

PUBLIC NOTICES INDIGENOUS MILLING TIMBER FOR SALE WESTLAND CONSERVANCY 1. The Conservator of Forests, Hokitika, invites written tenders for the purchase of an annual supply of timber for 20 years from State Forest No. 26 and/or other State Forests in the locality. 2. The timber under offer is an annual supply of 367,500 cubic feet of podocarp species, of which a maximum of 332,000 cubic feet may be sawn. 3. Initially tenders are invited for Sawmilling Area 936 which is situated in Block 111 and IV Kopara Survey District and contains 431,480 cubic feet, approximately 94 per cent being Rimu and Miro. 4. The upset prices are:— Rimu/Miro: 15.0 d per cubic foot (12.5 cents). Totara: 14.5 d per cubic foot (12.1 cents). Kahikatea: 14.0 d per cubic foot (11.7 cents). with Red and Hard Beech 4s 6d per 100 bd. ft. on sawn output. 5. Tenderers must state the price per cubic foot they are prepared to pay for each species and the prices tendered will be taken into account in valuing subsequent areas. 6. Tenders will be considered , only from existing Sawmilling companies prepared to undertake, on a continuing basis, processing and remanufacture in Westland of a minimum of 80 per cent of the rough sawn timber produced from each sale area. 7. Preference will be given to tenders from sawmillers prepared, to enter into a group agreement with other sawmillers to supply a minimum of 80 per cent of the output of rough sawn timber to a central processing plant in Westland and prepared to develop improved conversion practices in bush and mill. 8. The commencing date of the 20-year period of the sale will be Ist July, 1967. Should the successful tenderer be an operator established in State Forest the timber remaining on his current licence, at the sale commencement date will become part of the 20-year quantity but will be charged for at existing rates. The timber offered in Sawmilling Area 936 may be subject to revaluation at the expiring of a current licence. 9. Upon completion of cutting in Sawmill Area 936, further quantities of timber will be sold at Forest Service valuation. Revaluation of timber supplied will be made at intervals of not more than two years. 10. The successful tenderer will be required to form and maintain any roading required. 11. The successful tenderer may be required to clearfell all residual cover remaining after logging. 12. The Conservator reserves the right to supply logs in lieu of standing trees not sooner than 3 years from sale commencement date. 13. The successful tenderer will be required to offer for sale to a South Island manufacturer of plywood or veneer a minimum quantity of peeler grade logs, such quantity will be specified in each licence. The quantity from Sawmill Area 936 being 10 per cent. 14. Tenders must be in sealed envelopes addressed to the Conservator of Forests, Hokitika, and marked "Tender for S.A. 936.” Each tender must be accompanied by a marked or bank cheque to realise the sum of £250 ($500) and the successful tenderer will be required to lodge a further deposit with the Conservator of Forests as security against default in making payment or default on observing any of the terms and condition*. 15. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 16. Further particulars available from the Conservator of Forests, Hokitika. 17. Tenders must reach the Conservator of Forests, Hokitika, by noon on Monday, April 24, 1967. __7342 COUNCIL Notices issued to property owners to clear long grass and noxious weeds can be given prompt attention. We have machines available to handle these problems. Just contact Ray Barlow, Phone 83-456. X 706