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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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cheque for £100 must accompany tender. The successful tenderer will be required to deposit a further £400, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee plus exchange, within seven days of acceptance or tender, and payments for the timber cut will require to be made monthly at the rates tendered for the species on the log scale as measured by the State Forest Service.

In addition the successful tenderer shall continue to pay the ground rent half-yearly in advance during the continuance of the license.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The deposit of £500 will be retained as a guarantee of the observance of the conditions of the license, and may be forfeited in part or in full should any breach of the said conditions or damage occur as the result of the operations of the licensee or his workmen, or if in the opinion of the Conservator the interests of the Crown are being jeopardized, otherwise such amount shall be credited in full or part satisfaction of the final payments due. In the event of any payment for timber not being made within ten days after the amount due shall be ascertained, authority to remove the timber may be withheld and interest at current bank rates will be charged on such amount overdue from due date to 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. All timber shall be measured and branded with official brand and number of log by an officer of the State Forest Service before authority to remove same will be granted.

4. 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.

5. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

6. Each tenderer must state the price per 100 superficial feet that he is prepared to pay for each species. 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.

7. 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.

8. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned, it will remain open for application until further notice.

9. 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, Auckland,” 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.

R. D. CAMPBELL,
Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that R. P. MALCOLM, of Auckland, Electrician, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

29th August, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES MCCREADY, of Whakatane, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Borough Council Chambers, Whakatane, on Thursday, the 11th day of September, 1924, at 11.15 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

2nd September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN EDWARD VALENTINE DIXON, of Pongakawa, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Alliance Hall, Te Puke, on Thursday, the 18th day of September, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

5th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims; promissory notes (if any) to be produced for endorsement prior to receiving dividends :—

Morphy, R. A., of Taumarunui, Saddler—second and final dividend of 8s. in the pound.

Forrester and Gordon, of Dargaville, Motor Engineers—First dividend of 5s. in the pound.

Lee, L. V., of Waimana, Cook—First and final dividend of 3s. in the pound.

Ellis Amy, of Newmarket, Milliner—First and final dividend of 2s. 9d. in the pound.

Stewart, Te Tana, of Putaruru, Storekeeper—First dividend of 2s. in the pound.

McLeod, D. M., of Auckland, Farmer—First and final dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound.

Husband and Co., of Devonport, Motor Engineers—First and final dividend of 1s 8d. in the pound.

Coslett, A. W., of Hinuera, Farmer—First and final dividend of 10d. in the pound.

Fewell, Robert, of Auckland, Salesman—First and final dividend of 6d. in the pound.

Lamont, C. E., of Auckland, Dentist—First and final dividend of 3d. in the pound.

Sparrow, H. B., of Thames, Land Agent—First and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound.

Souster, E. S., of Auckland, Builder—Second and final dividend of 3d. in the pound.

Box, F. E., of Epsom, Milk-vendor—First and final dividend of 4d. in the pound.

Coventry, John, of Otorohanga, Farmer—First and final dividend of 8d. in the pound.

Grant, Samuel, of Auckland, Bootmaker—First and final dividend of 6d. in the pound.

Murray, Walter, of Rotorua, Builder—First and final dividend of 1s. 4d. in the pound.

Dracevich, Marko, of Huapai, Farmer—First and final dividend of 1s. 3d. in the pound.

Lupton, P. A., of Auckland, Bus-proprietor—First and final dividend of 1s. 8d. in the pound.

Karaka, William, of Turakenga, Aboriginal Native—First and final dividend of 1s. 10d. in the pound.

Dennis, Joseph, of Ngongotaha, Labourer—First dividend of 2s. in the pound.

Bennett, B. G. M., of Takapuna, Storekeeper—First dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound.

Hyde, Charles, of Te Kuiti, Butcher—First dividend of 4s. in the pound.

Aicken Bros. and Wilson, of Rotorua, Motor Engineers—First dividend of 6s. 8d. in the pound.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 5th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY YEATES and CHARLES GEOFFREY YEATES, trading as “Yeates Bros.,” of Pirongia, Farmers, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 15th day of September, 1924, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

4th September, 1924.