FEB. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 321

LOT 3.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 460,370, or in board feet 3,080,900, made up as follows:-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 82,660 562,130
Miro .. 20,480 195,900
Kahikatea 25,220 171,540
Matai .. 235,540 1,543,300
Totara .. 96,470 667,130
460,370 3,080,000

Upset price: £6,161.
Time for removal: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-ninth of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance be paid in twenty equal monthly payments, the first falling due on the 26th day of the month following the date of sale.

LOT 4.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 80,930, or in board feet 524,900, made up as follows:-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 19,600 123,060
Miro .. 11,230 72,450
Kahikatea 540 3,650
Matai .. 6,000 38,450
Totara .. 43,560 287,300
80,930 524,900

Upset price: £1,069.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance be paid in nine equal monthly payments, the first falling due on the 26th day of the month following 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 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 buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful bidder 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 buyers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

7. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid 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 before the date of sale.

9. If no bid is accepted for any of the timber herein mentioned it will remain open for application at the upset price for three months from the date of the sale.

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 Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that ERNEST STEPHEN GARRETT, of Pukeatua, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1936, at 11.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 17th day of February, 1936.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that VERNON NORMAN, of Gisborne, Car-painter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1936, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Gisborne, this 12th day of February, 1936.

JOHN N. NALDER,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of EILA JESSIE WHYTE, of Hastings, Married Woman.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2s. 9d. in the pound is now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Napier, 12th February, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MERVYN SISSON, of Manaia, Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hawera, on Thursday, the 20th day of February, 1936, at 2 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 11th day of February, 1936.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY LINX, of Hawera, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hawera, on Friday, the 14th day of February, 1936, at 3 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 11th day of February, 1936.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable at my office, Hawera, on all proved and accepted claims in the undermentioned estates:—

May Laing, of Hawera, Boardinghouse-keeper—Supplementary dividend of 2d. in the pound.

Albert Ernest Stevens, of Hawera, Storekeeper—First dividend of 2s. in the pound.

Frederick Hursfield Ollerenshaw, of Hawera, Marble-bar Proprietor First and final dividend of 8s. 9d. in the pound.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Hawera, 12th February, 1936.