MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1521

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 16th May, 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, Invercargill, at noon on Tuesday, the 30th day of May, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 94 acres (known as Sawmill Area 40), being part of Section 3, Block VIII, Tautuku Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 18, close to Papatowai Township.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 90,963, or in board feet 578,000, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. .. 78,578 504,000
Miro .. .. .. .. 12,385 74,000
90,963 578,000

Upset price : £531.
Time for removal : One year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-third of the amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in two 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.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims:—
Frost, Henry Crabtree, Auckland, Tinsmith—Third and final dividend of 7s. 5d. in the pound, making in all 12s. 4d. in the pound.
Osborne, William Bernard, Waihi, Miner—Sixth and final dividend of 2s. in the pound, making in all 20s. in the pound.
Rowland, Arthur Copley, Te Kopuru, Farmer—First and final dividend of 20s. in the pound.
Stringer, James Henry, Tauranga, Farmer—Second dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound, making in all 4s. 3d. in the pound.

Dated this 12th day of May, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.
Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, C. 1.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WILLIAM MACHIN, of Tauranga, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Tuesday, the 30th day of May, 1939, at 10 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of May, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ERNEST WILLIAM PELLOWE, of Timaru, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1939, at 2.15 o'clock p.m.

Dated at Timaru, this 11th day of May, 1939.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LUKE CODY, of Riversdale, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Invercargill, this 11th day of May, 1939.

A. E. DOBBIE,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a new certificate of title in the name of WILLIAM FREDERICK HERBERT HILL, of Wellington, Harness-maker, for all that parcel of land containing 2 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Lots 25 and 55 on plan No. 125, being parts of Sections 51 and 54 of the Township of Fitzherbert, and being also all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 22, folio 299 (Wellington Registry), and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the new certificate of title as requested after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 17th day of May, 1939, at the Lands Registry Office Wellington.

J. CARADUS, District Land Registrar.