MAR. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th February, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section having been 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.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 15, Block VII, Waro District. Previously held by Louis Bergman. Tenure, R.L. Reason: Non-fulfilment of conditions.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 1st March, 1921.

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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 18th day of April, 1921.

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

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 20th April, 1921, at 10 o'clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND. Hokianga County.—Waoku Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block V: Area, 233 acres; capital value, £500; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £25; half-yearly rent on lease, £11 5s.

Weighted with £480, valuation for improvements consisting of shanty, bush felled and grassed, draining and grassing, and fencing, in favour of person entitled thereto.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, with poor spurs. About 180 acres mixed forest, comprising puriri, rimu, taraire, kohekohe, &c., with medium undergrowth of nikau, shrubs, and bush ferns; balance fern and manuka. Soil of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation; fairly well watered by streams. Situated about four miles and a half from Opononi by formed road.

Bay of Islands County.—Ruapekapeka Parish.

Section 106: Area, 308 acres; capital value, £310; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £15 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £6 19s. 6d.

Altitude from 100 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. 308 acres of undulating to hilly and broken land in fern and manuka, with bush in gullies. The soil is of poor quality clay on sandstone. Light forest comprising some rimu, towai, taraire, and totara. Well watered by Tirohanga Stream. The access is from Taumarere Railway-station, which is about six miles distant by formed clay road. The section is situated midway between Tapuhi and Taumarere on Gorge Road.

Bay of Islands County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Sections 13, 14, 24, and 33, Block VI: Area, 290 acres 1 rood 20 perches; capital value, £475; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £23 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £10 13s. 9d.

60 acres fair drainable swamp, balance poor gum-land; all ploughable, in short manuka and fern, with some rough danthonia feed. Poorly watered. Government experimental plot next to this land shows that it will take certain type of grasses well. Land adjoins the Akerama Railway-station, on side road from the main Whangarei-Kawakawa Road.

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

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN MUNRO, of Table Flat, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Feilding, on Tuesday, the 8th day of March, 1921, at 2.30 o'clock.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
26th February, 1921. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that SIDNEY MONATAGUE MEAD, of Dannevirke, Poultry-farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Dannevirke, on Friday, the 4th day of March, 1921, at 10 o'clock a.m.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
28th February, 1921. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of JAMES HENRY BURLEY, formerly of Progress Road, Reefton, Contractor, now of Berlin's, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend (the first and final) of ten shillings in the pound on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Bridge Street, Reefton.

HENRY COOPER,
Reefton, 1st March, 1921. Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANK SEDGWICK STEVENS, of New Brighton, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Friday, the 4th day of March, 1921, at 2 o'clock.

A. W. EAMES,
24th February, 1921. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JOSEPH REYNOLDS, of Parnassus, Boardinghouse-keeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 10th day of March, 1921, at 2 o'clock.

A. W. EAMES,
28th February, 1921. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that STEWART MACDONALD, of Port Chalmers, Engineer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Courts Buildings, Stuart Street, on Friday, the 11th day of March, 1921, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. W. SAMSON,
1st March, 1921. Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 4th April, 1921.

6540. THE KAURI TIMBER COMPANY (LIMITED).—Paparata Block No. 1597, Thames Survey District, containing 2 acres. Unoccupied. Plan 13410.

6541. THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' FERTILISER COMPANY (LIMITED).—Part Allotments 67 and 71, small lots near Onehunga, containing 11 acres 2 roods 6·4 perches. Occupied by applicant. Plan 12329.