Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 37

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th January, 1938.

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, at noon on Friday, the 28th day of January, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION. — WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 424 acres, in Blocks VII, VIII, and XII, Ahaura Survey District, Provisional State Forests Nos. 1606 and 1738, situated about fourteen miles from Ahaura Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 736,988, or in board feet 4,567,468, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 704,895 4,370,702
Kahikatea .. .. .. 32,093 196,766
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736,988 4,567,468

Upset price : £3,704.
Term : Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventeenth of the sum tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in sixteen equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be 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, 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.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims:—

Starr, Joseph Mark, of Towai, Farmer—Second and third dividends of 5⅞d. and 1⅛d. in the pound (making a total to date of 10¾d. in the pound.

Alder, Henry George (deceased), of Pakotai, Schoolmaster —Second dividend of 5d. in the pound (making a total of 5s. 3d. in the pound.

Main, Alfred (deceased)—First and final dividend of 4s. 10½d. in the pound.

A. J. CHING,
Official Assignee.

Whangarei, 23rd December, 1937.

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In Bankruptcy.

Estate of FRANK CROTHALL, of Wairoa, Butcher.

NOTICE is hereby given that a second dividend of 3s. in the pound is now payable in the above estate; Promissory notes (if any) must be produced for endorsement prior to payment of the dividend.

H. G. JAMIESON,
Official Assignee.

Wairoa, 23rd December, 1937.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LEONARD HENRY INKPEN, of Palmerston North, Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 23rd day of December, 1937, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 22nd day of December, 1937.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Palmerston North.

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 1st day of February, 1938, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates:—

Lurajud, Jarissimo, Care of C. Musmules, Palmerston North, Restauranter, late of Levin.

Gulbransen, Arthur Ole, Levin, Mechanic.

Thorburn, Arthur Ronald, Palmerston North, Builder.

Lowe, Albert, Palmerston North, Chinese Fruiterer.

Hubbard, Frederick Samuel Charles, Palmerston North, Agent.

Farr, Frank Lawrence, Palmerston North, Carrier.

Salter, Charles Henry Herbert, Palmerston North, Tailor.

Bradley, George Isaac, formerly of Palmerston North, now of Auckland, Soft-goods Manufacturer.

Titshall, Harry, Palmerston North, Contractor.

Donkin, Henry, Palmerston North, Bacon Worker.

Boyd, Charles William, Palmerston North, Commission Agent.

Anderson, Harold Hobson, Palmerston North, Slaughterman.

Skinner, Alfred James, Palmerston North, Builder.

Falloon, William, Levin, Farmer.

Duckworth, Frederick John, Palmerston North, Builder.

Clapham, William John Ward, Halcombe, Carpenter.

Adams, Cecil Charles, Weraroa, Baker.

Drysdale Bros., Keith Woodward, and Allan Nairn, Levin, Garage Proprietors.

Pees, Charles Sydney, Palmerston North, Motor Mechanic.

Lunn, Arthur Clifford, Henley, John Joseph, trading as Lunn and Henley, Levin, Electricians.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 4th day of January, 1938.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.