APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925.

LOST AND DESTROYED REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.

NOTICE is hereby given that it has been reported to the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board that the undermentioned registration certificates have been lost or destroyed :-

ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.

B 637. Hunt, Percival, issued 2/7/26.

B 2575. Neilson, James Beaumont, issued 15/5/28.

B 1783. Partington, Charles William, issued 15/12/26.

B 2610. Symons, William Kyle, issued 15/6/28.

Any person making illegal use of any registration certificate is liable to a penalty of £20.

P. H. GWYNN, Registrar.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Land in the Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 13th April, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—STEWART ISLAND COUNTY.

TENURE : Pastoral Run License. License No. 450. Pastoral Run 539, Block XI, Lords River Survey District. Licensee: James Thomas Lockett. Reason for forfeiture: Non-completion of license.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/10.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,

Auckland, 10th April, 1931.

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 6th May, 1931.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND CONSERVATION-REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber situated on that area, containing approximately 120 acres (part State Forest No. 1), Block XIII, Takahue Survey District, situated near Herekino.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet (56,655) or in board feet (426,100), made up as follows :—

Upset price : £1,430.

Ground rental : £6 per annum.

Time for removal of timber : Four years.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that NICCOLSS HENRY GEORGE MCNRO, of Kawakawa, Garage-proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Thursday, the 16th day of April, 1931, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 1st day of April, 1931.

A. L. TRESIDDER,

Official Assignee.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourteenth of purchase-money, together with £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by thirteen 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 ground rent half-yearly in advance during the currency of the license.

Terms of Conditions.

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 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. 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.

5. A return, giving the number of logs cut 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. 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 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, 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.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that RANGI OPHIR FINLAYSON, of Whangarei, Painter, was this day adjudged bank- rupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Friday, the 17th day of April, 1931, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 2nd day of April, 1931.

A. L. TRESIDDER,

Official Assignee.