Feb. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 165

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 7th February, 1945.

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 Friday, 2nd March, 1945.

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 390 acres, situated in Block VI, Kopara Survey District, S.F. No. 25, approximately seventeen miles from Ruru Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 783,400, or in board feet 4,932,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 774,300 4,874,000
Miro .. .. .. 6,400 41,000
Totara .. .. .. 2,700 17,000
——————— ———————
783,400 4,932,000

Upset price : £4,540.
Time for removal : Two years.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for a deposit of £490, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in fifteen 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. 23/5/25/2.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY HEWISON, formerly of Auckland and Dunollie, now of Greymouth, Watersider, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 16th day of February, 1945, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Greymouth, this 8th day of February, 1945.

C. A. MONTGOMERIE, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable on all proved and accepted claims in the undermentioned estates :—

Ryan, P. J., of Morven, Butcher—Third dividend of 3s. 11d. in the pound.

Barrett, E. J., of Temuka, Farmer—Fourth dividend of 1s. 4·562d. in the pound.

D. C. E. WEBSTER, Official Assignee.

Timaru, 13th February, 1945.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of the outstanding duplicate of occupation license registered as Vol. 612, folio 74 of the Register-book (Auckland Registry), for Section 54, Block VI, Waihou Survey District, whereof JOSEPH WILLIAM KNEEBONE, of Ngatea, Farmer, is the registered licensee, having been lodged with me together with an application to issue a provisional copy in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional occupation license after fourteen days from 15th February, 1945.

Dated this 9th day of February, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 469, folio 144 (Wellington Registry), for 2 acres, more or less, situate in the City of Wanganui, being part of Sections 7 and 8, Right Bank, Wanganui River, part of the said Section 7 being also part of Lot 40 on Deposited Plan No. 1577, in the name of GEORGE McGREGOR, of Levin, Settler, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional certificate of title after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (6)

NOTICE is hereby given that the name of the undermentioned company has been struck off the Register and the company dissolved :—

The Poverty Bay and East Coast Creditors’ Association, Limited.

Given under my hand at Gisborne, this 8th day of February, 1945.

J. LAURIE, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION

I, MARY JOYCE MARPLES, M.B., Ch.B., University of New Zealand, 1945, now residing in Dunedin, hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 16th February, 1945, to have my name placed on the Medical Register of the Dominion of New Zealand ; and that I have deposited the evidence of my qualification in the office of the Department of Health at Dunedin.

Dated at Dunedin, this 16th day of January, 1945.

MARY JOYCE MARPLES.

10 Royal Terrace, Dunedin. 551

MEDICAL REGISTRATION

I, DONALD STAFFORD MATTHEWS, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), now residing in Auckland, hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 9th March, 1945, to have my name placed on the Medical Register of the Dominion of New Zealand ; and that I have deposited the evidence of my qualification in the office of the Department of Health at Auckland.

Dated at Auckland, this 8th day of February, 1945.

DONALD STAFFORD MATTHEWS.

125 Victoria Avenue, Auckland. 552