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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No.93

Rural Lands in Taranaki open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 1st December, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of "The Land Act, 1892," either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, 3rd February, 1897.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth.

SCHEDULE.

Section 40, Block XI., Ngaire.-123 acres open swamp, with a little bush-swamp; balance of section good soil, with timber consisting of rata, rimu, &c.; frontage to Rawhitiroa Road, which is formed. Weighted with £18 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements, to be paid with application.

Section 42, Block XI., Ngaire.-102 acres open swamp, remainder forest, consisting of rata, rimu, &c.; good soil; easy country, with a little, rough, narrow strip on boundary of Mangamingi Block; frontage within 30 chains of Rawhitiroa Road.

Section 3, Block VII., Ngatimaru.-About 10 acres flat, balance rough land; papa formation, well watered; timber consists of rata, rimu, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth. Weighted with £15 for felling and grassing of 15 acres of bush, to be paid with application.

Section 12, Block XVI., Egmont.-All flat, well-watered country; volcanic formation; covered with bush, consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth; the York Road from Manganui Railway-station is formed to the section; the soil is of fair quality.

Section 18, Block XVI., Egmont.-All flat, well-watered country; fair quality of soil; volcanic formation; timber consists of rimu, rata, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth. Weighted with £4 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements, which must be paid with application.

Section 14, Block I., Ngatimaru.-All rough, pastoral land; papa formation, well watered; timber is chiefly rimu, rata, tawa, with usual undergrowth.

Section 25, Block V., Ngatimaru.-All rough, pastoral land; papa formation, well watered; timber is the same as on preceding section.

Section 7, Block V., Upper Waitara.-All forest; fair pastoral country, well watered; papa formation; small flat on frontage; the timber is principally rata, rimu, tawa, with usual undergrowth; the Kaka Road is formed for horse traffic to the section.

JOHN STRAUCHON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court, holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRIETTA FRANCES GOOD, of Auckland, Married Woman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 1896, at 11 o'clock.

J. LAWSON,

Official Assignee.

26th November, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.-In the District Court of Wanganui, holden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM STICKLAND MILLVERTON, of Pohangina, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on the 10th day of December, 1896, at 2.30 o'clock.

G. J. SCOTT,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 1st December, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.-In the District Court of Wanganui, holden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR JOHN THORBURN, of Palmerston North, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on the 8th day of December, 1896, at 2.30 o'clock.

G. J. SCOTT,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 28th November, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.-In the District Court, holden at Greymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that PATRICK MOHAN, Miner, of Barrytown, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on the 2nd day of December, 1896, at 11 o'clock a.m.

G. S. SMITH,

Deputy Official Assignee.

Greymouth, 24th November, 1896.