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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Small-grazing Run 107, Waitara Survey District.

Lease No. 164. Formerly held by Ellen O'Connor. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 18th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered 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, Nelson, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 10th day of December, 1920.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further 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, Nelson, on Tuesday, the 14th day of December, 1920, at 2.30 p.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Tutaki Settlement.—Murchison County.—Tutaki Survey District.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of interest and sinking fund on buildings.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment on Section 3 includes instalment for buildings.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the land are as follows: 1s, fencing £9 9s.; 2s, fencing £2 14s.; 3s, fencing £85 19s., drains £45; 4s, fencing £31 10s., drains £20; 5s, fencing £22 10s., drains £25; 6s, fencing £31 1s.

The improvements which do not go with the land, but which have to be paid for separately by the lessees, are as follows:—

Section 3s.—House of five rooms, pantry, bathroom, wash-house, &c.; two men's huts, sheep-dip, hay-shed, shearing-shed, cow-shed, motor-shed, valued at £875. Payable in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £44 3s. 9d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £87 7s. 9d.

Section 4s.—Chaff-house, valued at £40; payable in cash.

Section 8s.—Hut, valued at £10; payable in cash.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The area and rentals of the sections are subject to slight alteration on completion of the survey of the boundaries of the Crown land portion.

2. Applicants must have capital of their own or guarantee of financial assistance to the extent of £100, plus one year's rent, of the sections they are applying for.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Tutaki Settlement of 6,724 acres adjoins the Braeburn Settlement, one of the most successful settlements in the Nelson district. About 1,400 acres were purchased from Mr. D. W. Oxnarn, and the balance is adjoining Crown land.

The flats comprise some very good agricultural land, and when the new road is made through the centre of the block it should greatly improve the flats by draining the swampy portions. The sections are suitable for both dairy-farming and sheep-farming. The altitude of the sections ranges from 1,300 ft. to 3,000 ft.

Access by road from Murchison, about eighteen miles to the northern boundary of the settlement. The sections are all well watered by the Tutaki River and permanent streams.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Section 1s.—58 acres of open land, 10 acres being flat; balance fairly steep hills, all forest.

Section 2s.—61 acres open land, 31 acres being flat; balance good hill, lying well to the sun, all forest.

Section 3s.—90 acres open land of excellent quality, 50 acres flat, swampy in places; balance good steep hills on shady side of the valley, all forest.

Section 4s.—130 acres open land, 50 acres being flat of good quality, inclined to be swampy; 180 acres undulating and terraces, balance steep hills, both forest-clad.

Section 5s.—190 acres good flat open land, being swampy in places; the balance consists of 134 acres flats and terraces and 357 acres fairly steep hills on shady side of valley, all forest.

Section 6s.—190 acres fair open land, 100 acres being flat with easily drained swamps in parts; balance undulating to steep hills of good quality, all forest.

Section 7s.—About 140 acres of flat open land, a large portion being bad swamp easily drained; the balance consists of 200 acres flats and terraces and easy slopes. Part of the section is cold and mossy in places. Forest-clad.

Section 8s.—132 acres open undulating and flat land, good proportion being bad swamp easily drained; 180 acres flats and terraces, balance easy to steep slopes, forest-clad.

Section 9s.—94 acres open and swamp, 250 acres flat; balance easy slopes, both shady and mossy, forest-clad.

Section 10s.—180 acres of flat land of fair quality, but inclined to be mossy; balance hilly slopes of good quality, steep in places, all forest.

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

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of William McGregor, of Wanganui, Baker, bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 4d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, No. 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

12th October, 1920.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that Frederick James Thorne, of Motueka, Baker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 29th day of October, 1920, at 3.30 o'clock p.m.

W. ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

18th October, 1920.