2858

This property is situated on the Main South Road adjacent to
the Burnham Railway-station about eighteen miles south of
Christchurch. All flat land admirably suited for cultivation and
establishing a worker's home.

Any further information required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 6/5/300; D.O. 8/17.)

Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 1st December, 1942.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are
open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act,
1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, 12th
January, 1943.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Thursday, 14th
January, 1943, at 10 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to
attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required
to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the
first half-year's rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and amount of
weighting for improvements.

NOTE.-This section is offered in terms of section 153 of the
Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under
the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose rights shall be to the
surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.-THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Cloudy Bay and Linkwater Survey Districts.-Marlborough Mining
District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)
SECTION 2, Block II, and Section 3, Block XIV : Area, 680 acres.
Capital value, £425 ; half-yearly rent, £8 10s.
Weighted with £200 for improvements, comprising 138 chains
of boundary-road fencing, internal fencing, and clearing. This sum
is payable in cash or on such terms as may be arranged prior to the
ballot between the applicant and the State Advances Corporation.
After payment of the broken-period rent, first half-year's rent,
lease fee, and weighting for improvements, no further rent will be
payable for a term of two years.

This property is situated approximately three miles from Para,
on a by-road, and fifteen miles from Blenheim. All hilly country,
rising fairly sharply to an altitude of 1,200 ft., approximately two-thirds being shady faces. This country was originally covered in
birch bush, the soil being shallow clay loam resting on hard clay
subsoil; well watered by streams.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

G. I. MARTIN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. XI/6/182; D.O. L.P. 279.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 30th November, 1942.

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 4 p.m. on Friday, 11th
December, 1942.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.-WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 127 acres,
situated in Block XIII, Arnold Survey District, Provisional State
Forest No. 32, approximately six miles from Greymouth.
The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 257,000,
or in board feet 1,576,000, made up as follows :-
Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu ... 208,500 1,273,000
Kahikatea. 45,200 282,000
Totara ... 3,300 21,000

                                            257,000         1,576,000

Upset price : £1,800.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for a deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money, together with £1 ls. license fee, must accompany the tender,
and the balance be paid in twelve equal monthly instalments, the
first of which shall be made on the 20th of the month following the
date of sale.

Special Condition.
The successful tenderer shall be liable for payment for any
damage caused by fire on the above-mentioned area during the term
of the license.

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
   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 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. 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 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, 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.

F. J. PERHAM, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALEXANDER JAMES THOMPSON
WALKER, of Waipawa, Farmer, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden
at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of
December, 1942, at 2 o'clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 26th day of November, 1942.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 370, folio 200
(Auckland Registry), for the northern portion of Section 58
of the Parish of Waitakerei, in favour of GEORGE ZIVKUSICH,
of Piha, Farmer and Bush Contractor, having been lodged with me
together with an application for a new certificate of title in lieu
thereof, and evidence of the loss of deferred payment license, Vol. 627,
folio 88 (Auckland Registry), for Section 29, Block XI, Ruakaka
Survey District, in favour of ANTE ANTUNOVICH, of Ruakaka,
Gum-digger (now deceased), having been lodged with me together
with an application for a provisional license in lieu thereof, notice
is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title
and provisional license after fourteen days from 3rd December, 1942.

Dated the 27th day of November, 1942, at the Land Registry
Office at Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.