Sept. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2927

Akatore Survey District.—Bruce County.

(Secondary-education Reserve.)

Section 2 of 41, Block V: Area, 42 acres 1 rood 21 poles. Upset annual rental, £2.

Section 2 of 27, Block V: Area, 40 acres. Upset annual rental, £1.

Areas have southerly aspect and soil is of light loam resting on clay bottom. Poor country situated near Glenledi, about ten miles from Milton, suitable for grazing sheep and cattle or would work in with adjoining land.

(D.O. files—E.R. 1921, 1922.)

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, loading for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease: Twenty-one years from 1st January, 1935, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and water-courses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee; and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.

9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

Form of lease and full particulars may be obtained from the Commission of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/767.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 10th September, 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 Friday, the 5th day of October, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 243 acres, being Lot 11, situated in Block VIII, Manganui, and Block V, Ruapehu Survey Districts, Provisional State Forests Nos. 42 and 67, about one and a half miles from Erua Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 500,810, or in board feet 3,347,600, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 305,870 2,078,400
Miro .. .. 53,972 345,500
Kahikatea .. .. 14,720 94,700
Matai .. .. 95,963 629,600
Totara .. .. 30,285 199,400
———— ————
500,810 3,347,600

Upset Price: £5,020.

Time for removal: Four and a half years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for 7½ per cent. of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in thirty-seven equal monthly payments, 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 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, Palmerston North,” 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.

D. MACPHERSON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Northern District.

In the matter of the Administration Act, 1908, Part IV, and in the matter of the Estate of JOHN McCAULEY (deceased), late of Auckland, Builder.

I HEREBY give notice that by an order of the Supreme Court, Auckland, dated the 31st day of August, 1934, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the above-named John McCauley, and I hereby call a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 12th day of September, 1934, at the hour of 10.30 a.m.

All claims against the above estate must be lodged with me on or before the 31st day of October, 1934.

A. W. WATTERS, Administrator.

Official Assignee’s Office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland.

6th September, 1934.