3604
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 35,770; or
in board feet, 245,100; made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 31,427 217,700
Miro .. .. .. 4,343 27,400

Total .. .. .. 35,770 245,100

Upset price : £316.
Ground rent : £3 15s. per annum.
Time for removal of timber : One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third 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 two
equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid
two 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 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 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 in-
   spection 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. The successful tenderer shall be liable for any damage
    by fire occurring on the area, and in the event of such occurring
    shall plant the whole of the burned-over area in exotic trees
    with the species known as C. Lawsoniana. Such planting to be
    carried out under the supervision of a competent forest
    officer, and to the satisfaction of the Conservator of Forests.

11. 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.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JAMES CADDELL,
of Auckland, Company-manager, was this day adjudged
bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be held at my office, Wright’s Buildings, Fort Street,
Auckland, the 24th day of November, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock
a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 14th day of November, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Northern District.

In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, and in the
matter of JAMES THOMAS WRIGHT, of Paeroa, Bootmaker,
a Bankrupt.

TAKE notice that, by order of the Supreme Court on the
24th day of October, 1930, on the application of the
above-named bankrupt, it was ordered that the order of
adjudication dated the 7th day of August, 1930, against him
be annulled.

Dated at Auckland, this 15th day of November, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MERCY MARGARET SHARKEY,
Hairdresser and Tobacconist, of Whakatane, was this
day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting
of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 21st
day of November, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 18th day of November, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable
in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims ;
promissory notes (if any) to be produced for endorsement
prior to receiving dividends :—

John Richard Arnott (deceased), formerly of Petane,
Market-gardener—First and final dividend of 5s. in the
pound.

George Townsend, of Napier, Storekeeper—First and final
dividend of 2s. 0½d. in the pound.

John Hackett, of Hastings, Builder—First and final dividend
of 4d. in the pound.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

Napier, 13th November, 1930.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT JACOB CHARLES
GERBES, of Hastings, Bricklayer, was this day adjudged
bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be held at my office on Thursday, the 27th day of November,
1930, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Napier, this 13th day of November, 1930.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, of
Wanganui, Drover, was this day adjudged bankrupt ;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held
at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui, on Friday, the 7th
day of November, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wanganui, this 30th day of October, 1930.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.