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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

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, Rotorua,” 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.

W. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 15th February, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at this office at 4 p.m. on Monday, the 5th day of March, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 81 acres, situated in Block XVI, Greymouth Survey District, part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1659, about four miles from the Greymouth Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 72,020, or in board feet 487,690, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 65,000 440,080
Miro .. .. .. 1,820 35,870
Kahikatea .. .. 5,200 11,740
———— ————
72,020 487,690

Upset Price : £405.
Time for Removal : One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in three equal quarterly instalments, the first falling due three months after the date of sale.

Terms and 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 quality, quantity, and kind 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 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.

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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HERBERT LANDON SPRINGALL, of Otorohanga, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 23rd day of February, 1934, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 16th day of February, 1934.

W. L. ROBERTS,
Acting Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends in respect of the undermentioned estates have been declared by me :—

Gibson, Archibald Bain, of Turanga-o-Moana, Matamata, Carrier—Second and final dividend of 4½d. in the pound, making a total of 2s. 10½d. in the pound.

Graham, George, of Hinuera, Farmer—Supplementary dividend of 2d. in the pound.

Hall, Alfred, of Hamilton, Cabinetmaker—Supplementary dividend of 7½d. in the pound.

Salter, Horace Edward, of Waharoa, Garage-proprietor—Second and final dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, making a total of 6s. 8d. in the pound.

W. L. ROBERTS,
Acting Official Assignee.

Hamilton, 20th February, 1934.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JEAN ALLEN, of Gisborne, Boardinghouse-keeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1934, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Gisborne, this 14th day of February, 1934.

JOHN N. NALDER,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of TRAYTON LYALL WICKENS, of Napier, Radio-merchant.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3¾d. in the pound is now payable at my office at Napier on all proved and accepted claims.

Napier, 16th February, 1934.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Registrar.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY ROLAND ELLISON, of O’Neill’s Buildings, 53 Courtenay Place, Wellington, Dentist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1934, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of February, 1934.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.