Land at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Land District, for Lease
by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th February, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders, marked
outside "Tender for Lease," will be received at this
office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, the 23rd March,
1922, for a lease of the undermentioned land under section 329
of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.--AMURI COUNTY.--HANMER
SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

SECTION 5, Block II: Area, 1 rood 32 perches; upset annual
rental, £2.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or
   money-order for the amount of six months' rent at the rate
   offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of
   tender.

3. The lease will be for a term of seven years.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of
   all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-
   one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land
   and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, sublet,
   transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of
   the land comprised in the lease, except with the written
   consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and
   obtained.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall
   prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
   broom, sweetbrier, and other noxious weeds or plants on the
   land comprised in the lease; and shall with all reasonable
   despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom,
   sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed
   by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on,
   upon the land or any part thereof any noisy, noxious, or
   offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done
   thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoy-
   ance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term,
   not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh
   lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all
   improvements which he shall have effected upon the land,
   with the written approval of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands first had and obtained, so far as the same are existing
   and unexhausted.

10. At the end of the term of lease the valuation of existing
    improvements shall be made by an appraiser appointed by
    the Land Board.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the
District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve and Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Lease
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the undermentioned
lands, for the terms stated, will be offered by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington,
on Tuesday, 28th day of March, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.,
under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hutt County.--Mawaihakona Township.

SECTION 22: Area, 2 roods 17 perches; upset annual rent,
£10.

Section 40: Area, 1 rood 19 perches; upset annual rent,
£10.

Term, seven years.

Situated near the Trentham Racecourse, within two miles
from Upper Hutt Township. Access is by Trentham Railway-
station, which is about five chains distant. Soil is of light
loam, on gravel formation. There are a few birch-trees on
the sections.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months' rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must
   be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. No declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory.
   No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, not shall any
   be allowed by the Government, on account of any improve-
   ments effected by the lessee.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The lease shall be for the term of years specified, without
   right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination by three
   months' notice in the event of the land being required by the
   Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except
   with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except
   with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
   broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease;
   and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause
   to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious
   weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails
   to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-
   one days after the date on which the same ought to be
   fulfilled.

G. H. M. McCLEURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EUSTACE SYRATT SOUSTER,
of 13 Balfour Road, Parnell, Auckland, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 23rd
day of February, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

15th February, 1922.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ADOLPHUS JAMES PARK,
of Te Kuiti, Sawmiller, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors
to be holden at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Thursday,
the 23rd day of February, 1922, at 11 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

14th February, 1922.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN DOLPHIN, of Avon-
dale, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and
I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at
my office on Friday, the 3rd day of March, 1922, at 2.30
o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th February, 1922.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that RICHARD MEREDITH, of
Taumarunui, Labourer, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors
to be holden at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Monday,
the 27th day of February, 1922, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

14th February, 1922.