APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 835

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said one hundred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TAIERI COUNTY.—MOMONA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings (half-yearly), repayable in fourteen years, £12 12s. 6d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that FREEMAN JOHNSON and HARRY JOHNSON (trading as “Johnson Bros.”), of Waihi, Fruiterers and Restaurant-keepers, were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 8th day of April, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

1st April, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH EDWIN DALTON, of Auckland, Surveyor’s Assistant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 8th day of April, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

1st April, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE JAMES ROBERT DORMOR, of Kaihu, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 9th day of April, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

2nd April, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of WILLIAM DINGLE, of New Plymouth, Grocer.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 16s. 5½d. in the pound, is declared, and will be payable on and after Tuesday, 6th instant, at my office, Brougham Street, New Plymouth.

ROBERT G. BAUCHOPE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 2nd April, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY DUNCAN, of Belmont, Sawmiller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 8th day of April, 1897, at 11.30 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 3rd April, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that PHILIP NEIL CAMERON, of Mitchelltown, Wellington, Coal and Wood Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 13th day of April, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 6th April, 1897.