Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 169

Town Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd February, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 17th March, 1938, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Oxford County.—Oxford Survey District.

PART RS 2071, Block VIII: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 12 perches. Upset price, £65.*

The value of the fencing on the land is included in the upset price.

This section, which offers a good building-site, is situated in the Oxford Township with a frontage to High Street. The area is more or less covered in spreading broom.

Terms of sale and any further information required may be obtained at this office.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/7/193; D.O. 8/137.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 28th January, 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, Invercargill, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 18th day of February, 1938.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 468 acres (known as Sawmill Area 92), Blocks XI and XII, Waikawa Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 21, about ten miles from Tokanui Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 414,537, or in board feet 2,658,000, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £2,200.

Term of license: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-tenth of the amount tendered, plus £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in nine 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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that J. T. BISSETT, of Auckland, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 7th day of February, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of January, 1938.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH WILLIAM HODGSON, of Auckland, Retired Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Tuesday, the 8th day of February, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of January, 1938.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that D. WOOD, of Auckland, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 9th day of February, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of January, 1938.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.