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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 on 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, Auckland," 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.
R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.
Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 14th January, 1936.
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 3rd day of February, 1936.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.- TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 10912 acres, more or less, known as Lot 2, being portion of Provisional State Forest No. 91, Block II, Pouatu Survey District, about eight miles from Tahora Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 105,620, or in board feet 731,400, made up as follows:- Species. Rimu Miro Kahikatea Matai Upset price: £976. 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 accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in eleven equal monthly payments, the first falling due one month 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.
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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, 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 NOTICE.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court holden at Wellington.
    NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the reports of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby further give notice that at the sittings of the said Court, to be holden on Monday, the 3rd day of February, 1936, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from the administration of the said estates :-
    Anderson, Rudolph Godfrey, of Wellington, Manager.
    Barnes, Edward John, of Lower Hutt, Sawmiller.
    Clark, Fitzgerald, of Wellington, Restaurant-keeper. (Supplementary Account.)
    Compton, William John S., of Wellington, Coal-merchant and Carrier.
    Cooper, Annie Elizabeth, of Wellington, Spinster.
    Destefano, Salvatore and Bartolo, of Wellington, Fish-merchants.
    Destefano, Salvatore, of Wellington, Fish-merchant.
    Destefano, Bartolo, of Wellington, Fish-merchant.
    Field, Herbert Maurice, of Wellington, Relief Worker.
    Fuller, William Neil, of Wellington, Salesman.
    Gerondis, Stathis, of Wellington, Restaurateur. (Supplementary Account.)
    Gilbert, Herbert White, of Wellington, Timber-merchant.
    Goodwin, Henry Alexander, of Wellington, Salesman.
    Ihaia Weepu, of Wellington, Carpenter.
    Jansen, Francis Herman, of Wellington, Plumber.
    Kurth, Frank William, of Upper Hutt, Carpenter. (Supplementary Account.)
    Max, Arthur David and Dorothy Jean, of Paekakariki, Railway Employee and Wife.
    Max, Arthur David, of Paekakariki, Railway Employee.
    Max, Dorothy Jean, of Paekakariki, Married Woman.
    Moffitt, Alexander, of Petone, Builder.
    McColl, Archibald Walter and Ruby, of Lower Hutt, Clerk and Wife.
    McColl, Archibald Walter, of Lower Hutt, Clerk.
    McColl, Ruby, of Lower Hutt, Married Woman.
    Oldridge, James Charles, of Christchurch, Hotelkeeper.
    Phillips, Sophia, of Wellington, Tea-room Proprietress.
    Phillips, W. A., of Wellington, Builder.
    Ritchie, A. C., and Cain, F. H., of Wellington, Grocers. (Supplementary Account.)
    Robertshaw, Arthur Frank, of Wellington, Piano-tuner.
    Spratt, W., of Lower Hutt, Dairyman.
    Talyjancich, Ivan, of Wellington, Restaurant-keeper.
    Tatam, Ernest Edgar, of Wellington, Relief Worker.
    Toohey, Albert George, of Lower Hutt, Cycle Agent.
    Whitehouse, Walter, of Wellington, Clerk.
    Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1936.
    S. TANSLEY, Official Assignee.