JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1589

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—WOODLAND SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 13, Block I: Area, 86 acres 1 rood. Minimum annual rental, £5.

The section is known as the Catlins River Pilot-station Reserve, and is situated two miles from Pounawea Post-office, six miles from Owaka School, Saleyards, and Dairy Factory. Approximately 60 acres felled and grassed, part reverted to second growth, balance standing bush.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Leasing.

(1) Term of lease, ten years from 1st January, 1938, but the lessor to have the right, in the event of the land being required for any purpose, to determine the lease on giving to the lessee three months’ notice in writing of the intention in that behalf.

(2) Six months’ rent, rent for broken period to 31st December, 1937, and lease fee, £1 1s., to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender; thereafter rent payable half-yearly in advance on first days of January and July.

(3) Lessee to be liable for all rates, taxes, and other assessments.

(4) Lessee to have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the demised land without the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin, first had and obtained.

(5) Lessee to graze sheep only on the land.

(6) No bush to be felled by the lessee, who shall take all reasonable precautions to protect the bush from damage by fire or otherwise; the lessee also to take all reasonable care to prevent any interference with bird-life on the reserve.

(7) Lessee to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds on the land, and with all reasonable despatch to remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds or plants as directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(8) Lessee to keep the land free from rabbits.

(9) Lessee not to engage in any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade.

(10) Lessee not to erect any buildings on the demised land.

(11) No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed on account of improvements effected by the lessee nor for any other cause.

(12) Lessee to keep all fencing in good order and repair.

(13) Lessee to have the right to cultivate any portion of the open area, but any land so cultivated must be laid down in permanent pasture to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(14) Lease subject to termination if lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within two calendar months after the date on which the same should be fulfilled.

(15) The Commissioner of Crown Lands to determine which tender, if any, shall be accepted; the highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 45074; D.O. M.L. 2660.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 25th 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, Hokitika, on Monday, the 12th day of July, 1937.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 221 acres, situated in Block XIII, Arnold Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 1600, approximately four miles from the Kaiata Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 356,760, or in board feet 2,294,480, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 315,460 2,029,800
Kahikatea 31,730 205,400
Miro .. 7,160 44,000
Totara 2,410 15,280
——————— ———————
356,760 2,294,480

Upset price: £2,039.
Time for removal: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventh of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. (license fee), must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in six 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 ROBERT HENRY LEVER, of Papakura, Grocer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 1st day of July, 1937, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 23rd day of June, 1937.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.