1186
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 13th May, 1937.

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, on Friday, the 11th day of June, 1937.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 94 acres in Block X, Kanieri Survey District, Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1622, situated about four miles from Hokitika Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 139,760, or in board feet 900,250, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 139,760 900,250

Upset price : £703.
Term of license : Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the upset price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in four 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 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 day 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 BRUCE GIBB, of Rotorua, Fisherman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Wednesday, the 19th day of May, 1937, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 11th day of May, 1937.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Gisborne.

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 further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court, to be held on Tuesday, the 25th day of May, 1937, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

Ormerod, Oliver Charles, of Marumaru, Sheep-farmer.
Caldwell, David, of Tolaga Bay, Sheep-farmer.
Caldwell, William Aitken, of Tolaga Bay, Sheep-farmer.
Murphy, John Rowley, of Gisborne, Sheep-farmer.
Williamson, Hugh Caskey, of Cape Runaway, Sheep-farmer.
Skeet, Ralph, of Gisborne, Builder.
Martin, Frederick Joseph, of Gisborne, Clerk.
McGregor Brothers, of Tiniroto, Sheep-farmers.
Sinclair, William John, of Gisborne, Electrical Engineer.
Keene, Gordon Lewis, of Rakauroa, Labourer.
McIntyre, Duncan, of Gisborne, Confectioner.
Stubbs, Henry Strawson, of Gisborne, Auctioneer.
desBarres, Aroha Maitland, of Te Araroa, Butcher.
Haughie, Francis Llewellyn, of Gisborne, Auctioneer.
Hullen, James Henry, of Gisborne, Labourer.
Isabeth, Gordon Colin, of Gisborne, Service-station Proprietor.
Tidswell, Cyrus Henry, of Nuhaka, Sheep-farmer.
Donner, Julius Dunlop, of Gisborne, Gentleman.
Goodall, Thomas Martin, of Gisborne, Freezing-works Employee.
Spitz, Simon Mendel, of Gisborne, Grocer.
Skjottrup, Alfred William, of Motuhora, Benchman.
Mai, John Victor, of Ruatoria, Storekeeper.
MacDonald, Keith, of Gisborne, Fruiterer.
Brown, George, of Te Araroa, Carpenter.
Crombie, Stanley William, of Gisborne, Carpenter.
Olliver, George Albert, of Tokomaru Bay, Bricklayer.
Fielder, Frederick George, of Gisborne, Labourer.
Dennett, Sidney Edward, of Gisborne, Labourer.

Dated this 10th day of May, 1937.

JOHN N. NALDER,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES TOWERS, of Hexton, Milk-vendor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 21st day of May, 1937, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Gisborne, this 13th day of May, 1937.

JOHN N. NALDER,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ARCHER ALEXANDER BROWN, of Hastings, Woolscourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Monday, the 24th day of May, 1937, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 13th day of May, 1937.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.