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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 18

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 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 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 also 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.

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, 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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN FRASER, of Tuakau, Bridge-worker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Pukekohe, on Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1933, at 11.15 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 15th day of March, 1933.

A. W. WATTERS,

Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LADISLA HARRY SCORRAR, formerly of New Plymouth, now Frankton Junction, Guard, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Friday, the 24th day of March, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 15th day of March, 1933.

V. R. CROWHURST,

Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of SIDNEY HEWGILL, of Wanganui, Cycle Dealer, a bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 3s. 3d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 17th March, 1933.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of JAMES PRICE MAYES, of Wanganui, Carriage Painter, a bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 10d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 18th March, 1933.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that PERCIVAL RALPH DRUMMOND, of 87 Dixon Street, Wellington, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of March, 1933.

S. TANSLEY,

Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Nelson.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be holden on Tuesday, the 4th day of April, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, or so soon thereafter as application can be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1933.

Haworth, John, of Takaka, Butcher.

Hill, Oliver Theodore, of Nelson, Driver.

Jury, Ruby, of Nelson, Milliner.

Lester, Archie Carlisle, of Nelson, Stock-buyer.

Lightband, William Alfred, of Stoke, Orchardist.

Newman, Charles Roderick, of Takaka, Motor-service Proprietor (trading as “Emms’ Motor Service”).

Schwass, Harold Nelson, of Nelson, Painter.

Twidle, Maurice, of Rai Valley, Storeman.

C. W. CARVER,

Official Assignee.

Nelson, 20th March, 1933.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LESLIE NVE, of 58 King Street, Dunedin, Motor-garage Proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Friday, the 24th day of March, 1933, at 2.15 o’clock in the afternoon.

Dated at Dunedin, this 15th day of March, 1933.

J. M. ADAM,

Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-after described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 24th April, 1933.

8036. GEORGE FINDON WIGHT.—Allotment 51, Parish of Maraetai, containing 41 acres and 29.3 perches; occupied by applicant. Plan 24273.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

• Dated this 17th day of March, 1933, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

W. JOHNSTON, District Land Registrar.