Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2265

9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

JOHN COOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.—Southland Forest-conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 30th September, 1924.

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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 31st October, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land containing approximately 261 acres (known as Sawmill Area No. 19), Block LIII, Hokonui Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 43), situated about twelve miles from Centre Bush Railway-station.

Estimated quantity of timber is 1,590,080 superficial feet, being kahikatea, 875,206; matai, 612,958; rimu, 93,618; miro, 7,830; totara, 468 superficial feet.

Upset price, £1,985.

Ground rent, £13 1s. per annum.

Time for removal: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the purchase-money, together with half-year’s ground-rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by seven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid six months after date of sale.

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 current bank 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 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.

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

5. Each tenderer must state the total price 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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, Invercargill,” 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.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that TOM FAIRHURST, of Auckland, Vulcanizer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 1st day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

25th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.

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

Speedy, Harold Colin, of Te Awamutu, Farmer—First and final dividend of 10s. 8½d. in the pound.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hamilton, 24th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Gisborne.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALLAN BOOTH, of Gisborne, Farming Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Jury-room, Monday, the 6th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

24th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN MITCHELL BROWN, of Napier, Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 10th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RIDGE KELSEY STOCK, of Napier, Vulcanizer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 9th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLEMENT JOHN CARLYON, of Featherston, Secretary, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Featherston, on Friday, the 3rd day of October, 1924, at 2.30 o’clock.

ARTHUR D. LOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

20th October, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RALPH BARTLETT and JOSEPH WATSON, trading as “Bartlett and Watson,” of Masterton, Bakers, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday the 3rd day of October, 1924, at 10 o’clock a.m.

ARTHUR D. LOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

21st September, 1924.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Wellington District.

In the matter of the Administration Act, 1908; and in the matter of the estate of HENRY RICHARD HEAN, late of Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington (deceased).

I HEREBY give notice that by an order of the Supreme Court, Wellington, dated 23rd September, 1924, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the above-named