Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3849

All open country, mostly covered with heavy fern; little manuka scrub in places; soil fair, well watered; mostly all ploughable. Accessible by bridle-track and dray-road from Taumarunui, about nine miles distant.

Moehau No. 2a No. 2b.

Lot 11, Subdivision 1, Blocks VI, VII, and IX, Harataunga Survey District: Area, 1,860 acres; upset price per acre, £1.

Broken country; partly mixed bush, remainder fern and tea-tree; about one-sixth being self-sown grasses; well watered by numerous streams. Access from Kennedy Bay (where steamers call), half a mile, and from Coromandel by metalled road about ten miles.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Rangitoto A 18A 2 is situated about twenty miles from Otorohanga by a well-made road down the Waipa Valley, and a wagon can be got from the Waipa to Section 5, Block XVI, by crossing and recrossing the Tauraroa Stream. The formation is volcanic, with rhyolite outcrops in places. The land to the north of the Tauraroa Stream is inclined to be jumbled up, and the soil rather light. South of the Tauraroa the soil is better quality; the ranges are better defined. This portion of the block will make first-class sheep-country. The sections are well watered. The elevation would run from about 500 ft. to 2,000 ft. The forest timber is of no value, and fencing-timber is scarce.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

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. Purchasers 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 and 256 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The lands to be sold subject to reserve price specified in each case.

2. Each tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Lot Block (No. , in red), in sale plan No. 40.”

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

4. The highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.

5. The successful purchaser will require to make declaration of qualification under the Native Land Act, 1909, within thirty days, to the effect that he is not the owner or occupier of 5,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other classes of land.

6. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and purchasers shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

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.

Areas may be liable to slight alterations.

The figures in colour on detail plans correspond with those in the advertisement and on locality-plan.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and at the post-offices in the locality of the land to be offered.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, and at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that CORRIE CHITTY LAKE, of Auckland, Commercial Traveller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1916, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

6th December, 1916.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE CHISHOLM HUNTER and JOHN FRANCIS SMITH, of Hamilton, Cabinetmakers, carrying on business as cabinetmakers at Hamilton in copartnership under the style or firm of “Hunter and Smith,” were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 18th day of December, 1916, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

7th December, 1916.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE WILLIAM KERMODE, of Napier, Motor Mechanic, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Monday, the 18th day of December, 1916, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon.

SOMERSET SMITH,
Deputy Official Assignee.

6th December, 1916.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, Wanganui District.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Wanganui, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office, Public Trust Office, Wanganui, on Monday, the 11th day of December, 1916, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

T. R. SAYWELL,
Deputy Official Assignee.

2nd December, 1916.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Blenheim.

NOTICE is hereby given that OTTO SMITH, of Havelock, Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Havelock, on Thursday, the 14th day of December, 1916, at 12 o’clock.

R. WANDEN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

7th December, 1916.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES HENRY LEMIN, of Invercargill, Engine-driver, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Monday, the 18th day of December, 1916, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

CHARLES B. ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

8th December, 1916.