270 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 17

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. 23/5/34/3.)

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 6th March, 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, 23rd March, 1945.

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 324 acres, situated in Block III, Hohonu Survey District, State Forest No. 31, approximately eight miles from Gladstone Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 535,200, or in board feet 3,475,000, made up as follows:—

Upset price: £3,330.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for a deposit of £930, together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid in twelve equal monthly instalments.

Special Condition

The successful tenderer shall be liable for payment for any damage caused by fire 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 qualities, 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, 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 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, Acting Conservator of Forests.
(S.F. 23/5/31/842.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

BERTRAM PENNEY, of Kaitaia, Barman, was adjudged bankrupt on 26th February, 1945. Creditors’ meeting will be held at Courthouse, Kaitaia, on Thursday, 8th March, 1945, at 2 p.m.

T. P. PAIN,
Official Assignee, Whangarei.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

ALEXANDER CHAN, of 37 John Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, Fruiterer, was adjudged bankrupt on 2nd March, 1945. Creditor’s meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, 15th March, 1945, at 10.30 a.m.

A. W. WATTERS, Official Assignee.

Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 423, folio 40 (Wellington Registry), for 1 acre 33·93 perches, more or less, situate in Block IV of the Belmont Survey District, being part of Section 193, Hutt District, and being also Lot 226 on Deposited Plan No. 9321, in the name of ANNA HANSON, of Wellington, Spinster, 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 the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 7th day of March, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

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:—

Powder Puff Salons, Limited. 1934/243.

The Wattle Catering Company, Limited. 1930/57.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this 2nd day of March, 1945.

L. G. TUCK, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

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 name of the undermentioned company will be struck off the Register and the company will be dissolved:—

The Manganui Finance Company, Limited. 1938/12.

Given under my hand at New Plymouth, this 26th day of February, 1945.

W. E. BROWN, Assistant Registrar of Companies.