Jan. 31] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 109

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, being Sawmill Area No. 890, containing 137 acres, situated in Block XI, Mount Oneone Survey District, State Forest No. 41, approximately forty-four miles from Ross Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 371,600, or in board feet 2,403,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 251,600 1,630,000
Miro .. .. .. 5,500 35,000
Kahikatea .. .. 113,500 731,000
Matai .. .. .. 1,000 7,000
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371,600 2,403,000

Upset price : £2,460.
Time for removal : Two years.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for a deposit of £360, 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 currency 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.

R. B. COLLETT, Conservator of Forests.
(S.F. 23/5/41/890.)

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Invercargill

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheet in respect of the undermentioned estate, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court, to be held on Tuesday, the 19th day of February, 1946, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estate :—

Shepherd, Francis Hilary, of Orepuki, School-teacher.

Dated at Invercargill, this 22nd day of January, 1946.

A. L. TRESIDDER, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Napier

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the reports of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court, to be held on Monday, the 18th day of February, 1946, at 10.30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

Rachinger, Arthur James, of Wairoa, Butcher, deceased.
Swanger, Raymond Walter, of Wairoa, formerly Laundry-proprietor, now Labourer.

Dated at Wairoa, this 30th day of January, 1946.

J. MILLER, Official Assignee.

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LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 629, folio 185 (Auckland Registry), for Lot 50, Deposited Plan 12543, part Allotment 37, Parish of Pukete, in the name of ST. JOHN GORE, of Hamilton, Fruiterer (now deceased), and of certificate of title, Vol. 222, folio 1 (Auckland Registry), for part of Lot 9, Deposited Plan 6619, part Allotment 367, Parish of Te Rapa, in the name of HARRY ERNEST HEPBURN, formerly of Frankton Junction, now of Palmerston North, Railway Shunter, having been lodged with me together with applications for new certificates of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificates of title after fourteen days from 31st January, 1946.

Dated this 25th day of January, 1946, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

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EVIDENCE of the loss of Memorandum of Mortgage No. 90491, affecting all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 222, folio 1 (Auckland Registry), whereof HARRY ERNEST HEPBURN, of Palmerston North, Railway Shunter, is now the mortgagor, and JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR, formerly of Hamilton, now of Auckland, Painter, is the mortgagee, having been lodged with me, and application to register a discharge of the said mortgage without production of the outstanding copy thereof in terms of section 40 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, notice is hereby given of my intention to register such discharge after fourteen days from 31st January, 1946.

Dated this 25th day of January, 1946, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

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EVIDENCE of the loss of Memorandum of Mortgage No. 192914 (Wellington Registry), in the names of PERCY JOHN BYDDER, a Builder, and HENRY WELLS ROWDEN, an Accountant, both of Wellington (as executors of the estate of Gaius Brewer, late of Wellington, Settler, deceased), as mortgagees, affecting all that parcel of land containing 8·76 perches, more or less, situate in Roy Street, in the City of Wellington, being part of Town Sections 885 and 887, and being also Lot 2 on Deposited Plan No. 8755, comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 390, folio 127 (Wellington Registry), having been lodged with me together with an application (K. 25899) for the issue of a provisional memorandum of mortgage in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional memorandum of mortgage after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 29th day of January, 1946, at the Land Registry Office at Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

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APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a new certificate of title in the name of MARGUERITE PATRICIA McCAULEY, late of The Key, near Lumsden (now deceased), formerly wife of William Paterson McCauley, for Section 2, Block I, Mararoa District, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 71, folio 285 (Southland Registry), and evidence having been lodged of the loss of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the new certificate of title as requested after fourteen days from 31st January, 1946.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1946, at the Land Registry Office, Invercargill.

C. L. HARNEY, District Land Registrar.

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ADVERTISEMENTS

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (3)

TAKE notice 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 :—

Woodson Animal Traps, Limited. 1939/86.
The Oakdale Bacon Company, Limited. 1928/20.
Alan Higgins, Limited. 1931/278.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this 25th day of January, 1946.

L. G. TUCK, Assistant Registrar of Companies.