1796
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 51
STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 30th July, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
purchase of the undermentioned blocks of milling-
timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service,
Hokitika, at noon on Monday, the 23rd day of August, 1937.
SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.-WESTLAND
LAND DISTRICT.
All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
94 acres in Block V, Kopara Survey District, Provisional
State Forest Reserve No. 1660, situated about five miles from
Manson's Siding.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
95,050, or in board feet 627,960, made up as follows:-
Species.
Rimu...
Kahikatea..
Miro...
Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
92,050 608,200
l,620 10,700
1,380 9,060
95,050 627,960
Upset price : £530.
Term : Two years.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-sixth of the sum tendered,
together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance be paid in five equal quarterly payments,
the first falling due three months after the date of sale.
All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
128 acres in Block X, Mawheraiti Survey District, Provisional
State Forest No. 1594, situated about three miles from the
Totara Flat Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
156,460, or in board feet 959,880, made up as follows :-
Species.
Rimu...
Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
156,460 959,880
Upset price : £770.
Term : Two years.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-sixth of the sum tendered,
together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance be paid in five equal quarterly payments,
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 BERNARD ELLIOTT HOWARD,
    of Maungaturoto, Labourer, was this day adjudged
    bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors
    to be helden at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Tuesday,
    the 10th day of August, 1937, at 11 o'clock a.m.
    Dated at Whangarei, this 30th day of July, 1937.
    A. J. CHING,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.
    In the Estate of HENRY RICHARD JARVIS WEBSTER, of
    Motueka, Draper.
    NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 1s. 6d.
    in the pound is now payable at my office, Government
    Buildings, Nelson, on all accepted proved claims.
    Dated at Nelson, this 30th day of July, 1937.
    A. L. TRESIDDER,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that JACK NELSON WHITELEY,
    of 18 Lytton Road, Gisborne, Carpenter, was this
    day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting
    of creditors to be helden at my office on Friday, the 13th day
    of August, 1937, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.
    Dated at Gisborne, this 2nd day of August, 1937.
    JOHN N. NALDER,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.
    In the Estate of WILLIAM PHILIP McCARTHY, late of
    Greymouth, Solicitor.
    NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend
    of 3½d. in the pound is now payable at my office
    on all proved and accepted claims.
    FRANK BIRD,
    Deputy Official Assignee.
    Greymouth, 28th July, 1937.