JULY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2023

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 17th July, 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, Hokitika, at 4 p.m. on Friday, the 4th day of August, 1939.
SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 65 acres, situated in Blocks XIII and XIV, Arnold Survey District, part of Provisional State Forest 1600, about four miles from Kaiata Railway-station.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 87,505, or in board feet 576,130, made up as follows:-
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 82,640 544,170
Miro .. 2,190 14,070
Kahikatea .. 2,170 14,660
Totara .. 505 3,230
87,505 576,130
Upset price: £542.
Term: One year.
Terms of Payment.
A marked cheque for one-half of the tendered amount, together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in one instalment 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, 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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that ALLAN NELSON WOOD, of New Plymouth (formerly Coromandel), Oil Driller's Assistant, as this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 24th day of July, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of July, 1939.
A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT LESLIE BULLEN, of Whakatane, Electrician, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on Wednesday, the 26th day of July, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of July, 1939.
A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS DERRICK, of 19 Manning Street, Auckland, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 31st day of July, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 18th day of July, 1939.
A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that CLIVE RIPON MAYER, of Te Kuiti, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Wednesday, the 26th day of July, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Hamilton, this 12th day of July, 1939.
V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that MAKI RUAWAI, of Whatatutu, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 27th day of July, 1939, at 2.15 p.m.
Dated at Gisborne, this 13th day of July, 1939.
E. RHODES,
Acting Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HOGAN, of Ruatoria, Stock-dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Friday, the 28th day of July, 1939, at 2.15 p.m.
Dated at Gisborne, this 14th day of July, 1939.
E. RHODES,
Acting Official Assignee.