Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 275

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 30th January, 1928.

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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th February, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

MILLING-TIMBER on part Sections 1 and 2, Block VII, and part 25 and 26, Block X, Waipoua Survey District, containing 736 acres, being portions of Provisional State Forest No. 85, situated near Donnelly’s Crossing.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 275,686, or in board feet 1,926,212 made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Kauri (855 trees) .. 197,853 1,406,065
Totara .. .. 7,681 51,566
Rimu .. .. 22,831 147,339
Kahikatea .. 38,148 263,036
Miro .. .. 4,562 27,592
Matai .. .. 4,611 30,614

Totals .. .. 275,686 1,926,212

Upset price, £6,750.
Ground rent, £25 per annum.
Time for removal, three years.
One hundred and four defective kauri trees, branded A, are excluded from this sale, and must not be cut without authority.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth 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 eight equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid nine 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 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 aforementioned quality, quantity, and kind 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 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, Auckland,” 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.

R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ANDREW McLEAN, of Otoko, Farm Manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Jury-room, Gisborne, on Tuesday, the 31st day of January, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

21st January, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

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 next sitting of the said Court, to be held on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1928, 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 :—

Willis, Robert, of Kaponga, Farmer.
Oliver, Francis William, of Hawera, Baker.
Hastie, Edwin Reuben, of Kaupokonui, Farmer.
Holmes, Percival Henry, of Opunake, Wheelwright.
Sattler, Charles, of Hawera, Salesman.
Reid, William Alexander, and Calder, George Bruce, of Manaia, Skin and Hide Merchants.
Candy, Arthur George, of Whareroa, Farm Labourer.
Harrison, Edgar Joseph, of Hawera, Farmer.
Norfolk, John, of Normanby, Carrier.
Taniwha, Weki, of Hawera, Farmer.
Goodger, Lancelot, of Hawera, Dealer.
Parsons, William Rodger, of Opunake, Labourer.
Gleeson, Claude Albert, of Hawera, Hairdresser.
Lippingwell, John George, of Ararata, Labourer.

Ansley, Frank, of Manaia, Baker.
Hayward, William, of Normanby, Contractor.
Midgley, Harold Edgar Rudolph, of Patea, Bricklayer.
Pire, Nohopa, of Kaupokonui, Aboriginal Native.
Rothery, Daniel, of Manaia, Labourer.
Melville, Douglas, of Eltham, Share-milker.
Wooler, Henry, of Te Kiri, Labourer.
Landers, Laurence Albert Patrick, of Manaia, Labourer.
Adam, Joseph Powell, of Eltham, Farm Labourer.
Chamberlain, Donald, of Kakaramea, Farmer.
O’Dowd, Lucy Bradley, of Hawera, Boardinghouse-keeper.

Dated this 25th day of January, 1928.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that BERNARD BENJAMIN LOUIS MORA, of Waitara, Fisherman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 31st day of January, 1928, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

23rd January, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of THOMAS LLEWELLYN THOMAS, of Wairoa, Vulcanizer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 4s. in the pound is now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims.

N. BUTCHER,
Official Assignee.

26th January, 1928.