1544
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 62

Undulating to slightly broken bush country, no milling-timber of any value. Fairly well watered by small streams (which may dry up after bush is felled). Land of fair quality, resting on limestone formation; suitable for grazing purposes. No road of access. Loaded with £45 for improvements.

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, also an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty (10s. for every £50 or portion thereof), 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 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 .”

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 effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The lands are described for the general information of intending tenderers, 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.

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.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

C. E. MacCORMICK,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES ELI COX, of Auckland, Settler, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 21st day of May, 1919, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

9th May, 1919.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that R. D. DUNN, of Alfriston, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 22nd day of May, 1919, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

13th May, 1919.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH ALEXANDER DUNCAN, of Taumarunui, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Monday, the 26th day of May, 1919, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

12th May, 1919.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Monday, 9th June, 1919, at 11 a.m., I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates:—

James Adams, Builder, Hastings.
Edward Kirk, Labourer, Havelock North.

Robert Leonard Jones, Carrier, Puketapu.
Ekengarangi Hapuku, Native, Te Hauke.
Paora Whatuiwaho, Native, Hastings.
Arthur James Lofley, Joiner, Ongaonga.
John Johnston, Cycle Agent, Hastings.
Peter Eddy, Bootmaker, Hastings.
Harry Sollitt, Builder, Hastings.
Charles Walter Ansley, Plumber, Ongaonga.
Hare Reupena, Farmer, Porangahau.
Frederick Cassin, Commission Agent, Hastings.
Louis William Patterson, Plumber, Hastings.
Mona Ward, Wife of J. L. Ward, Hastings.
Albert Bertha Hansen, Stable Proprietor, Hastings.
Johan Heinrich Wacker, Bootmaker, Christchurch.
George Donald Wilson, Orchardist, Hastings.
Whenuakura Nikera, Native, Waipatu.
John Henry Louie Bamforth, Clothier, Hastings.
William McKenzie Angus, Builder, Napier.
Richard Alexander Woodroffe Dean, Signwriter, Waipawa.
Butler Ngaihi, Shearer, Takapau.
Wiremu Whati Mihaere, Storekeeper, Petane.
Ahare Umurangi, Native, Wharerangi.
John Jennings, Motor Agent, Napier.
Henning and Jennings, Motor Agents, Napier.
Joseph David Henning, Motor Agent, Napier.

Dated this 15th day of May, 1919.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends as stated in the undermentioned estates are now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, No. 3 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui:—

Serpell, Samuel Llewellyn, of Mangaweka, Medical Practitioner: Second and final dividend of 2s. 7½d. in the pound (making in all 12s. 7½d.).

Taylor, Joseph Henry, of Wanganui, Grocer: Second and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound (making in all 3s. 5½d.).

Tucker, William, and Tucker, Albert Edward, of Wanganui, Butchers: Fourth and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound (making in all 4s. 9½d.).

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

20th May, 1919.