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either separately or in groups. Any lots not disposed of at the auction sale shall remain open for selection at the upset rental.
3. In the event of any disputed bid, the lot in dispute may be put up again at the last undisputed bid.
4. The purchaser of a lease immediately after the sale shall sign an agreement hereon to complete his lease according to these conditions, and shall pay to the Board's representative three months' rent at the rate bid by him, together with a fee to cover the cost of preparation, stamping, and registration of his lease. The lease will be prepared by the Board. One or more sections may, at the option of the lessee, be included in one lease. For Lots 1 to 9, inclusive, the lease fee will be £3 3s., plus the cost of stamping and registering the lease. For Lots 10 to 32, inclusive, the fee will be £1 11s. 6d., plus the stamping and registration fees, unless more than one section be included in a lease, in which case the fee will be £3 3s., plus registration and stamping.
5. The successful bidder will be required, within fourteen days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him by the Board for execution, sign the lease in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent and lease fee paid by him, and again offer the lease for sale at the upset rent, freed from any obligations to the defaulting purchaser.
6. The bidding shall be advanced by such sum as the auctioneer may agree to accept, and no bidding shall be retracted.
7. The purchaser of a lease of any lot on which a valuation for improvements is payable, shall, if required by the Board to do so, pay the amount of such valuation to the Board before obtaining his lease.
8. The right is reserved to withdraw any lot or lots from sale at any time before the time appointed for the sale.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE (ABRIDGED).

9. The term of the lease shall be twenty-three years from 1st July, 1911, at the rent bid, with a right of renewal for one further term of twenty-three years at a rental assessed at five per centum on the unimproved value of the land at the time of renewal, such valuation in the event of dispute to be determined by arbitration. Compensation for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee at the expiration of the second term of the lease, as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.
10. (a.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
    (b.) Lessee will not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.
    (c.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner and keep the land free of noxious weeds.
    (d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
    (e.) The lessee will fence, without any right of resort to the Board for contribution on account of the Board owning or occupying adjacent land; but this provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier (other than the Board) of such adjacent land.
    (f.) The lessee and his assigns must make the declaration required from a lessee of Native land that he is not the owner or occupier of 3,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other classes of land.
11. The lessee will be allowed a rebate of rent for the three months from lst July to 30th September, 1911.
12. A copy of the lease can be inspected at the post-office, Raetihi, at the office of the Under-Secretary, Native Department, Wellington, and at the Board's office, Wanganui. Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, and at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.
    The lands are described for the general information of intending selectors, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

J. B. JACK, President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court, held at Wanganui.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS LYON COLLINS, of Castlecliff, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Thursday, the 7th day of September, 1911, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.
W. RODWELL,
Deputy Official Assignee.
30th August, 1911.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of C. W. BLACKBOURN.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2s. 4½d. in the pound is now payable at my office on all proved accepted claims. Promissory notes must be produced for indorsement.
G. J. SCOTT, Deputy Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 31st August, 1911.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE COLLIGAN and JOHN MORROW, of Waimangaroa Junction, Farmers, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Monday, the 11th day of September, 1911, at 2 o'clock.
W. THOS. SLEE, Official Assignee.
4th September, 1911.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT HAIGH, of Christchurch, Plumber, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 8th day of September, 1911, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon.
J. EVANS, Official Assignee.
1st September, 1911.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM DICKINSON, of Christchurch, Tobacconist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office on Monday, the 11th day of September, 1911, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
J. EVANS, Official Assignee.
2nd September, 1911.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of HENRY JAMES DOWNING, of Oamaru, Hairdresser.

A FIRST and final dividend of 5s. in the pound on all proved and accepted claims is now payable at my office, Thames Street, Oamaru.
A. W. WOODWARD, Deputy Official Assignee.
Oamaru, 29th August, 1911.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SARAH ANN BENN, of Brown Street, Dunedin, Widow, Boardinghousekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, Public Trust Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1911, at 2.30 o'clock.
F. H. MORICE, Official Assignee.
Dunedin, 28th August, 1911.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

LEASE No. 4002.--THE OPOTIKI TOWN BOARD to VALENTINE SAVAGE, of Allotments 280, 281, 299, and 300 of Section 1 of the Town of Opotiki.
Lease No. 3965.--THE OPOTIKI TOWN BOARD to ROBERT BERRIDGE, of Allotments 52 and 53 of Section 1 of the Town of Opotiki.
Lease No. 3973.--THE OPOTIKI TOWN BOARD to EDWARD PERCY GROOME, of Allotments 161 and 162 of Section 1 above mentioned.
Lease No. 3978.--THE OPOTIKI TOWN BOARD to JAMES FRANCIS GEARY, and transferred to MARGARET GEARY, his Wife, of Allotments 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, and 196 of Section 1 above mentioned.