Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3485

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Auckland, 7th December, 1939.

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, 18th December, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing approximately 320 acres, being Sections 3 and 6, Block XIV, Omapere Survey District (part of provisional State Forest No. 8).

The block is situated about four miles and a half from Okaihau Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 131,646, or in board feet 900,600, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £1,422.

Time for removal of timber: Two years and a quarter.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-seventh of the tendered price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by six 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 .o 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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of MARY JANE McMinn, of Ohura, Storekeeper.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 10s. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 16th day of November, 1939.

L. W. LOUISON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD MORGAN, of Wellington, Plumber, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 11th day of December, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of November, 1939.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that DOUGLAS PINCKNEY WALKER, of Wellington, Wool-buyer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 12th day of December, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1939.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JAMES BARRETT, of Wanganui, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Wanganui, on Wednesday, the 13th day of December, 1939, at 11.30 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Wanganui, this 4th day of December, 1939.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ABRAHAM TOBIA ISSAC, of Pine Hill, Dunedin, Draper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 8th day of December, 1939, at 3.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Dunedin, this 28th day of November, 1939.

J. M. ADAM,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a notice of re-entry by MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD and the NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, as lessors under lease 14578, of Lot 9 on deposited plan No. 2992, being part of Section 12 of the Suburbs of Rotorua, and part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 600, folio 169 (Auckland Registry), of which JACK ROBERT CLARK, of Rotorua, Carpenter, is the registered lessee, notice is hereby given of my intention to register such notice of re-entry upon the expiration of one calendar month from the 7th day of December, 1939, unless good cause to the contrary be shown.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 1st day of December, 1939.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.