May 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1327

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person or one of the persons jointly applying for the purchase or lease of the above-mentioned land solely for my own use and benefit, or for the exclusive use and benefit of myself and co-purchaser or co-lessee, namely, , and for the purposes of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.
3. That, including the land now applied for, but exclusive of leases of Maori land held by me at the date of the passing of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900” (20th October, 1900), I am not the holder or owner, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person, of any land anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole 2,000 acres of freehold land, inclusive of not more than 640 acres of first-class land.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 190 , before me, , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Maps and full particulars may be had on application at the office of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board, Otorohanga, the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, and the Land Offices throughout the colony.

A. F. PUCKEY,
President, Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board.
Otorohanga, 3rd May, 1906.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of ROBERT ROONEY, of Kingsland, Auckland, Grocer.

BY an order of the Supreme Court at Auckland made this day the order of the same Court made on the 11th day of April, 1906, appointing me Receiver and Manager of the above estate has been cancelled and discharged.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 3rd May, 1906.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROSINA DE BAUGH, of Mount Eden Road, Auckland, Married Woman, was this day adjudged bankrupt on the petition of Robert Hood, of Auckland, Land and Estate Agent; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 15th day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 7th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend in the undermentioned estate is now payable at my office on all proved and accepted claims. Promissory notes (if any) to be produced for indorsement.

Thomas Thompson, of Urenui, ex-Mail Contractor: First and final dividend, of 3s. 2d. in the pound.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 7th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Stratford.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HENRY SHARROCH, of Stratford, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 21st day of May, 1906, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

H. NORMAN LIARDET,
Deputy Official Assignee.

9th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that LUDVIG MARTIN WILLIAMSEN, of Palmerston North, Bootmaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 18th day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 9th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of GEORGE LIBEAU, of Soldier’s Road, Reefton, Contractor.

A DIVIDEND, the first and final, of 2s. 3d. in the pound, on all proved debts is now payable at my office, Bridge Street, Reefton.

HENRY COOPER,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Reefton, 4th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Ashburton.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARCHIBALD MCALISTER, of Greenstreet, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Monday, the 21st day of May, 1906, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

JOHN DAVISON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

15th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, of Morven, Chaff-cutter.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 2s. 3½d. per pound, on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Arcade, Timaru.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 30th April, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES HERBERT BAILEY, of Timaru, Cycle-manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Friday, the 18th day of May, 1906, at 11 o’clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 10th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that LEONARD HERBERT VINCENT PRICE, late of Waimate but now of Christchurch, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Court-house, Oamaru, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

CHAS. W. COOKE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Oamaru, 10th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS will be payable on 14th instant, at my office, Thames Street, on all admitted proved claims in the following estates:—

John C. Cuff: First dividend, of 2s. in the pound.
James Meikle: First dividend, of 6s. 8d. in the pound.
William Sole (Waimate): First dividend, of 6s. 8d. in the pound.

CHAS. W. COOKE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Oamaru, 10th May, 1906.