FEB. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 143

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 1st February, 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, Rotorua, at noon on Friday, the 17th day of February, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area, containing 486 acres, more or less, situated in Block VI, Horohoro Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 31), about six miles from the Mamaku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 677,876 or in board feet 4,701,950 made up as follows:—

Upset price : £7,200.

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

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the tender price, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase money must be paid in eighteen equal monthly instalments, the first of which falls due two 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 qualities, quantities, and kinds 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 closing date of tenders.

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, Rotorua,” 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.

W. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY GORDON COLLINS, of 9 Harlet Road, Takapuna, Auckland, Groundsman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 6th day of February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of January, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MATAU PARANIHI, of Mokai, Bushworker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Thursday, the 2nd day of February, 1939, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 25th day of January, 1939.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD PETER BRASTING, of Te Aroha, Painter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 9th day of February, 1939, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 27th day of January, 1939.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CECIL HENRY MORROW, of Stratford, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at Magistrate’s Court, Stratford, on Monday, the 6th day of February, 1939, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 25th day of January, 1939.

L. R. HIGGINS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Monday, the 20th February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from administration of the said estates:—

Adams, Thomas Mervyn, of Ohangai, Factory employee.

Dimock, Cyril Leslie, of Hawera, Garage proprietor.

Greenbank, William, of Opunake, Labourer.

Hohaha, Fischer, of Opunake, Labourer.

Kahn, Charles, of Otakeho, Labourer.

Kaake (junior), alias Kaake Wallace, of Normanby, Labourer.

Lippingwell, Walter John, of Hawera, Lorry-driver.

Laing, May, of Hawera, Married woman.

McKay, Louis Edward Robert, of Kaupokonui, Labourer.

Percy, Herbert Seymour, of Cardiff, Sharemilker.

Reece, Stanley Nelson Dean, of Hawera, Signwriter.

Roy, Archibald Donald McLiver, of Hawera, Pork butcher.

Rowlands, Montague Arthur, of Hawera, Commission agent.

Stevens, Arthur Ernest, of Hawera, Storekeeper.

Dated at Hawera, this 27th day of January, 1939.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER ROBERT HALL, of Wanganui, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 8th day of February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wanganui, this 27th day of January, 1939.

B. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.