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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.
In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall be null and void.
Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th June, 1921.
NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, 21st July, 1921, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTH LAND LAND DISTRICT.-SOUTH LAND COUNTY.-WENDON SURVEY DISTRICT.
PART Run 254B: Area, 7,340 acres ; upset annual rental, £250. Weighted with £1,875, valuation for improvements.
The run is situated two miles from Switzers Railway-station, school, and post-office. About 1,000 acres of eastern portion is covered with manuka and is of little value, the balance being silver-tussock land with ferny gullies through it. It is a good run, free from snow, but there is no land fit for cultivation.
ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Possession will be given on 1st September, 1921.
2. The term of the lease will be fourteen years from 1st April, 1922, without right of renewal, and will also include the period between date of possession and the 1st April, 1922.
3. The lessee to pay all rates, taxes, &c.
4. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between 1st September and 30th September, 1921, lease and registration fees, stamp duty, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
5. The Land Board reserves the right to take part of the land for school-site, and the right to lay off roads through the run where required.
6. The lessee to be allowed (with the consent of the Land Board) to cultivate for station purposes only, but not for sale, a reasonable area; provided that not more than one white crop and one green crop be taken off the land. Such land then to be laid down with good and sound grass and clover seeds, of the description and proportions usually sown in the district, and most suitable for the land, and remain in grass for a period of three years, after which time the same process of cultivation may be repeated. All such cultivation to be subject to inspection by the lessor or his agent.
7. Lessee to have the right to bush for fencing and firewood only, but not for sale.
8. Three months before the expiration of the lease a valuation to be made by arbitration of all improvements, consisting of necessary buildings and fencing, the amount of such valuation to be payable by the incoming to the outgoing tenant.

In the event of the lessee desiring to effect improvements in addition to those already on the ground, it will be necessary to obtain the Land Board's permission, otherwise such improvements will not be made a subject of valuation.
9. At the expiry of the lease it shall not be obligatory upon the Land Board to offer a lease of the whole area in one lot, and in the event of subdivision into lots the provisions of clause 8 hereof, as to valuation and payment thereof, shall apply to each lot.
10. No assignment, sublease, or mortgage without the consent of the Land Board.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.
12. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
Full particulars, including sale plans, may be obtained on application to this office.
THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Settlement Land for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th June, 1921.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 25th July, 1921, in pursuance of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Matamata County.-Selwyn Settlement.-Lichfield Village.
Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Price.
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | III | 3 2 0 | £ 28 0 0
2 | "" | 3 2 0 | 28 0 0
3 | "" | 3 2 0 | 28 0 0
4 | "" | 3 2 0 | 28 0 0
4 | V | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
5 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
7 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
9 | "" | 3 2 0 | 28 0 0
5 | VI | 0 2 0 | 4 0 0
9 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
11 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
13 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
15 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
17 | "" | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0
*129 | .. | 0 3 24 | 334 0 0

• This section adjoins Lichfield Village. There is a four-roomed kauri house on the section, with scullery, shed, tanks, and fencing.
  Lichfield Village is situated about four miles from Putaruru Railway-station by good road. The Taupo Totara Timber Company's tram passes along front boundary of the village, and provides a daily service.
  The land is practically level, being light sandy soil covered with short fern.
  Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.
  H. M. SKEET,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court helden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN ARCHER NICHOLSON, of Awakeri, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on Friday, the 10th day of June, 1921, at 11 o'clock a.m.
W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
31st May, 1921.
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In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court helden at Gisborne.
NOTICE is hereby given that SIDNEY PALMER, of Wai-paoa, Caterer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 7th day of June, 1921, at 2.30 o'clock.
A. G. BEERE,
Deputy Official Assignee.
7th February, 1921.