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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Timber in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.—15,268,609 Superficial Feet.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, North Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 17th January, 1921, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT LAND.

Lot 1.

SECTIONS 5 and 6, Block I, Motatau, and Sections 8, 9, 10, and 12, Block IV, Punakitere Survey District:—

317 kauri-trees, containing about .. 668,231
293 kahikatea-trees, containing about .. 659,811
1,589 rimu-trees, .. 1,725,088
365 totara-trees, .. 424,455
39 miro-trees, .. 24,015
84 matai-trees, .. 72,738
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Total .. .. .. 3,574,338

Distinguishing brands, V or X.
Upset price, £5,700.
Time for removal of timber, two years.

Lot 2.

Sections 3 and 4, Block V, Motatau Survey District:—

102 kauri-trees, containing about .. 281,477
1,016 kahikatea-trees, containing about .. 2,087,600
1,233 rimu-trees, .. 1,347,890
174 totara-trees, .. 246,456
169 miro-trees, .. 89,920
63 matai-trees, .. 47,734
———
Total .. .. .. 4,101,077

Distinguishing brands, X or II.
Upset price, £6,710.
Time for removal of timber, two years; but if purchased in conjunction with Lot 3, four years will be allowed for removal.

Lot 3.

Sections 1 and 2, Block V, Motatau Survey District:—

238 kauri-trees, containing about .. 630,930
1,842 kahikatea-trees, containing about .. 3,750,673
2,134 rimu-trees, .. 2,178,947
446 totara-trees, .. 676,873
551 miro-trees, .. 270,334
120 matai-trees, .. 85,337
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Total .. .. .. 7,593,094

Distinguishing brands, II, III, or X.
Upset price, £12,700.
Time for removal of timber, three years; Section 1 to be handed back to the Crown for settlement purposes within two years.

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

Lots 1 and 2.—One-third of amount of tender to be paid in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £1 1s. license fee; one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

Lot 3.—One-fifth of amount of tender to be paid in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £1 1s. license fee; one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one months, and one-fifth in twenty-eight months thereafter.

All instalment payments shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the date of acceptance of tender, and with the interest added shall be secured by “On demand” promissory notes endorsed by two approved sureties, and such bills are to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after notifying the purchaser to complete.

Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order; the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, in terms as stated above.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be addressed “Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland Land District, P.O. Box 10, Auckland,” and envelopes to be marked “Tender for Timber.”

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Intending purchasers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.

2. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw from sale any or all of the above lots of timber either before or after the date for receipt of tenders.

3. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for 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, and kind than as stated hereon, or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated hereon.

4. All timber on each lot, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.

5. In all lots the quantities stated are standing measurements, and only those trees bearing the special distinguishing brands shown in each lot are included in this sale. All totara and other trees branded F.R. or unbranded, being the undersized, defective, and isolated trees, are excluded from this sale, and must not be felled or removed.

6. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.

7. In the event of no tenders being received for any of the above lots, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months thereafter (unless previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.

8. In lots where terms of payment may have been arranged, any breach of the foregoing Conditions of Sale will render the “On demand” promissory notes liable to be presented for immediate payment.

9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and all lots herein described are submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of any tender by the Minister of Lands.

10. In the event of a tenderer purchasing two adjoining lots, the Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discretion, increase the time for removal of timber.

11. In all cases the licensee will be required to surrender each section as cut out.

12. The purchaser shall have the right to cut the timber for the periods specified, but shall have no right to the use of the land.

13. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right to follow up the mill-workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time become available, and of disposing of the same.

14. The licensee shall not allow any sawdust to find its way into any watercourse of any description.

15. Purchasers are notified that extensions of the times herein stated for the removal of the timber must not be anticipated.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends as hereunder on all proved accepted claims are now payable at my office, Redstone’s Buildings, Lowe Street, Gisborne:—

C. N. Cooper: One-fifth of a penny in the pound (first and final).
A. J. Phillips: 2s. 0½d. in the pound (first and final).
A. Barradell: 5s. 1d. in the pound (first and final).
G. G. Brown: 3s. 3¾d. in the pound (first and final).
Twigley and Marshall; 3½d. in the pound (first and final).
E. G. Dowrick: 1¾d. in the pound (second and final).
O. Randall: 3s. 3d. in the pound (first and final).
J. Foster: 1s. 5d. in the pound (first and final).

Promissory notes must be produced for endorsement.
Dividends unclaimed on 1st December, 1920, will be disposed of in accordance with the Act.

A. G. BEERE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

13th November, 1920.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS CARSON, of Hawera, Horse-trainer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 24th day of November, 1920, at 2 o’clock.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

17th November, 1920.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of JOSEPH HENRY JAMES BOWATER, of Tarata, Farmer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 6s. 5¼d. in the pound is now payable at my office, Egmont Street, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

19th November, 1920.