JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 137

Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1931.

INCOME-TAX PAYABLE.

BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 19th day of October, 1931, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the duty by way of income-tax, leviable under section 3 of the said Act, should be paid in one sum on Tuesday, the 9th day of February, 1932, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 1st March, 1932. The liability to pay is not suspended by any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues; any over-payment will be adjusted by refund.

The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 2nd February, 1932. Demands must be presented with all payments, and taxpayers who expect a demand and do not receive one should notify me of the fact.

E. J. R. CUMMING,
Commissioner of Taxes.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th January, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Oakwood Settlement. Tenure: S.T.L./s 191. Formerly held by J. A. R. Wilson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/8.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service Office,
Hokitika, 11th January, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 5th day of February, 1932.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 185 acres, situated in Block IV, Ahaura Survey District, P.S.F. Reserves 1606 and 1694, approximately ten miles from Ikamatua Railway-station.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN BOOTH PROHL, of 90 Franklin Road, Auckland, Painter, 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 Monday, the 25th day of January, 1932, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of January, 1932.

G. W. BROWN,
Acting Official Assignee.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 160,095, or in board feet 1,037,800 made up as follows:—

Upset Price: £880.

Ground rent: £9 5s. per annum.

Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the purchase-money together with half-year’s ground rent and £1 1s. license fee, must accompany tender, and the balance be paid by three equal quarterly instalments, the first to be made 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 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. 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 sawntimber 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.

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.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MAURICE JOSEPH HASLER, Farmer, of Kiore, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Stratford, on Thursday, the 21st day of January, 1932, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 12th day of January, 1932.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.