APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 991

letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been
made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.
4. The above-mentioned 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 en-
titled 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.
5. 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.
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 pre-
pared to pay for each species. The highest or any tender will
not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
mitted 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, Invercargill,”
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.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 10th April, 1929.

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, Palmerston
North, at 4 o’clock p.m., on Friday, 10th May, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—HAWKE’S BAY
LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that milling-timber on those areas, containing approxi-
mately 68 acres, situated in Block XIV, Pohui Survey Dis-
trict (State Forest No. 94) about thirty-six miles by metalled
road from Hastings.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 595,798, or in
board feet, 3,965,500; made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. .. .. 322,095 2,178,000
Miro .. .. .. .. .. 70,272 426,100
Kahikatea .. .. .. .. 170,345 1,153,800
Matai .. .. .. .. .. 23,254 143,400
Totara .. .. .. .. .. 286 1,800
Beech .. .. .. .. .. 9,543 62,400

Total .. .. .. .. .. 595,795 3,965,500

Upset price, £6,622.
Ground rent, £3 8s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber: Three years and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the price tendered,
together with half-year’s ground-rent and £1 1s. (license fee),
must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by nine
equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid
three 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 of Sale.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by “on
   demand” promissory notes, made and endorsed to the satis-
   faction 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. The above-mentioned quantities, qualities, 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 than as stated herein, or in
   any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

5. 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 ascer-
   tained and verified by the 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.

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 pre-
   pared 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, 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 of the undersigned or to the Director
of Forestry, Wellington.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that PERCY BOND, of 14 Nicol
Avenue, Devonport, Agent, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be
held at my office on Tuesday, the 16th day of April, 1929,
at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of April, 1929.

G. N. MORRIS.
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN DEMPSEY, of Darga-
ville, Saddler, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I
hereby summon a meetings of creditors to be held at my
office on Thursday, the 18th day of April, 1929, at 11 o’clock
a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 4th day of April, 1929.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.