Osborne and Turnbull, Regent Street, Hawera.
Painter, Robert, Matai Street, Inglewood.
Pennington, Norman Roy (S. G. Fraser), Queen Street, Waitara.
Power, John Edwin (Gibsons Limited), Lincoln Street, Patea.
Reynolds and Taylor, Oaonui.
Reynolds, Edward Makemead (Reynolds and Taylor), Oaonui
Richardson, Robert, Broadway, Stratford.
Riley, Philip Sebastian (Gibbons and Knott), Pihama.
Robins, Evan, Toko.
Rooney and Co. (Thomas Francis, Francis and James Rooney), Whangamomona.
Smart, Tom, Oakura.
Sutherland Bros., Moa Street, Inglewood.
Sykes, Alfred Ernest, Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Tait, Robert, High Street, Hawera.
Taylor, Arthur John (Reynolds and Taylor), Oaonui.
Teed, David, Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Therkleson, John, Tariki.
Thomas, Austin Herbert (Allen Bros.), Kaponga.
Thomson, Frederick John (Central Co-operative Store Company), Regan Street, Stratford.
Thorpe, Ernest Lawrence (Thorpe and Callaghan), main South Road, Opunake.
Treeby, William John, High Street, Hawera.
Wallace, William Kirby, High Street, Hawera.
Westwood, George Harvey, High Street, Hawera.
Wilkinson, Charles Anderson, Bridge Street, Eltham.
Williams, Humphrey Parry, Egmont Street, Patea.
Winfield, Job Walker, Rata Street, Inglewood.

JAMES JORDAN,
Magistrate's Court,
New Plymouth, 27th January, 1919.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Canterbury Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 27th January, 1919.

Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 25th March, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 27th March, 1919, at 10 o'clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Ashburton County.—Wakanui Survey District.—Ashton Settlement.

• Buildings, &c. † Instalment of interest and principal on buildings, &c.
  Note.—The deferred payment instalments on Sections 2, 3, and 5 include payment for the buildings thereon.

The settlement is situated about ten miles from Ashburton Railway-station by good formed road. It is all flat, somewhat light agricultural land, watered by water-races. There are some small plantations on the settlement.

The improvements which are not included in the capital values of the sections, but which have to be paid for separately, are—

On Section 2, whare, wool-shed and yards, stable and granary, valued at £354, which are to be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £17 17s. 6d. (The whare is at present on Section 3, and may be removed on to Section 2.)

On Section 3, house and outbuildings valued at £420, which are to be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £21 4s. 3d. (The whare at present on this section belongs to Section 2.)

On Section 5, house, stable, wool-shed, concrete dip and yards, valued at £376, which are to be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £18 19s. 9d.

The improvements that go with the land are for boundary and internal fencing valued as follows: Section 2, £155; Section 3, £160; Section 4, £138; Section 5, £168.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 6th January, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, 13th February, 1919.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—TUTAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—MURCHISON VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 27, Block I : Area, 2 acres. Capital value, £25 ; renewable lease, half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £50 valuation for improvements consisting of house and fencing.

Section fronts main Matakaitaki-Murchison Main Road, and is about one mile from village of Murchison. Level land partly covered with birch bush and blackberries.

A. D. BURNS,
For Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 15, Block X, Makotuku Survey District, Wellington Land District, will be disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, to the adjoining owner on or after Thursday, the 13th March, 1919.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 18th March, 1919.