2408
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 19th August, 1940.

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 noon on Friday, the 11th day of October, 1940.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on those pieces of land containing together 154 acres, situated in Block X, Mawhera-iti Survey District, P.S.F. No. 1594, approximately five miles from the Ikamatua and Totara Flat Railway-stations. The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 223,830, or in board feet 1,366,100, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. .. .. 223,830 1,366,100

Upset price: £1,255.
Term for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-quarter of the purchase money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by three equal quarterly instalments, the first to be made one month 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 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 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.

COURTENEY BIGGS, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ISAAC STEVENS, of Mangamuka, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Kaikohe, on Wednesday, the 25th day of September, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Whangarei, this 16th day of September, 1940.

T. P. PAIN,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES NEIL STARK, of Hikurangi, Draper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the office of the Official Assignee, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Friday, the 27th day of September, 1940, at 2 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 19th day of September, 1940.

T. P. PAIN,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that VICTOR JAMES EDEN, of Taradale, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of September, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Napier, this 13th day of September, 1940.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT WILLIAM SEAGER, of Petone, Boxmaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of September, 1940.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates; promissory notes (if any) to be produced for endorsement prior to receipt of dividend:—

G. W. Dodds, of Wellington, Radio-dealer—First dividend of 9d. in the pound.

A. H. O. Irvine, of Belmont, Carpenter—Third dividend of 1s. in the pound, making 3s. in the pound.

M. S. Jones, of Wellington, Master Butcher—Second dividend of 1s. 2d. in the pound, making 4s. 11d. in the pound.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 18th September, 1940.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Wellington.

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 14th day of October, 1940, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates:—

Allan, Henry, Wellington, Taxi-driver.
Belchamber, William Thomas, Wellington, Factory Operator.
Brazendale, Victor, Lower Hutt, Plumber.
Carlsen, Charles Edward, Wellington, Quarryman.
Chalklen, Lionel Bennet, Wellington, Carpenter.
Chhana Kala, Wellington, Hotel Employee (Fruiterer).
Chisholm, George Stanley, Wellington, Garage-proprietor.
Conlan, William Henry, Wellington, Painter and Paper-hanger.
Connan, William, Wellington, Contractor.
Doig, William Crow, Petone, Labourer.