Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3033

Nothing in this clause shall operate or be construed as conferring on any present occupier a right to set up title as against the Board or any lessee of the Board.

No occupier or any other person shall, unless the section now in occupation by him is leased within one month from the date of sale, have any right to any improvements thereon.

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LANDS FOR SALE.

Summary of Conditions of Contract of Purchase.

13. (a.) The purchaser shall, immediately after the sale, pay to the representative of the Board a sum equal to 10 per cent. of the purchase-money as part payment thereof. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in ten equal half-yearly instalments.

(b.) The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to run from the signing of contract of sale or date when possession given.

(c.) Purchaser shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

(d.) Residence and improvements to conform with sections 250 to 257 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

(e.) A copy of the contract for sale can be inspected at the Post-offices Kai Iwi and Waitotara, at the Board’s office, Wanganui, and at the office of the Under-Secretary, Native Department, Wellington.

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LANDS FOR LEASE.

Conditions of Lease (abridged).

14. (a.) The term of the lease shall be twenty-two years from the 1st July, 1912, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-three years, at a rental assessed at 5 per cent. on the unimproved value of the land at the time of the 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.

(b.) The lessee shall, immediately after the sale, pay to the Board a sum equal to six months’ rent at the rate bid.

(c.) Lessee has no right to minerals without special license, but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-making, or building purposes.

(d.) (i.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

(ii.) Lessee will not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.

(iii.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner, and keep it free from noxious weeds.

(iv.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.

(e.) Lessee shall not be permitted to assign his lease except after two years’ occupation of the land.

(f.) 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.

15. The lease will begin from 1st July, 1912, but a rebate of four months’ and a half rent will be allowed to the lessees. Unless stated to the contrary herein, or at the auction sale, a lessee may enter into possession after signing the agreement to complete the lease in accordance with these conditions.

16. A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the Post-offices Ohakune and Raurimu, at the office of the Under-Secretary of Native Affairs, Wellington, or at the office of the Board, Wanganui.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Under-Secretary of Native Affairs, Wellington, and at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.

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

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANK DUCKER, of Ohiwa, Storekeeper, 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 October, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 9th October, 1912.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that REIHANA WETINI, of Rotorua, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of October, 1912, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 11th October, 1912.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR JOHN INGLEY, of Bell Block, Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of October, 1912, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

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

New Plymouth, 15th October, 1912.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HOWARD HARRISON, of Ohakune, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Mr. Tustin’s office, Ohakune, on Friday, the 18th day of October, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. RODWELL,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 8th October, 1912.

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In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS in the undermentioned estate are now payable at my office, Perry Street, Masterton, on all proved accepted claims:—

George Nicholas Jensen, of Martinborough, Builder: 8¾d. in the pound (third and final, making 6s. 0¾d. in all). Promissory notes must be produced for endorsement of dividend.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 12th October, 1912.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES ROBERTSON, of Burnett’s Face, Miner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 14th day of October, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. T. SLEE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Westport, 5th October, 1912.