MAY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1373

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.

Convening Meeting of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

Office of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board,
Otorohanga, 19th May, 1906.

IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board will be held at Otorohanga on Wednesday, the 13th day of June, 1906, at 11.30 o’clock in the forenoon, for the transaction of all such business as may be lawfully brought before it.

A. F. PUCKEY,
President of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, held at Thames.

NOTICE is hereby given that HOPE SEYMOUR, of Waihi Street, Waihi, Fruiterer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the office of Mr. R. Gooch, Waihi, on Friday, the 25th day of May, 1906, at 10.30 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 17th May, 1906.

In Bankruptcy. — In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, held at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS EDWARD WATTS SKELTON, late of Ngaruawahia but now of Mahurangi Heads, Gum-dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Ngaruawahia, on Friday, the 25th day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 18th May, 1906.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK JABEZ BENNETT, of Auckland, Clothier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee,

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, held at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that BENJAMIN SPEIGHT, of Gladstone, Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, at Masterton, on Friday, the 25th day of May, 1906, at 12 o’clock noon.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 17th May, 1906.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD HENRY GRIFFIN, of Reefton, Carter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Reefton, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of May, 1906, at 2 o’clock.

HENRY COOPER,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Reefton, 15th May, 1906.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, of Colac Bay, Blacksmith, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 22nd day of May, 1906, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

CHARLES B. ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 15th May, 1906.

MINING NOTICES.

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Roxburgh.

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, James Bruce Gilmour, of Roxburgh, Fruit-grower, hereby applies for a license for a water-race as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.

Date and number of miner’s right: 2nd April, 1906; No. 57917.

Address for service: Office of Jabez Burton, Mining Agent, Roxburgh.

Dated at Roxburgh, this 12th day of April, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: In Section 38, Block I, Benger District, commencing at a point in the creek about 1 chain below the main road (Roxburgh to Lawrence), and terminating in said section, being the applicant’s private land. Pegs marked X.

Length and intended course of race: Four chains; north-east.

Points of intake: One at head.

Estimated time and cost of construction: One week; £5.

Mean depth and breadth: 6 in. deep, 12 in. broad.

Number of heads to be diverted: Half-head.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Domestic and irrigation.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

JAMES BRUCE GILMOUR
(By his registered Agent, JABEZ BURTON),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 11.30 a.m., 18th April, 1906.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Thursday, 17th May, 1906, at 10 a.m., in the Warden’s Court, at Roxburgh; adjourned to 14th June, 1906.

Objections thereto must be filed in the Registrar’s office and notified to applicant at least twenty-four hours before the day so appointed

FREDERICK JEFFERY,
Mining Registrar,

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