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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 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, Nelson,” 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.

H. ROCHE, Acting Conservator of Forests.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 2nd February, 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 Monday, 16th February, 1942.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 255 acres, situated in Blocks II, III, and VII, Hohonu Survey District, State Forest No. 31, approximately fifteen miles from Gladstone Siding. The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 544,200, or in board feet 3,549,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. 528,900 3,452,000
Miro .. .. 10,500 65,000
Kahikatea .. .. 2,200 15,000
Totara .. .. 2,400 16,000
———— ————
544,200 3,548,000

Upset price : £3,570.
Time for removal : Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for the amount of the tender, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in twenty equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be made two months after 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 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. 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 “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 NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLIFFORD FRANCIS BUCKTON, of Paeroa, Fishmonger, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Paeroa, on Monday, the 9th day of February, 1942, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 27th day of January, 1942.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY CORLETT, of Hastings, Horse-trainer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, the Courthouse, Hastings, on Wednesday, the 11th day of February, 1942, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 2nd day of February, 1942.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ARCHIBALD WILLIAM PARKES, of Nelson Street, Hawera, Driver, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 10th day of February, 1942, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 29th day of January, 1942.

A. R. C. CLARIDGE,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

EVIDENCE of the loss of Memorandum of Lease No. 12834, affecting Section 68 (sixty-eight) of the Suburbs of Mangamingi, Block XII, Ngaere Survey District, being all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 80, folio 168, Taranaki Registry, from His Majesty the King, as lessor, to Henry Law, of Waitara, retired farmer, as lessee, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional lease in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional lease accordingly after the expiration of fourteen days from the 5th February, 1942.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth, this 29th day of January, 1942.

J. S. WILLIS, Assistant Land Registrar.