SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND
LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing
115 acres (known as Sawmill Area 45G), Blocks XI and XII,
Lillburn Survey District, State Forest No. 20, about twenty-
two miles from Tuatapere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is
128,700, or in board feet 819,400, made up as follows :—
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Beech . . . . . . 121,550 773,500
Totara . . . . . . 7,150 45,900
Total . . . . . . 128,700 819,400
Upset price : £640.
Term of license: One year and a half.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fourth of the amount tendered,
plus £1 Is. 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 form obtainable from any office of the State Forest Service, and should be enclosed in envelopes addressed “Conservator of Forests, Invercargill,” 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.

N. J. DOLAMORE, Conservator of Forests.

IN BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims :-
Aldridge, Alfred Edward, Auckland, Chemist—First and final dividend of 3s. 0d. in the pound.
Allen, Victor Ingle, Whakatane, Fruiterer and Confectioner—First dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound.
Hopping, Charles Alfred, Hikutaia, Farmer—First and final dividend of 1d. in the pound.
Herkt, W. A., Turua, Drainage Board Employee—First and final dividend of 1d. in the pound.
Jenkins, Ronald Alexander, Auckland, Printer—Second and final dividend of 18d. in the pound making in all ls. 9d. in the pound.
A. W. WATTERS, Official Assignee.
Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, 18th May, 1938.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LILY WOODCOCK, of Clevedon, Married Woman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 2nd day of June, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 20th day of May, 1938.
A. W. WATTERS. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Napier.

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 holden on Monday, the 23rd day of May, 1938, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :-

Cecil Philip Baker, of Napier, Labourer.
Archer Alexander Brown, of Hastings, Wool-scourer.
John Carter, of Hastings, Lorry-driver.
Arthur Jones, of Hastings, Labourer.
Salvatore Loschiavo, of Napier, Fishmonger.
Mason McCormick, of Waipawa, Salesman.
Retini Pene, of Otane, Labourer.
Oscar Albert Single, of Napier, Labourer.
Frederick Arthur Wells, of Napier, Labourer.
Whati Eru, of Waipawa, Labourer.
Thomas Henry Brinson, of Hastings, Builder.
Eveline Cato, of Wharerangi, Napier, Married Woman.
Albert Edward Dunstall, of Napier, Cabinetmaker.
Frederick Jensen, of Waipawa, Baker.
King Brothers, of Taradale, Motor Engineers.
William Mathews, of Hastings, Saddler.
Alfred Henry Clark, of Napier, Driver.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1938.
G. G. CHISHOLM, Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FISHER HOHAIA, of Opunake, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Opunake, on Thursday, the 2nd day of June, 1938, at 11 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Hawera, this 18th day of May, 1938.
C. O. PRATT, Official Assignee.