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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

poll taken by me on the 28th day of April, 1919, for the
election of a member of the Otago Land Board to be as fol-
lows:—

Livingstone, George.. .. .. 985
Thomson, William Sheddan .. .. 454
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1,439
Rejected as informal .. .. 50

And I do hereby declare that GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, having
received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected
a member of the Otago Land Board.
Dated at Dunedin this 28th day of April, 1919.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Returning Officer.

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Election of Member of Wellington Land Board.

I, GORDON HURRELL MORLAND McCLURE, Re-
turning Officer for the election of a member of the
Wellington Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance
with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908,
and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person
nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board
was Henry Thomas Ellingham, Esq., of Horoeka.

I do therefore hereby declare the said HENRY THOMAS
ELLINGHAM to be duly elected a member of the Wellington
Land Board for a term of two years from the 5th day of
June, 1919.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April, 1919.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Returning Officer.

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Notice to make Returns of Income under the Land and Income
Tax Act, 1916.

Land and Income Tax Department,
Wellington, 8th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above
Act and the regulations made thereunder, every
person and company having derived income within the
meaning of the said Act during the year ending 31st March,
1919, from any source or by any means which is made the
subject of taxation under the said Act, is hereby required
to make and furnish to me, in the prescribed form, returns
of such income on or before the 2nd day of June, 1919.

And further notice is hereby given that such returns shall
in all cases be delivered at or forwarded to the office of the
Commissioner of Taxes, in the Government Buildings at
Wellington.

D. G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Forms of return may be obtained at any postal
money-order office; they will not be sent to taxpayers from
the office of the Commissioner of Taxes unless written appli-
cation is made for them.

Returns of income are required to be furnished by all
persons in business (including farmers). They are also
required from all persons in receipt of income from salary,
wages, interest, rent, annuity, or other annual payment, where
such income exceeds £250 per annum. The returns are re-
quired annually from such persons notwithstanding that by
reason of the special exemptions allowable by law they may
not be liable to pay tax.

SPECIAL NOTE.—Any person failing to furnish a return at
the prescribed time is liable to a penalty up to £100.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license over the under-
mentioned section having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 6, Block X, Aria District.

TENURE: O.R.P. Previously held by M. A. Parsons.
Reason for forfeiture: Deficient improvements.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

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Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sec-
tions will be offered for sale by public auction at the
Gretna Hall, Taihape, on Tuesday, the 1st July, 1919, at
10.30 a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and
amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND.

Town District of Hunter ville.—Hunter ville Village.

SECTIONS 87 and 224: Area, 7 acres 0 roods 28 perches;
upset price, £130.

Weighted with £264, valuation for improvements.

Situated in Hunter ville Village Settlement. All in grass;
a small portion along the road frontage is flat, the remainder
comprises fairly steep faces. Permanently watered by creek.
The improvements comprise seven-roomed house, cow-shed,
three other sheds, fencing, orchard, felling and grassing;
the whole valued at £264.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred
payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The
terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall
of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1),
within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-
money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer,
balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen
years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with
the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the
outstanding amount.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Further particulars may be obtained from this office.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Sol-
diers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder;
and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the
20th June, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of
renewal for further successive periods of sixty-six 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,
Wellington, on Wednesday, 25th June, 1919, at 10 o’clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
of applicants.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Masterton County.—Tiffin Survey District.—Waingawa
Block.

SECTION 131, Block IV: Area, 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches;
capital value, £735; annual instalment on deferred payment
(excluding interest), £36 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease,
£16 10s. 9d.

Section 132, Block IV: Area, 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches;
capital value, £600; annual instalment on deferred payment,
(excluding interest), £30; half-yearly rent on lease, £13 10s.

Section 133, Block IV: Area, 11 acres 1 rood 27 perches;
capital value, £410; annual instalment on deferred payment
(excluding interest), £20 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease,
£9 4s. 6d.

Section 137, Block IV: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 16 perches;
capital value, £360; annual instalment on deferred payment
(excluding interest), £30 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease,
£8 2s.; interest and principal on buildings, £12 12s. 6d.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment on Section 137
includes payment for buildings thereon.