SEPT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2289

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 2nd September, 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 p.m. on Friday, 20th September, 1940.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber specified in that area containing 84 acres, more or less, situated in Block IV, Patetere North-east Survey District (part of State Forest No. 3), about ten miles from the Mamaku Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 67,354, or in board feet 468,650, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu ... 65,743 457,900
Miro ... 824 5,250
Kahikatea ... 787 5,500
— — —
67,354 468,650

Upset price : £675.
Time for removal of timber : Twelve months.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-sixth of tender price, together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance of the purchase money be paid in five equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid 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 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 C. P. MORGAN, care of Mrs. Chapman, Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn, Carrier, 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 Wednesday, the 11th day of September, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 30th day of August, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT ARTHUR WILLIAMS, of 1 Fox Street, Parnell, Auckland, Retired Chef, 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 Thursday, the 12th day of September, 1940, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 30th day of August, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 294, folio 206, (Auckland Registry), for that parcel of land being Lot 67 on Deposited Plan 5019, and being part of Allotment 158 of Section 10 of the Suburbs of Auckland, whereof ANDREW JOHN WHITESIDE, of Auckland, Farmer, is the registered proprietor, having been lodged with me together with an application for the issue of a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title accordingly upon the expiration of fourteen days from the 5th day of September, 1940.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 30th day of August, 1940.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a provisional certificate of title in the name of GEORGE CLARKE NIVEN, of Wellington, Company-manager, for 22·61 perches, more or less, situate in the City of Wellington, being part of Section 12, Ohiro District, and being also Lot 1 on Deposited Plan No. 6610, and all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 318, folio 56 (Wellington Registry), and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the provisional certificate of title as requested after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 4th day of September, 1940, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

J. CARADUS, District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a new certificate of title in the name of CHARLES PERCY MARCHANT BUTTERWORTH, of Dunedin, Warehouseman, for 23·6 perches, more or less, being part Lot 4, Deposited Plan 1146, Township of Cranmore, being part Section 4, Block I, Upper Kaikorai District, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 189, folio 273, Otago Registry, and evidence having been lodged of the loss of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that it is my intention to issue such new certificate of title at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated at the Land Registry Office, Dunedin, this 30th day of August, 1940.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.