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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 69

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in the Taranaki Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th August, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 31/498.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 8th August, 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, 21st August, 1944.

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 104 acres, situated in Block X, Hohonu Survey District, Provisional State Forest No. 31, approximately thirteen miles from Kumara Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 168,900, or in board feet 1,081,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu 168,900 1,081,000

Upset price : £1,080.
Time for removal : One year.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for one-third of the purchase money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance to be paid in eight 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 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. 23/5/1704.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

JOHN SCOTT, of 83 Shortland Street, Auckland, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 2nd August, 1944. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 16th August, 1944, at 10.30 a.m.

A. W. WATTERS, Official Assignee.

Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

LUIGI DONGHI, of Hastings, Restaurant Assistant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; meeting of creditors will be held at Courthouse, Napier, on Wednesday, 16th August, 1944, at 11 a.m.

J. W. POOLEY, Official Assignee.

Napier, 2nd August, 1944.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM THOMPSON ROBIN, of Maimai, near Reefton, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, the Courthouse, on Friday, the 11th day of August, 1944, at 11 a.m.

Dated at Greymouth, this 1st day of August, 1944.

C. A. MONTGOMERIE, Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 11th September, 1944 :—

8142. HENRY COURT FOX, of Tauranga, Shoemaker.
      Allotment 411 of Section 2 of the Town of Tauranga, containing 1 rood. Occupied by applicant. Plan 32060. Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

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

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.