Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2639
comprising the first half-year's rent, broken-period rent,
lease fee, and amount of improvement loading.
NOTE.-This land is offered in terms of section 153 of
the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any
mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose
rights shall be to the surface soil only.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.-SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County,-Hokonui Survey District.-Otago Mining
District.
SECTION 758, Block LXX : Area, 10 acres 3 roods 9 perches.
Capital value, £25. Half-yearly rent, 10s.
Weighted with £9 5s. (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising 12 chains of fencing and old hut (iron only of
value). Fencing on west boundary belongs to adjoining
owner who has the right to remove same.
Situated two miles and a half from Croydon Railway-siding
and School, five miles from Gore. Access by good metalled
road to within 20 chains of section, thence unformed road.
Hilly to undulating land covered in light bush and second
growth of fuchsia. Soil of medium quality with rock out-
crops; no permanent water. Altitude 600 ft. to 800 ft.
above sea-level. Suitable only to an adjoining owner.
Any further information required may be obtained from the
undersigned.
T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 9/3187 ; D.O. LP.vh. 571.)
STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 29th November, 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 Friday, the 17th day of December, 1937.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.-OTAGO LAND
DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
177 acres (known as Sawmill Area 110), Block VII, Tautuku
Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 18, about five
miles from Tahakopa Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
207,240, or in board feet 1,312,200, made up as follows:-
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu ... 181,340 1,155,500
Miro ... 23,134 140,100
Totara ... 2,766 16,600
207,240 1,312,200
Upset price : £1,108.
Term of license : One year and a half.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-fourth of the amount tendered,
plus £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the
balance be paid in three 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 satis-
   faction 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 en-
   titled 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 Con-
   servator 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 pre-
   pared to pay for the timber. The highest or any tender will
   not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is sub-
   mitted 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, Inver-
    cargill," 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 ob-
    tained 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 JACK DENTON FRENCH, of
    18 Aratonga Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, Salesman,
    was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a
    meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court
    Buildings, High Street Auckland, on Monday, the 6th day
    of December, 1937, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
    Dated at Auckland, this 24th day of November, 1937.
    A. W. WATTERS,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that DANIEL ROBERT SMITH, of
    Te Atatu, near Henderson, Auckland, Farmer, was this
    day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
    creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Buildings, High
    Street, Auckland, on Friday, the 10th day of December, 1937,
    at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
    Dated at Auckland, this 26th day of November, 1937.
    A. W. WATTERS,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that VINCENT SCANTLEBURY, of
    Rotorua, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
    and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden
    at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Tuesday, the 7th day of
    December, 1937, at 2.15 o'clock p.m.
    Dated at Hamilton. this 23rd day of November, 1937.
    V. R. CROWHURST,
    Official Assignee.