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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 58

Officiating Ministers for 1944.-Notice No. 19

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 11th July, 1944.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :-

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England

The Reverend Albert Victor Maddick.
The Reverend Walter Wade Robinson.
The Reverend Austin Harvey Teulon.

The Roman Catholic Church

The Reverend James Jeffrey Austin.

The Methodist Church of New Zealand

The Reverend John Rudd Metcalfe.

Brethren

Mr. Thomas Nicholas Cochrane.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice under the Regulations Act, 1936

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under:-

Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

E. V. PAUL, Government Printer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 3rd July, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

(L and S. 22/1450/1022.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,

Hokitika, 6th July, 1944.

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 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 31st July, 1944.

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.-WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 508 acres, situated in Blocks VII and VIII, Ahaura Survey District, State Forest No. 27, approximately twelve miles from the Ahaura Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 889,700, or in board feet 5,490,000, made up as follows:-

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.

Rimu.... 889,700 5,490,000

Upset price : £5,260.

Time for removal : Five years.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for £400, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in thirty-six equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be made one month 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 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 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 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.

COURTNEY BIGGS, Conservator of Forests.

(S.F. 23/5/27/2.)

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.