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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 23rd June, 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, Invercargill, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, the 8th day of July, 1937.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 255 acres, more or less, known as Sawmill Area 74, in Blocks V and VI, Aparima Hundred, State Forest No. 10, situated about fourteen miles from Longwood Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 357,565, or in board feet 2,352,400, made up as follows :-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Beech ... 214,826 1,398,700
Rimu ... 104,136 708,900
Miro. ... 34,982 221,000
Kahikatea ... 3,621 23,800

Upset price : £2,000.
Term of license : Three 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 nine 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 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, Invercargill," 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.

N. J. DOLAMORE, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RUDOLPH FRANK ANDERSEN, of Whangarei, Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 1st day of July, 1937, at 11 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Whangarei, this 21st day of June, 1937.

• A. J. CHING,

Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of WILLIAM FALLOON, Farmer, Levin.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2½d. in the pound is now due and payable on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate at my office, Waldegrave Buildings, Palmerston North.

• F. C. LITCHFIELD,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 15th June, 1937.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK ARTHUR WELLS, of Napier, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Courthouse, Napier, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of June, 1937, at 2.15 o'clock p.m.
Dated at Napier, this 15th day of June, 1937.

G. G. CHISHOLM,

Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of HENRY JAMES JOHN WILSON, Baker, of Palmerston North.

WRITTEN tenders are required for the purchase of a 6-valve Stromberg-Carlson wireless set (dual wave). Particulars can be obtained from my office. Tenders close at my office on Thursday, the 24th June, 1937.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 17th June, 1937.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HERBERT SEYMOUR PERCY, of Cardiff, Share Milker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Courthouse, Hawera, on Monday, the 28th day of June, 1937, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Hawera, this 15th day of June, 1937.

C. O. PRATT,

Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE WALKER, of Wellington, Professional Wrestler, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 1st day of July, 1937, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of June, 1937.

S. TANSLEY,

Official Assignee.*