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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 92

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 17th December, 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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 22nd January, 1937.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber in the clump of bush at the head of the Murivai Stream, State Forest No. 13, situated about six miles from Donnelly’s Crossing Railway-station. The timber for sale is branded and numbered, but does not include green kauri trees under 8 ft. 6 in. girth, breast high, which will be indicated, and the total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 14,753, and in board feet 96,963, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £510.

Time for removal of timber: One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the price tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by two equal instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months and the second six 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 shall 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 out 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 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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims:—

Alexander Young Provan, of Whangarei, Builder—First and final dividend of 1s. 5½d. in the pound.

Henry George Alder, of Pakotai, Schoolmaster (deceased)—First and final dividend of 4s. 10d. in the pound.

Maurice Griffin, of Whangarei, Contractor—First dividend of 5s. in the pound.

Clarence James Moore, of Whangarei, Bootmaker—Second and final dividend of 5s. 9d. in the pound, making a total of 9s. 6½d. in the pound.

A. J. CHING,
Official Assignee.

Whangarei, 16th December, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RETINI PENE, of Te Kura, Otane, Aboriginal Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Waipawa, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of December, 1936, at 9.45 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Napier, this 15th day of December, 1936.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

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LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 233, folio 228 (Auckland Registry), for that parcel of land being Lot 51 on deposited plan No. 286, and being portion of Section 20, Block II, Maketu Survey District, whereof ERNEST JOHNSON KERR, of Te Puke, Blacksmith, is the registered proprietor, having been lodged with me, together with an application for the issue of a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title accordingly upon the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 17th day of December, 1936.

W. JOHNSTON, District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of publication of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice:—

8095. VIOLET ETHEL PRICIOR.—Parts of south-eastern portion of Allotment 152, Parish of Oruawhara, containing together 41 acres 1 rood 30·9 perches. Occupied by applicant. Plan 26791.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 17th day of December, 1936, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

W. JOHNSTON, District Land Registrar.