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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 23rd March, 1936.

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, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 20th day of April, 1936.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 294·5 acres, situated in Block XV, Mawheranui Survey District, and Block III, Brunner Survey District, Provisional State Forests Nos. 1701 and 1715, about five miles from the Kotuku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 661,360, or in board feet 4,108,967, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 661,360 4,108,967

Upset price: £3,560.
Time for removal: Four years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-twelfth of the upset price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in eleven equal quarterly instalments, 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 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 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 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, Hokitika,” 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.

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

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT JOSEPH BOLLOND, of Thames, Garage Attendant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on Thursday, the 26th day of March, 1936, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 19th day of March, 1936.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN HENRY JUDD, of Hastings, Boot-importer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1936, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 18th day of March, 1936.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of STANLEY JAMES BROOKIE, Motor Engineer, Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 5s. 2d. in the pound is now due and payable on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate, at my office, Waldegrave Building, The Square, Palmerston North.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 18th March, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES SUMICH, of Feathers-ton, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1936, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Masterton, this 11th day of March, 1936.

ARTHUR D. LOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable on all proved and accepted claims in the under-mentioned bankrupt estates:—

Ellison, S. R., of Wellington, Dentist—First dividend of 8½d. in the pound.

Guthrie, W. P., of Wellington, Grocer—First dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound.

Hyde, W. J. A., of Wellington, Builder—First and final dividend of 4½d. in the pound.

Read, L. E., of Wellington, Talkie-projectionist—First dividend of 1s. in the pound.

Tunley, W., of Wellington, Butcher—First dividend of 7½d. in the pound.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 20th March, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE MUIRHEAD TOR-RANCE, of Dunedin, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Supreme Court Buildings, Dunedin, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1936, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Dunedin, this 18th day of March, 1936.

J. M. ADAM,
Official Assignee.