668 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 30

Westland County.—Town of Okarito Extension No. 1.—
Westland Mining District.

Section 1: Area, 1 rood 0·2 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 2: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 3: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 5: Area, 31·6 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 7: Area, 31·6 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Section 9: Area, 31·8 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 12: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 13: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 14: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

The sections are situated on the sea-coast about five miles by metalled motor-road off the Main South Road and adjoin the Town of Okarito.

(H.O. 25/984; D.O. 14/16/68.)

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

B. KING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 18th March, 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 noon on Friday, 12th April, 1940.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that milling-timber on portion of Provisional State Forest No. 28, containing approximately 445 acres, situated in Sections 1 and 2, Block II, Rotorua Survey District, about sixteen miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station.

The total quantity of timber in cubic feet is 279,321; and in board feet 1,944,500, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 261,281 1,824,450
Miro .. .. 17,612 117,100
Totara .. .. 428 2,950
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279,321 1,944,500

Upset price: £3,020.
Time for removal: Twelve months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of the tender, together with license fee of £1 1s., must accompany tender, and the balance be paid in five equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be 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 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 a 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 buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful bidder 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. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid 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 before the date of sale.

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, 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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWIN PEMBERTON, the younger, of Portland, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 1st day of April, 1940, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

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

T. P. PAIN,
Official Assignee.

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In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims:—

Bigwood, Walter Henry; Olson, Stanley John; Newman, Leslie Charles; trading as “B.O.N.” Construction Company, Whakatane, Contractors—First dividend of 5s. 9d. in the pound.

Lawrence, Mabel, Auckland, Spinster—First dividend of 18s. 9d. in the pound.

Lever, Robert Henry, Papakura, Grocer—Second and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound, making in all 1s. 10½d. in the pound.

Lye, Josiah Alan, Devonport, Plumber—First and final dividend of 3d. in the pound.

Olson, Stanley John, Whakatane, Contractor—First and final dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, C.1, 19th March, 1940.