May 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2109

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALEXANDER MORRISON, of Rakaia, Butcher and Baker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Monday, the 27th day of May, 1918, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

J. B. CHRISTIAN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

15th May, 1918.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER SMART, of Waimate, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Wednesday, the 5th day of June, 1918, at 11 o’clock.

F. A. RAYMOND,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th May, 1918.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 68, folio 131, of the Register-book, in favour of FLORRIE FINNERTY, MAY FINNERTY, both of Auckland, Dress-makers, and HENRY BRINDLE, of Cambridge, Farmer, as tenants in common, for Section 10 of the Suburbs of Mangere, having been lodged with me, and application made to issue a provisional certificate of title, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue a provisional certificate of title accordingly at the expiration of fourteen days from the 30th day of May, 1918.

Dated the 22nd day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office at Auckland.

THOS. HALL,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 1st July, 1918.

5255. WILLIAM LOUIS CAMPBELL WILLIAMS.—Allotment 299, Town of Cambridge East, containing 1 acre, fronting King Street. Occupied by applicant. Plan 12097.

5256. JOHN AUGUST HENRY BELL.—Allotment 229, Town of Cambridge West, containing 1 acre, fronting Raleigh Street. Occupied by Sydney Wick. Plan 11693.

5257. JAMES BINNIE McINTYRE.—Allotments 415, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, and 462, Parish of Taupiri, containing together 82 acres 0 roods 1 perch. Occupied by applicant. Plan 11889.

5258. GERALD WILFRID MATTHEWS.—Part of Old Land Claim 193, known as Melville, situated in the Takahue Survey District, containing 247 acres 2 roods. Occupied by one Casey. Plan 11347.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THOS. HALL,
District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a provisional certificate of title, in the name of WILLIAM AINSWORTH FORDER, of Wanganui, Boot-importer, for Lot 2, D.P. 2173, part Section 227, right bank Wanganui River, being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 205, folio 59, and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the provisional certificate of title, as requested, on the 13th day of June, 1918.

Dated this 29th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a provisional Crown lease in lieu of lessee’s copy of Crown lease, Vol. 15A, folio 225, from HIS MAJESTY THE KING to VALENTINE THOMAS HITCHINGS, of Levin, Settler, affecting Section 5, Block III, Native Township of Hokio, and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said Crown lease, I hereby give notice that I will issue the provisional Crown lease, as requested, on the 13th day of June, 1918.

Dated this 29th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 1st day of July, 1918.

Application 4826 (plan, provisional, 2415). HOWARD WELLINGTON PAUL and LEONARD GEORGE PAUL.—267 acres 2 roods 22 perches, parts Sections 79, 80, 93, 94, 109, left bank Wanganui River. Occupied by tenant.

Application 4841 (deposited plan 3990). ALFRED LINDSAY.—13·2 perches, part Section 178, City of Wellington. Occupied by A. Carver and Co. (Limited).

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 29th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 30th day of June, 1918.

Application 750 (deposited plan 728). WILLIAM ASTON.—37·7 perches, situated in the Borough of Blenheim, being Allotment 276 of the subdivision of Section 46, District of Opawa. Occupied by applicant.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Blenheim.

A. L. B. ROSS,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 28th day of June, 1918.

3051. JOHN MORGAN PRICE.—1,006 acres 0 roods 4·8 perches, Lots 13 and 25, Five Rivers Estate, part Section 3, District of Eyre. Occupied by applicant.

Diagram may be inspected at this office. D.P.s 1664, 1666.

Dated this 25th day of May, 1918, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. W. BROUGHTON,
District Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

MATAMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Matamata County Council resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised by the Matamata County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of constructing drainage-works within the Waharoa Special Drainage Area, the Matamata County Council hereby makes and levies a special interest rate of 4d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in Class “A,” 3½d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in Class “B,” and 3d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in Class “C,” all of which classes and the lands therein, together with their rateable values as appearing on the valuation roll of the district, are set out in the classification list of the Waharoa Special Drainage Area; and that such special rates shall be annually recurring rates during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of June and the first day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.