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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

and with the interest added shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes endorsed by two approved sureties, and such bills are to be completed and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands within fourteen days after notifying the purchaser to complete. Tenders to be addressed “Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland Land District, P.O. Box 10, Auckland,” and envelope to be marked “Tender for Timber.”

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

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 16th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, 22nd June, 1921, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 19 and 88, Block XI, Takaka Survey District: Area 107 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Upset rental, £14 per annum.

Weighted in favour of the Crown with £15 valuation for fencing.

Situated about twelve miles from Takaka and three miles from Upper Takaka Post-office on the main Nelson–Takaka Road. About 30 acres flat and terrace land, balance limestone hill, partly open and partly burnt bush containing milling-timber; indifferently watered. Blackberry is prevalent.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall upon the fall of the hammer deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with the value of improvements and £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1921.

3. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from 1st July, 1921, but the Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease or any portion thereof, by giving the lessee twelve months’ notice of his intention to do so.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation for any improvements that may be placed on the land.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee will have no right to the timber on the reserve and the right to dispose of same to the lessee or any other person is reserved.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and cut the blackberry now on the land before 31st March, 1922, and thereafter prevent the growth and spread of blackberry, gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, any such blackberry, gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants.

8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from any deductions whatsoever.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

10. The owner of the shed on the reserve will be allowed one month from date of sale in which to remove it.

11. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

Full particulars may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson.

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 17th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settle-

ments Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 21st June, 1921.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at this office at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June, 1921. The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding the date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of an Expeditionary Force; and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons, immediately prior to the war, were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAHUNA SETTLEMENT NO. 1.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—WAITAHUNA EAST AND WEST SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Land.

SECTION 2A: Area, 273 acres 2 roods 35 perches; capital value, £2,060; half-yearly rent, £46 7s.

Situated about two miles from the Waitahuna Railway-station. Access is by a good road. The land is undulating, with steep faces along the gullies. The soil is a very fair black loam, on a clay formation; well watered. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, are buildings (comprising two-roomed house, barn, and stable), valued at £115. Payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly payments of £5 16s. 2d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £52 3s. 2d.

Fencing, pigsty, and fowlhouse, valued at £60 10s., must be paid for in cash immediately an applicant has been declared successful.

The improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing, valued at £138 13s.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RODERICK GODFREY LAW and LOUIS ALOYSIUS FROST, late of Auckland, carrying on business as Builders and Contractors under the style or firm of “Rod Law,” were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 24th day of May, 1921, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th May, 1921.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that VIVIAN GEORGE HARVY SANSON, of Whatawhata, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 23rd day of May, 1921, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

14th May, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Gisborne.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Gisborne, formerly of Waipiro Bay, Motor Mechanic, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 10th day of May, 1921, at 2.30 o’clock.

A. G. BEERE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Gisborne, 30th April, 1921.