MAY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1547

SCHEDULE.
WAIKOHU COUNTY.-HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
| Lot No. | Area. | Upset Annual Rental. |
|---------|-------|---------------------|
| Rangatira 3a1 Block.---Block XVI, Mangatu Survey District, C.T. Vol. 42, Folio 59, P.B.R. |
| A. 83 | R. 0 | P. 0 | £ 55 | s. 0 | d. 0 |
| Kumukumu Block.---Block XIII, Waingaromia Survey District, C.T. Vol. 40, Folio 202, P.B.R. |
| A. 55 | R. 3 | P. 0 | £ 30 | s. 0 | d. 0 |
| Hauomatuku No. 8a Block.---Block XIII, Waingaromia Survey District, C.T. Vol 41, Folio 282, P.B.R. |
| A. 47 | R. 2 | P. 0 | £ 18 | s. 0 | d. 0 |
| Hauomatuku No. 9b Block.---Block XIII, Waingaromia Survey District, C.T. Vol. 41, Folio 214, P.B.R. |
| A. 27 | R. 1 | P. 29 | £ 10 | s. 0 | d. 0 |
| Hauomatuku No. 9c Block.---Block XIII, Waingaromia Survey District, C.T. Vol. 41, Folio 215, P.B.R. |
| A. 43 | R. 0 | P. 27 | £ 16 | s. 0 | d. 0 |

Lots Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are subject to Lease No. 3470, being license to cut and remove timber therefrom for the space of seven years from the 7th March, 1911.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Land to be leased by the Board under the provisions of Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and all leases to conform to the requirements of the said Act and regulations.

2. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

4. The rental shall not be less than the given upset annual rental for the first term of twenty-one years, and shall be not less than 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for the second term of twenty-one years ; and in no case shall the rent for the second term be less than the rent for the first term.

5. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the President, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for Lease of Lot No. , as advertised in the New Zealand Gazette of the day of , 1912.”

6. If any person desires to tender for more than one lot, a separate tender for each lot must be made.

7. Each tender must be accompanied by six months' rent at the rate tendered, together with lease fee of £3 3s., registration fee of 10s., and an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty.

8. Subject to the upset annual rental the highest qualified tenderer to be declared the lessee.

9. Successful applicants to sign agreements to lease after being notified of acceptance of tender.

10. Lessee to make necessary declaration and execute lease within thirty days after signing agreement to lease.

11. In case of default, deposit may be forfeited and lots re-leased.

12. Including all other land already owned, held, or occupied, no person may hold more than 3,000 acres as computed by the Native Land Act, 1909.

13. Rent to be paid in advance on the 1st days of January and July.

14. Transfer not allowed until after one year of continuous residence.

15. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

16. Lessee has no right to timber or minerals without license.

17. On expiry of lease, lessee's improvements will be valued and protected.

18. Title being Land Transfer, no objection to be taken.

19. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

20. Lots to be taken as correctly described.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, at Gisborne, and must be on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the said Board.

Full particulars may be obtained on application at the office of the said Board at Gisborne.

R. N. JONES,
President.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE FISHENDEN RICHARDSON, of Hastings, Cabinetmaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Monday, the 6th day of May, 1912, at 3 o'clock.

E. B. BURDEKIN,
Deputy Official Assignee.
26th April, 1912.

In Bankruptcy.

A DIVIDEND as under is now payable at my office, Perry Street, Masterton, on all proved accepted claims.

Frank Dearing Pelling, of Eketahuna, Hotelkeeper : 3s. 4½d. in the pound (first and final).

Promissory notes must be produced for indorsement of dividend.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Masterton, 1st May, 1912.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM WEST MEIKLE, of Woolston, Carter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Thursday, the 2nd day of May, 1912, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon.

J. EVANS,
Official Assignee.
25th April, 1912.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS on all accepted proved claims in the following estates are now payable at my office, Crawford Street, Dunedin:

Duncan Matheson, of Kaikorai, Storekeeper : Second and final of 1s. 0¼d. in the pound.

William Miller, of Dunedin, Moneylender : Second and final of 1⅓d. in the pound.

Promissory notes (if any) must be produced for indorsement.

F. H. MORICE,
Official Assignee.
Dunedin, 27th April, 1912.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

5148. FRANCIS ALBERT FENTON, FRANCIS WILLIAM WOOD, and MALCOLM GODFREY Mc-GREGOR.—Lot 9 of Allotment 8, Section 7, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 12·3 perches. Occupied by Francis Albert Fenton and E. Bridgens. Plan 7031.

5149. MARY ANN GEORGE.—Allotment 31 of Section 32, City of Auckland, containing 9·27 perches. Unoccupied. Plan 7511.

5150. WILLIAM MORGAN.—Part Allotment 28, Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 97 acres and 21 perches. Occupied by weekly tenants. Plan 7454.

5303 ALBERT ERNEST THORNLEY.—Allotment 230, Town of Cambridge West, containing 1 acre. Occupied by Applicant. Plan 7549.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1912, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THOS. HALL,
District Land Registrar.