2652
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th October, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 20s, Clifton Settlement. Tenure: Renewable Lease (Sett.) 283. Formerly held by Charles Cameron. Reason for forfeiture: Lessee’s request.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

National-endowment Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 24th November, 1921.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, 25th November, 1921, at 10 a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, 25th November, 1921, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately an applicant is declared successful.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mongonui County.—Maungataniwha Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 258 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £260. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Weighted with £200, valuation for improvements comprising iron whare, 30 acres felled and grassed, and fencing.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Steep country, 30 acres felled and grassed, balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, taraire, puriri, totara, &c., with moderately thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, &c.; clay soil of second-class quality on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about nine miles from Mongonui by formed road.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years; but without right of purchase.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee), and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RALPH ALLISON, of Mata-toki (near Thames), Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on Tuesday, the 1st day of November, 1921, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

25th October, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY ALEXANDER NUT-TALL, of Eltham, Hairdresser, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Eltham, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of November, 1921, at 3 o’clock p.m.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

22nd October, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD MIDDLETON LEE, of Ngaere (late of Hawera), Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of November, 1921, at 2 o’clock.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

25th October, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that PATRICK MCLAUGHLIN, of Hawera, Tobacconist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office at Hawera on Friday, the 11th day of November, 1921, at 2 o’clock.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

31st October, 1921.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD BEAMSLEY, of Wanganui, Chimney-sweep, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui, on Monday, the 31st day of October, 1921, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

21st October, 1921.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that PHILIP O’KEEFE, of Levin; Plumber, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Levin, on Wednesday, the 9th day of November, 1921, at 10 o’clock a.m.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

29th October, 1921.