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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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 11th February, 1927.

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 Wednesday, the 16th March, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 129 acres, situated in Block XIII, Arnold Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1600, situated about four miles from Greymouth Railway-station. The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 276,456, or in board feet, 1,761,400, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 235,559 1,505,700
Miro .. 20,713 125,700
Kahikatea .. 20,184 130,000

Upset price, £1,662.
Ground rent, £6 9s. per annum.
Time for removal, two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventh 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 five equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be made six months after the date of sale. In addition, the successful tenderer shall continue to pay such ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by an “on demand” promissory note 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 if the note is 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 aforementioned qualities, quantities, and kinds as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this sale, and no contract for the purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, or kind as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

4. A return, verified by affidavit, giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents must be made quarterly by the licensee on the last days of March, June, September, and December, respectively in each year. A return, similarly verified, must be made on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection of the books of the mill, or by such other means as the Conservator may require, and for this purpose the accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.

5. 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.

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

7. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared to pay for the timber. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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, Palmerston North,” 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 held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that BERNARD ROBERTS, of Haszard Street, Waihi, Motor Mechanic, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 21st day of February, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

8th February, 1927.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK HENRY CHARLES JENKS, of Alfriston Road, Manurewa, Auckland, formerly Grocer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 24th day of February, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

9th February, 1927.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK HARVEY CAMPBELL, of Dargaville, Tailor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Dargaville, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of February, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

10th February, 1927.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES JAMES HENRY THOMSON, of Thornton, near Whakatane, Flaxmiller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

14th February, 1927.