2748
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

District (Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1599), about nine miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

Estimated quantity of timber is 1,643,800 superficial feet of rimu.

Upset price : £1,310.

Ground rent : £7 16s.

Time for removal of timber : One year.

Further blocks of residual tributary timber in the forest mentioned will be selected at appropriate times and offered for sale by public tender as occasion warrants.

Lot 2.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 550 acres, situated in Blocks VI, VII, X, and XI, Mawheranui Survey District (Provisional State Forest Reserves Nos. 1707 and 1714), about one mile and a half from Kamaka and two miles from Ngahere Railway Stations.

Estimated quantity of timber is 5,234,900 superficial feet of rimu.

Upset price : £4,130.

Ground rent : £27 10s. per annum.

Time for removal of timber : Five years.

Terms of Payment.

Lot 1 : A marked cheque for one-fourth 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 three equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after the date of sale.

Lot 2 : A marked cheque for one-twentieth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee and half-year’s ground rent, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by sixteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid nine months after date of sale.

In addition, the ground rent in each case shall be paid half-yearly in advance during the currency of the respective licenses.

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, Hokitika,” 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.

A. D. McGAVOCK, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Northern District.

In the matter of the Administration Act, 1908; and in the matter of PETER ADIE, late of Taumarunui, Farmer, deceased.

I HEREBY give notice that by an order of the Supreme Court, Auckland, dated the 19th day of June, 1924, I was appointed Administrator of the estate of the above-named, PETER ADIE, and I hereby call a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Monday, the 17th day of November, 1924, at 11 a.m.

All claims against the above estate must be lodged with me on or before the 8th day of January, 1925.

Auckland, 8th November, 1924.

W. S. FISHER, Administrator.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM MOWER and CONWAY TEPPETT, both of Auckland, carrying on business under the style or firm name of “Mower and Teppett,” at Gane Buildings, Wyndham Street, Auckland, as Furnishing Experts, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 13th day of November, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

8th November, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE WILLIAM HAYWARD, of Auroa (late of Eltham), Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt, and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office at 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Thursday, the 13th day of November, 1924, at 2 o’clock.

R. S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

5th November, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of WILLIAM ROBERTSON McLEOD, of Takapau, Farmer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a second and final dividend of 6½d. in the pound (making in all 3s. 0½d. in the pound) is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, Dickens Street, Napier.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

8th October, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES SHARP, of Napier, Canvasser, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 19th day of November, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

10th November, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS JAMES BURGESS, of Pahiatua, Farmer, and ALBERT WILLIAM BURGESS, of Wanganui River, Farmer, were this day adjudged bankrupts, and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1924, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

5th November, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN LESLIE JONASEN, of Raetihi, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at Raetihi Courthouse on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1924, at 10.15 o’clock a.m.

C. MASTERS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Taihape, 10th November, 1924.