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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 3

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,

Hokitika, 16th January, 1933.

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 Thursday, 2nd February, 1933.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION, WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that area, containing approximately 12 acres, situated in Blocks VII and VIII, Kopara Survey District (Provisional State Forest Nos. 1660 and 1612), about twenty-four miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 46,164, or in board feet 294,400, made up as follows:-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. ... 934 5,800
Kahikatea .. ... 45,230 288,600
Totals .. ... 46,164 294,400

Upset price : £310.

Time for removal of timber : One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventh of the price tendered, together with £1 ls. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by six equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month after the date of sale.

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 PHILIP ARTHUR PHILLIPS, of Albany, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Friday, the 20th day of January, 1933, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 12th day of January, 1933.

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 :-

Bellve, William, Tauranga, Farmer—First dividend of 1s. 3d. in the pound.

Broad, Edmund Lowther, Tauranga, Flaxmiller—First dividend of 3½d. in the pound.

Bryant, Alfred W., Auckland, Contractor—Equalizing dividend of 3s. in the pound.

Clark, Samuel, Papatoetoe, Farmer—Second and final dividend of 3d. in the pound, making in all 2s. in the pound.

Dee, Kenneth Brookes, Ellerslie, Motor Mechanic—First and final dividend of 8s. 2d. in the pound.

Gourley, Michael, Devonport, Hotel-keeper—Supplementary dividend of 3d. in the pound, making in all 5s. 9d. in the pound.

Hieatt, Raymond Hector, and Hieatt, Lillian May, 177 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Grocers, trading in partnership as "Hieatt and Co."—First dividend of 8d. in the pound.

Hulme, Wilfred Dudley, Auckland, Motor Driver—First and final dividend of 9d. in the pound.

Johnstone, William, 89 Albert Road, Devonport, Builder— First and final dividend of 2d. in the pound.

McCowatt, George, Turua, Farmer—First and final dividend of 6s. 7d. in the pound.

MacFarlane, James Leask, Pukehuia, Farmer—First and final dividend of 1s. in the pound.

Miller, H. G., Auckland, Garage Proprietor—First and final dividend of 3s. 7d. in the pound.

O'Sullivan, John, Mangawai, Hotel-keeper—First and final dividend of 10d. in the pound.

Preston, Gordon Eric, Ellerslie, Stationer—First and final dividend of 3d. in the pound.

Thayer, Norman Arthur, Sandringham, Engineer—First and final dividend of 11d. in the pound.

A. W. WATTERS,

Official Assignee.

Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, 12th January, 1933.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of STANLEY HARTNELL, Auctioneer, of New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2s. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,

Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 11th January, 1933.