APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 975

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale for cash or on deferred payments by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, State Fire Insurance Building, Wellington, on Friday, 22nd April, 1938, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN (SETTLEMENT) LAND. Lower Hutt Borough.—Belmont Survey District.—Hutt Valley Settlement.

SECTION 28, Block XLIV: Area, 8·87 perches. Upset price, £320.

This section is situated in an area defined by the local authority for the erection of shops under the powers conferred by the Town-planning Act. It is situated adjacent to Woburn Station at the corner of Waiwetu Road and Hawkins Street. Drainage, sewerage, gas, and electric light are available.

Any further information may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3417, Sales.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th April, 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 Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 90 acres in Block IX, Ahaura Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 1599), about eight miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 157,210, or in board feet 922,355, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 154,754 907,180
Miro .. .. .. 1,991 12,375
Kahikatea .. .. .. 418 2,500
Matai .. .. .. 47 300
———— ————
157,210 922,355

Upset price: £748.
Term of license: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the upset price, together with £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 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 forms 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 WILLIAM ROBERT CROMPTON, of Rotorua, Telegraph Linesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 21st day of April, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 8th day of April, 1938.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES HENRY BEESLEY, of New Plymouth, Electrician, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 14th day of April, 1938, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 11th day of April, 1938.

L. W. LOUISSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER JOHN LIPPINGWALL, of Hawera, Lorry-driver, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1938, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 6th day of April, 1938.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.