3052
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

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, 19th November, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of either one or both of the undermentioned lots of milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 16th December, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION, WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 1.

ALL the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 369·6 acres, situated in Section 6, Block VII, Kaitieke Survey District (Provisional State forest No. 66), about nineteen miles south of Taumarunui.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 471,903, or in board feet 3,275,498, made up as follows :-

Species. Cubic Ft. Board Ft.
Rimu .. .. .. 407,439 2,833,551
Miro .. .. .. 12,190 80,070
Matai .. .. .. 23,203 159,682
Kahikatea .. .. 29,071 202,195

Totals .. .. 471,903 3,275,498

Upset price: £4,325.
Annual ground rent: £18 9s. 6d.
Time for removal of timber: four years.

Lot 2.

All the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 164 acres, situated in Section 6, Block VII, Kaitieke Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 66) about nineteen miles south of Taumarunui.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 82,165, or in board feet 572,408, made up as follows :-

Species. Cubic Ft. Board Ft.
Rimu .. .. .. 78,538 548,411
Miro .. .. .. 237 1,305
Matai .. .. .. 3,390 22,692

Totals .. .. 82,165 572,408

Upset price: £753.
Annual ground rent: £8 4s.
Time for removal of timber: One year.

Terms of Payment.

Lot 1.

A marked cheque for one-twelfth of the tendered price, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in eleven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be made three months after the date of sale.

Lot 2.

A marked cheque for one-third of the tendered price, together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in two equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be made three months after date of sale.

LOTS 1 AND 2.

A marked cheque for one-fifteenth of the tendered price, together with half-year’s ground rent (£13 6s. 9d.) and £1 1s. (license fee) must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by fourteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be made three months after the date of sale.

Time for removal of timber from Lots 1 and 2: Five years.
The successful tenderer shall continue to pay the 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 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. 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 ascertained 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 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, Palmerston North,” and enclosed “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.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LESLIE WILFRED PARR, of Auckland, Confectioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 18th day of November, 1929.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES SAMUEL BUCKMAN, of Gisborne, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1929, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Gisborne, this 13th day of November, 1929.

JOHN B. NALDER,
Official Assignee.