Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 445

Lands in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 11th April, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 13th April, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Maniatoto County.—Town of Ranfurly.

Section 20, Block IX: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

Section 21, Block IX: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

Section 22, Block IX: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

Section 23, Block IX: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

Section 36, Block XII: Area 39·7 perches. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

Section 37, Block XII: Area 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 10s.

Section 38, Block XII: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 10s.

Section 39, Block XII: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rental, 10s.

Section 40, Block XII: Area, 39·7 perches. Half-yearly rental, 12s. 6d.

The sections are all good, level building-sites situated within easy distance of the Ranfurly Post-office and Railway-station, the access being by good gravelled road.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/2974; D.O. XIV/14, VII/5.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Nelson, 3rd March, 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, Nelson, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 28th day of March, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON-MARLBOROUGH FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that area, containing 97 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XIV and XV, Maimai Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 129), about five miles from Mawheraiti Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 120,470 of rimu, or in board feet 779,300.

Upset price: £650.

Term of license: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the amount tendered must accompany the tender, together with £1 1s. license fee, and the balance to be paid in four equal instalments which will be payable at four-monthly intervals, the first of which shall be due six 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, Nelson,” 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.

F. W. FOSTER, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALAN RONALD LOVELL, of Tauranga, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Wednesday, the 16th day of March, 1938, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of March, 1938.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEOFFREY WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOURNE and ALLAN NORMAN ROSS, of Taumarunui, trading as Bourne and Ross, Men’s Outfitters, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Official Assignee’s Office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 14th day of March, 1938, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 7th day of March, 1938.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.