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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

SECOND SCHEDULE.
LANDS FOR LEASE.
West Taupo County.—Auckland Land District.—Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 74B, Sections 3, 4, and 5.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.
LANDS FOR SALE.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the price tendered, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser; the balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. 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 date from the signing of contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £3 3s., to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any).

4. 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.

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

LANDS FOR LEASE.
Conditions of Lease (abridged).

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-two years from the 1st January, 1914, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one years and a half, 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.

2. Lessee to be entitled to a rebate of rental for the period intervening between the 1st January, 1914, and the date of the acceptance of his tender.

3. Residence to commence within four years in bush lands or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open lands and to be continuous for six years.

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

5. Every lessee shall bring into cultivation,—
   (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, not less than one-twentieth of the land leased by him;
   (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him;
   (c.) Within four years from the date of his lease, not less than one-fifth of the land leased by him—
   and shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character (as defined by the Land Act, 1908) on first-class land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land, and on second-class land to an amount equal to the net price of every acre of such land: Provided that in no case shall the additional improvements required on second-class land be more than 10s. per acre, or 2s. 6d. on third-class land.

6. (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 it free from noxious weeds.
   (d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
   (e.) 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.) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or at the office of the Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Hamilton District.

In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, and in the matter of William James Renner, of Frankton Junction, Farmer, a debtor.

By an order of the above-named Court dated this day I have been appointed Receiver and Manager of the estate of the above-named William James Renner, and his business and property have passed into my possession. Claims, with full particulars attached, should be forwarded to me forthwith.

W. S. FISHER,
Receiver.

Auckland, 18th February, 1914.

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

Notice is hereby given that George Frederick Bush, of Newmarket, Stationer and Bookseller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of February, 1914, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 19th February, 1914.

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

Notice is hereby given that Thomas Clarke, of Onehunga, Sawmill Hand, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 6th day of March, 1914, at 11 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 24th February, 1914.

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

Notice is hereby given that Wilhelm Neithe, of Glover Road, Hawera, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Borough Chambers, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of March, 1914, at 2 o’clock p.m.

C. A. BUDGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 23rd February, 1914.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of Henry Joseph Rogers, of Napier, Storekeeper, a bankrupt.

Notice is hereby given that a first dividend of 5s. in the pound is now payable at my office, Napier, on all proved and accepted claims. Promissory notes must be produced for endorsement.

E. B. BURDEKIN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Napier, 18th February, 1914.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of Paul Fischbach, of Waipukurau, Motor Engineer, a bankrupt.

Notice is hereby given that a first dividend of 2s. in the pound is now payable at my office, Napier, on all proved and accepted claims. Promissory notes must be produced for endorsement.

E. B. BURDEKIN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Napier, 20th February, 1914.