STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 16th 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, Rotorua, at 4 o'clock on Friday, 8th November, 1940.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber specified in that area containing 30·5 acres, situated in Block I, Ngatapa Survey District (part of P.S.F. 93), about ten miles from Matawai.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 15,400, or in board feet 100,450, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic feet. Board feet.
Rimu .. .. 3,340 21,250
Miro .. .. 530 3,250
Kahikatea .. .. 11,330 74,650
Totara .. .. 200 1,300

15,400 100,450

Upset price : £264.
Time for removal of timber : Three months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-quarter of tender price, together with £l Is. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase money must be paid in three equal monthly instalments, the first of which falls due and payable one month after 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 l 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 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 to “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 JAMES HENRY ALAN MEAD, of Pirongia, Share-milker, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to holden at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Monday, the 21st day of October, 1940, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 11th day of October, 1940.

V. R. CROWHURST, Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR HAROLD TREGIDGA, of Huia Street, Taumarunui, Mechanic, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of October, 1940, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 14th day of October, 1940.

V. R. CROWHURST, Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ANDREW HEWITSON FRASER, of Midhirst, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Stratford, on Thursday, the 17th day of October, 1940, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 8th day of October, 1940.

L. W. LOUISSON, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand 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 holden on Monday, the 4th day of November, 1940, 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:—

O’Keeffe, Evelyn William (also known as Len O’Keeffe), of Rahotu, Share-milker.

Hodder, Edward Walker, of New Plymouth, Carpenter.

Ritchie, William George, formerly of Stratford, Clerk, but now of Inglewood, Salesman.

Liffiton, Norman Edward Alexander, of New Plymouth, Company-manager.

Linton, Harold Arthur, of New Plymouth, Cabinetmaker.

Woller, Charles Ernest, formerly of Okau, but now of Whakatane, Farm Assistant.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 14th day of October, 1940.

L. W. LOUISSON, Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that TAKOPA KIMIHANGA, of Kairakau Beach, Otane, Aboriginal Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Monday, the 21st day of October, 1940, at 2.15 o’clock in the afternoon.

Dated at Napier, this 10th day of October, 1940.

W. HARTE, Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that VICTOR GEORGE CLIFT, of Palmerston North, Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 23rd day of October, 1940, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 9th day of October, 1940.

F. C. LITCHFIELD, Deputy Official Assignee.