Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2231

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.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

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

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

B. C. McCABE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/802.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

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, Rotorua, at 4 o’clock p.m. on the 19th day of August, 1935.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area containing approximately 48 acres, situated in Block IV, Patetere North-east Survey District (portion of State Forest No. 3), about ten miles from the Mamaku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 39,296, or in board feet 271,830, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 38,427 266,080
Miro .. .. .. 869 5,750
———— ————
39,296 271,830

Upset price : £351.
Time for removal : Six months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for £200 of the purchase-money and £1 1s. license fee must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid 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 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. 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 for three months from the date tenders close.

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 withdrawn from Sale.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th August, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the milling-timber in Block XVI, Ahaura Survey District, and Block IV, Kopara Survey District, Westland Land District, advertised for sale by public tender in Gazette No. 13 of the 28th February, 1935, on page 569, is withdrawn from sale.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber withdrawn from Sale.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th August, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the milling-timber in Blocks III and IV, Ahaura Survey District, Westland Land District, advertised for sale by public tender in Gazette No. 90 of the 6th December, 1934, on page 4149, is withdrawn from sale.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Auckland.

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 give notice that at the next sitting of the said Court, to be held on Friday, the 30th day of August, 1935, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

McCallum, Donald Samuel, Paparoa, Labourer.
Halliday, Frederick Samuel, Maungakaramea, Farmer.
Harris, William Edward Hunter, Hikurangi, Picture-theatre Proprietor.
Munro, Niccoless Henry George, Kawakawa, Garage-proprietor.
Marshall, Spencer Joseph Dix, Whangarei, Clothier.

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Aldred, Bold, Parakao, Blacksmith.
Cave, Milton Knight, Rawene, Garage-proprietor.
Moore, John Nelson, Kaitaia, Carrier.
Birch, Charles Henry, Whangarei, Cabinetmaker.
Birch, Joseph Robson, Whangarei, Cabinetmaker.
Birch, Arthur Edward, Whangarei, Cabinetmaker.
Birch, John William, Whangarei, Cabinetmaker.
Birch, W. J., and Sons, Whangarei, House Furnishers.
Holt, Arnold, Waipapa, Storekeeper.
Boyd, John, Whangarei, House Furnisher.
Stanton, Harold Edward, Keri Keri, Journalist and Orchardist.
Botica, Dolly M., Okaihau, Married Woman.
Abbott, William A., Whangarei, Publican.
Deverell, Arthur Sidney, Whangarei, Draper.
Daveney, Harold Lawrence, Kaitaia, Garage-proprietor.
Pavlovich, Ilija, Herekino, Farmer.
Pavlovich, Joze, Ahipara, Gumdigger.
Pavlovich, Filip, Ahipara, Gumdigger,