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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 6

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES

Land in the Auckland Land District acquired for a State Forest

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 7th February, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act, 1921–22, as a State forest.

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SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA CONSERVANCY

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Taupo County, containing by admeasurement 12,000 acres, more or less, being part Paeroa East 3A and 4A Blocks, situated in Blocks XV and XVI, Paeroa Survey District, Block XIII, Kaingaroa Survey District, Blocks III and IV, Takapau Survey District, and Block 1, Weao Survey District. (Certificate of title, Vol. 460, folio 186.)

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, Taupo County, containing by admeasurement 6,274 acres 2 roods 34·7 perches, more or less, being part of Lots 3 and 4 on D.P. 20886, and being part of Kaingaroa 1A North Block. (Certificate of title, Vol. 702, folio 18.)

ALEX. R. ENTRICAN, Director of Forestry.

(S.F. 6/2/1.)

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Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 7th February, 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 p.m. on Monday, 21st February, 1944.

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SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 197 acres, being part of State Forest No. 26, situated in Block IV, Kopara Survey District, approximately twenty-six miles from Ngahere Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 327,600, or in board feet 2,085,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 311,300 1,983,000
Kahikatea .. .. .. 16,300 102,000
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327,600 2,085,000

Upset price : £1,900.

Time for removal : One year and a half.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for a deposit of £370, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in nine 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 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 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 of 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.

COURTENAY BIGGS, Conservator of Forests.

(S.F. 23/5/26/2.)

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

JEAN BENNETT, of Eskdale, Spinster, was this day adjudged bankrupt; meeting of creditors will be held at Courthouse, Napier, on Monday, 21st February, 1944, at 2.30 p.m.

W. HARTE, Official Assignee.

Napier, 7th February, 1944.

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LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 12, folio 51 (Auckland Registry), for Allotment 317 of the Parish of Waipipi, in favour of ALEXANDER SUMMERVILLE, of Pukekohe, Farmer, having been lodged with me together with an application for a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title after fourteen days from 10th February, 1944.

Dated this 4th day of February, 1944, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

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ADVERTISEMENTS

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (3)

NOTICE is hereby given that at the expiration of three months from this date the names of the undermentioned companies will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register and the companies dissolved:—

J. T. Gillibrand, Limited. 1932/289.

Milner Hat Manufacturing Company, Limited. 1936/285.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this 4th day of February, 1944.

L. G. TUCK, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

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THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (3)

TAKE notice that at the expiration of three months from the date hereof, and unless cause is shown to the contrary, the names of the undermentioned companies will be struck off the Register and the companies dissolved :—

Junction Stores, Limited. 1934/20.

Stanton Transport, Limited. 1940/3.

Given under my hand at New Plymouth, this 7th day of February, 1944.

A. B. WITTEN-HANNAH,
Assistant Registrar of Companies.

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THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (3) AND (4)

NOTICE is hereby given that at the expiration of three months from this date the names of the undermentioned companies will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register and the companies dissolved :—

Buckleton Brothers, Limited. 1931/221.

McDougall’s Limited. 1937/88.

Cymene Chemical Company, Limited. 1937/220.

John A. Doherty, Limited. 1932/14.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1944.

H. B. WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

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THE INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES ACT, 1908

THE undermentioned society having ceased to exist, notice is hereby given that its registry is cancelled in pursuance of section 6 (a) and (c) of the above-mentioned Act :—

Motor Supplies Co-operative Society, Limited. 1938/1.

Dated at Auckland, this 7th day of February, 1944.

L. G. TUCK,
Registrar of Industrial and Provident Societies.