JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1367

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.

Mining Registrar's Office, Murchison, 31st May, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, as amended by section 18 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1937, that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have this day been struck off the register.

N. BATCHELOR, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Officiating Ministers for 1938.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1938.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an officiating minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend George Digby Wilson.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.

South Island Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that an order of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder was made by the Native Land Court at Kaiapoi on the 1st day of February, 1938, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Adopting parents: John Mahuika and Te Rahui Mahuika, his wife.

Adopted child: Carol Victoria Aroha Momo.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.—Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Ohai District Colliery Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1296, situated at Ohai, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 22 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

G. M. F. JACKSON,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 7th June, 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 24th day of June, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 217 acres in Block VIII, Ahaura Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 1606, situated about twelve miles from the Ahaura Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 191,959, or in board feet 1,215,055, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,030.

Term: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one hundred pounds (£100), together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance will be paid in twelve equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid one month 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.

F. W. FOSTER, Conservator of Forests,