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provements (if any), and also an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty (10s. for every £50 or portion thereof) and 10s. for registration fee.

4. The 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 land to be sold subject to reserve price specified.

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 Block as advertised in the newspaper of the day of , 1921.”

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

4. 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.

5. The land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and the purchaser shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

6. Intending purchasers are notified that they must make their own arrangements for access to this block.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

The area may be liable to slight alterations.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tokerau 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 Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLAUDE GARTSIDE CULPAN, of Ngawha and Waimate North, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Bank Street, Whangarei, on Thursday, the 30th day of December, 1920, at 10 o’clock.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

17th December, 1920.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS KNOX, of Te Aroha, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Aroha, on Thursday, the 23rd day of December, 1920, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th December, 1920.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of RICHARD O’HALLORAN ROSS (deceased), of Wanganui, bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a second and final dividend of 16s. in the pound (making in all 20s.) is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, No. 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

15th December, 1920.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HILTON GEORGE McLEOD, of Waipukurau, Motor-garage Proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 23rd day of December, 1920, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

13th December, 1920.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN SEARLE, Tailor, of Wellington, was this day adjudged bankrupt on creditors’ petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 24th day of December, 1920, at 11 o’clock.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

20th December, 1920.

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LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 237, folio 6, of the Register-book, in favour of FRITZ GRAHAM JACKSON, for portion of Allotment No. 136, Parish of Pakuranga, 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 date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated the 20th day of December, 1920, at the Land Registry Office at Auckland.

THOS. HALL, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 3, folio 291, of the Register-book, for Parutahi Block, and Vol. 48, folio 77, for Waikaukau or Parutahi No. 2 Blocks, both in favour of THOMAS MACDOUGALL BRISBANE, of Whangaruru, Settler, having been lodged with me, and application made to issue provisional certificates of title, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue provisional certificates of title accordingly at the expiration of fourteen days from the 23rd day of December, 1920.

Dated the 20th day of December, 1920, at the Land Registry Office at Auckland.

THOS. HALL, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land herein-after described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 24th January, 1921.

5799. THE GENERAL TRUST BOARD OF THE DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.—Allotments 52, 53, 54, and 55 of Section 2, Town of Howick, containing 1 acre 0 roods 15 perches, fronting Grey Street. Unoccupied. Plan 9592.

5800. HARRY EVAN ROBERT LUXMORE WILY.—Allotments 96 and 97 and part Allotment 99, Parish of Waiuku East, containing together 355 acres 2 roods 31·2 perches. Occupied by applicant. Plan 12168.

5801. THE WESTFIELD FREEZING COMPANY (LIMITED).—Lots 4 and 5 and part Lot 9 of Allotment 3 of Hamlin’s Grant near Otahuhu, containing together 29 acres 3 roods 35·8 perches, fronting the Great South Road and the Panmure – Otahuhu Road. Occupied by applicant. Plan 14258.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1920, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

THOS. HALL, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 288, folio 138, of the Register-book, in favour of ROBERT STORMONT, for Lot 195 of Allotment 27 of the Parish of Titirangi, 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 23rd day of December, 1920.

Dated the 21st day of December, 1920, at the Land Registry Office at Auckland.

THOS. HALL, District Land Registrar.