Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2587

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 2nd October, 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, Palmerston North, at 3 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 18th October, 1940.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 231 acres in Block I, Tongariro Survey District, State Forest No. 42, about four miles from Owhango Township.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 327,500, or in board feet, 2,269,300, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £4,106.
Term: Eighteen months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-fifth of amount tendered, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender and the balance be paid in twelve equal instalments, the first of which shall be paid two months after date of sale and the balance at monthly intervals thereafter.

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 buyers 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, Palmerston North,” 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.

S. A. C. DARBY, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS ALEC STUART DEANS, of Harris Road, Ellerslie, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Tuesday, the 8th day of October, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of September, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that G. W. A. PICKERING, of Woodhill, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 10th day of October, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of September, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2d. in the pound is now payable on all proved claims in the estate of NOEL SPARROW, of Gisborne, Labourer.

E. RHODES,
Official Assignee.

Gisborne, 26th September, 1940.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GORDON LESLIE HAM, of Midhirst, Dairy Factory Employee, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Stratford, on Thursday, the 10th day of October, 1940, at 12 o’clock noon.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 30th day of September, 1940.

L. W. LOUISSON,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of REX PAVIOUR, of Hastings, Labourer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 5½d. in the pound is now payable at my office on accepted and proved claims.

Dated at Napier, this 26th day of September, 1940.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of IRWIN ALEXANDER JONES, of Patea Bank-manager.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3½d. in the pound is now payable at my office on all proved and accepted claims.

Dated at Hawera, this 26th day of September, 1940.

A. R. C. CLARIDGE,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE THOMAS PHILLIPS, of Waiouru, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 8th day of October, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Taihape, this 26th day of September, 1940.

T. M. BROOKS,
Official Assignee.