FEB. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649
right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.
In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Domain in North Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.
North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 24th February, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease of the undermentioned domain will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, the 2nd April, 1925, under the provisions of section 2 of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1917.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MARAEORA DOMAIN. SECTIONS 174A, 175, 196A, Tauhoa Parish : Area, 51 acres; upset annual rental, £1 15s.
Terms of Conditions.

1. Tenders to be accompanied by half-yearly rent, at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. lease fee.
2. Term of lease, seven (7) years, rental to be paid half-yearly in advance.
3. Lessee not to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
4. Tenancy terminable at any time, either as to the whole or part of the land on twelve months notice, in the event of the land being otherwise required for any purpose.
5. No compensation to be claimed or allowed, either on account of termination of tenancy or for improvements effected on the land.
6. Noxious weeds, fern, and rabbits to be kept down during the tenancy, and lessee to take immediate steps to check the spread of fern.
7. Lease is liable to forfeiture for non-compliance with conditions.
   Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.
   H. J. LOWE,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.
   STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
   Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.—Westland Forest-conservation Region.
   State Forest Service,
   Hokitika, 23rd February, 1925.
   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, Hokitika, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 13th March, 1925.
   SCHEDULE.
   WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
   ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 32 acres, situated in Block VII, Waitaha Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1630, situated about nine miles from Ross Railway-station.
   The total estimated quantity in superficial feet is 833,300 of rimu.
   Upset price : £841.
   Ground rent : £1 12s. per annum.
   Time for removal : One year.
   Terms of Payment.
   A marked cheque for one-third of the purchase - money, together with half-year's ground-rent and £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by two equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after date of sale.
   In addition, the ground rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.
   Terms and Conditions.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned, it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.
15. 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 Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
    NOTICE is hereby given that CHRISTIAN CHARLES PORTER, of Green Lane, Auckland, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of February, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.
    W. S. FISHER,
    Office Assignee.
    16th February, 1925.
    In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
    NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE HERBERT GRAYSON, of New Lynn, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.
    W. S. FISHER,
    Official Assignee.
    19th February, 1925.
    In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Gisborne.
    NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR PERCY KERR, of Te Puia Springs, East Coast, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at Tokomaru Bay on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.
    C. BLACKBURN,
    Deputy Official Assignee.
    14th February, 1925.
    In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Wanganui.
    NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN EDWARD PARRANT, of Ohakune, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at Ohakune, at the office of J. Jones, on Monday, the 23rd day of February, 1925, at 10 o'clock a.m.
    C. MASTERS,
    Deputy Official Assignee.
    Taihape, 17th February, 1925.