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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Town Lands in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 31st May, 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 July, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 13th July, 1938, at 10.30 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.

NOTE.—These lands are 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 lessees, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Vincent County.—Town of Newcastle.—Otago Mining District.
Section 1, Block IV: Area, 31·68 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 2, Block IV: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 3, Block IV: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 11, Block IV: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.
Section 12, Block IV: Area, 31·68 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.
Section 10, Block V: Area, 31·68 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.
Section 11, Block V: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.
Section 12, Block V: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.
Section 13, Block V: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 14, Block V: Area, 31·68 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.

The Town of Newcastle, commonly known as Albert Town, is situated approximately three miles from Pembroke and thirty-two miles from Cromwell by good road. The sections comprise mostly level land and are fair to good building-sites. The soil is of a light schisty loam on a gravel formation.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 25/1255; D.O. M.L. 2241 and VII/5.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 25th May, 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, Auckland, at 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 27th June, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 312 acres, being part Sections 2 and 4, Block XIII, Hurakia Survey District (part of State Forest No. 97).

The block is situated about thirteen miles from Waimiha Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 283,420, or in board feet 1,931,050, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu 40,160 279,220
Miro 2,350 15,830
Totara 49,260 342,760
Tanekaha 5,550 36,480
Matai 127,750 854,240
Kahikatea 58,350 402,520
———— ————
283,420 1,931,050

Upset price, £4,240.
Time for removal of timber: Two years

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the tendered price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by seven equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid 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, Auckland,” 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.

R. D. CAMPBELL, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES MURRAY WHITE, of Whakapara, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Friday, the 3rd day of June, 1938, at 2 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 24th day of May, 1938.

A. J. CHING,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of REINHOLD BRIESKE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound is now payable at my office, Courthouse, Dannevirke, on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate.

Dated at Dannevirke, this 25th day of May, 1938.

L. D. J. SMITH,
Official Assignee.