MAY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1257

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 13th June, 1935, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Huller County.—Kongahu Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

(National Endowment.)

SECTION 2, Block V: Area, 792 acres. Half-yearly rent, £4 16s.

Weighted with £10 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising a three-roomed whare in very bad state of repair. This section, which is suitable for grazing, is situated one mile and a half from Corbyvale Post-office, thirteen miles from Seddonville and Mokihinui, and forty-two miles from Westport Dairy Factory. Cream would have to be carted to Seddonville. Access is from Seddonville by eleven miles by good road, one mile by rough road, and one mile by pack-track. Land is undulating to hillside. Approximately 90 acres have been felled, now in second growth. Soil fair to poor; watered by creeks. Ragwort on clearing.

Application forms and any further information desired may be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/9659.)

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 29th April, 1935.

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 13th day of May, 1935.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 207 acres, being Lot 5, Provisional State Forest No. 66, Block VII, Kaitieke Survey District, about six miles from Raurimu Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 111,800, or in board feet 777,200, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,030.

Time for removal: One year and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in two equal quarterly 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 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 on 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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

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 held on Monday, the 13th day of May, 1935, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 26th day of April, 1935.

Thomson, Harold John Moule, of Inglewood, Solicitor.
Cartwright, William Samuel, of New Plymouth, Brewer.
Mumby, Robert George, of Matau, Farm Labourer.
Seerup, James Valentine, of Ohura, Storekeeper.
Joyes, Bernard John Carlyon, of Stratford, Draper.
Vaight, Arthur Julius, of New Plymouth, Carrier.
Curd, Reginald Leslie, of Waitara, Motor-driver.
Meredith, Edgar Owen, of New Plymouth, formerly Hotel-keeper.
MacPherson, Murdoch Henry, of New Plymouth, Salesman.
Houlihan, Peter, of New Plymouth, Salesman.
Waite, Percy Athol, of Stratford, Factory Employee.
Pever, John Edward, of Waitara, Labourer.

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

New Plymouth.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LESLIE NORMAN JURY, of Hastings, Grocer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Thursday, the 2nd day of May, 1935, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 26th day of April, 1935.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.