SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2793

Land at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th September, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is offered for lease by public tender under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, and written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th October, 1931.

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SCHEDULE.

AMURI COUNTY.—HANMER TOWNSHIP.

PART Section 5, Block II; Area, 20 perches.

Situated in the township, with frontage to Amuri Road and opposite the Hospital Sanatorium, and is the section on which the “Log Cabin” Tea-rooms and shop are situated.

Weighted with £225, for improvements comprising tea-rooms, shop, and rustic fencing. This sum is payable in cash.

Term of lease: Five years.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/796.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 8th September, 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, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1931.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 94 acres, situated in Block X, Kanieri Survey District, P.S.F. Reserve 1622, about nine miles from Hokitika Railway-station. The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 204,232, or in board feet 1,310,700, made up as follows:—

Species Cubic Ft. Broad Ft.

Rimu 195,154 1,258,100

Miro 8,452 49,100

Totara 626 3,500

           204,232          1,310,700

Upset price: £1,031.

Ground rent: £4 14s. per annum.

Time for removal: Three years.

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Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the purchase-money, together with £2 7s. ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany tender, and the balance be paid in seven equal quarterly instalments, the first payment to be made three months after 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 if the note is overdue on 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. 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 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, Hokitika,” 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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM LIONEL RUPPELL, of Whangarei, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Wednesday, the 9th day of September, 1931, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 3rd day of September, 1931.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILFRED DUDLEY HULME, Motor-driver, of 20 Customs Street East, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 17th day of September, 1931, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 8th day of September, 1931.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that C. B. FITZGERALD, of Matamata, Farmer, was, by an Order of the Supreme Court, Hamilton, dated 4th September, 1931, adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Wednesday, the 16th day of September, 1931, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 7th day of September, 1931.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WHARE MIKA, of Ngapuna, near Rotorua, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 18th day of September, 1931, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 7th day of September, 1931.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.