3226

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 81

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender, Nelson-Marlborough Conservation Region.

State Forest Service,
Nelson, 16th November, 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, Nelson, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 18th December, 1925.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON-MARLBOROUGH FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.-- MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 192 acres, situated in Blocks VIII and XI, Heringa Survey District, and situated about eight miles from Canvastown.
The total estimated quantity in superficial feet is 1,172,700 --being rimu, 851,500 ; matai, 118,200 ; kahikatea, 117,300; beech, 74,000 ; and totara, 11,700.
Upset price, £1,200.
Ground rent, £9 12s. per annum.
Time for removal : Two years.
TERMS AND PAYMENT.
A marked cheque for one-sixth 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 five equal quarterly instalments, the first to be paid three months from date of sale.
The ground rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.
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 the rate of 1 per cent. per annum in excess of current bank overdraft 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, Nelson," 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,
   Acting Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the said Court to be holden on Friday, the 11th day of December, 1925, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.
Hiram Ashcroft and Harry French Ashcroft, of Whakatane, trading as "Ashcroft Bros.," General Engineers and Motor Mechanics.
James Thomas Casley, of Auckland, Indent Agent.
Dated at Auckland this 13th day of November, 1925.
W. S. FISHER, Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.-- In the Supreme Court holden at Gisborne.
NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be holden on Monday, the 30th day of November, 1925, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.
Friers, George Alfred, of Gisborne, Shipmaster.
Holmes, Percy Walton, of Tolaga Bay, Stationer.
Humphrey and McMullen, of Gisborne, Electrical Engineers.
Parminter and Johnstone, of Gisborne, Garage Proprietors.
Stichbury, Tom Daniel and Harry, of Gisborne, Cycle Mechanics.
Wildish, Ralph James, of Gisborne, Auctioneer.
Dated this 12th day of November. 1925.
C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.
In the estate of LEVI HAROLD SAUNDERS, Builder, New Plymouth.
NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 9s. ls. in the pound in the above estate is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.
J. S. S. MEDLEY,
16th November, 1925.
Deputy Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that LEWIS HENRY WINWOOD, Labourer, of Patea, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office at 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 18th day of November, 1925, at 2 o'clock.
ROBERT S. SAGE,
7th November, 1925.
Deputy Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.
In the estate of SAMUEL HARPER ARTHUR KITTO, of Raetihi, Land Agent and Architect, bankrupt.
NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 1s. 9d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims, at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.
E. M. SILK,
16th November, 1925.
Deputy Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court holden at Palmerston North.
NOTICE is hereby given that TUHI KIMURA, of Foxton, Aboriginal Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 16th day of November, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.
CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
9th November, 1925.
Deputy Official Assignee.