Nov. 23.]

Subsection 4.--Front level, slopes towards river, steep
bank at river; no easy access.
Subsection 11.--Front fairly level, easy slope to river;
easy access to river.
Subsection 12.--Front level, steeper slope at back; not
much access to river.
Subsections 13 and 14.--Front and nearly all section level;
steep cliff on river.
Subsection 21.--Front level, terrace in middle, flat at river;
steep cliff on river-bank.
Subsections 22, 23, and 24.--Front level, terrace in middle,
flat near river; steep bank on river.
Subsection 25.--Rough, very broken with old metal-pit,
three-quarters of a chain level on top, flat near river, steep
bank at river; access to river.
Subsection 26.--Front level, steep slope to river; access
possible.
Subsection 27.--Front level, steep bank in middle, nice
flat at river; liable to flood.
Subsection 28.--Front level, steep bank in middle, nice flat
at river; liable to flood.
Subsections 37 to 52.--Level sections.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year's rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., to be paid on fall of hammer.
2. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years at rents
   based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public
   Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
3. No compensation for improvements; but if lease is not
   renewed upon expiry, the new lease offered for disposal by
   public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements effected by the
   original lessee with the consent of the Land Board. Failing
   disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown
   without compensation.
4. No transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivision allowed
   without consent.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land and keep it
   clear of weeds.
6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks,
   drains, ditches, and watercourses, to trim all live hedges, and
   to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at
   the expiration of the lease.
7. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, subject to penalty
   at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for any period during
   which it remains in arrear.
8. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of
   the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making
    improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
    at this office.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th November, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, with the perpetual right of
renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 11 o'clock
a.m. on Tuesday, the 23rd January, 1923, under the provisions
of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and
the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.--EDUCATION RESERVES.
Lot 1, Section 15, Block IX, Takapau Survey District:
Area, 35.4 perches; upset annual rental, £1.

Lot 47, Town of Porangahau: Area, 1 rood; upset
annual rental, £1.
Weighted with £4, valuation for improvements.

Lot 1 of Section 15.--This section has been used in the
past, together with other adjoining sections, for grazing a
few head of cattle. There is a gravel-pit on the section,
which rather depreciates its value. It is situated near Mako-tuku Railway-station on the main road.

Lot 47, Town of Porangahau.--The land is flat and in
grass, is fenced on both road frontages, and is a good building-site. The Town of Porangahau is about thirty-two miles
distant from Waipawa Railway-station.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year's rent at the rate offered, valuation for
   improvements, rent for the broken period up to 1st January,
   1923, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) must be paid
   for on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease, twenty-one years from date of sale, with
   perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years.
3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If
   lessee does not desire a new lease at the end of the term,
   land to be leased by auction.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of
   the Land Board.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land and keep it
   clear of weeds; creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept
   open.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
   paid on rent in arrears.
7. Buildings which may be erected on the land to be kept
   in good repair and condition.
8. No gravel to be removed from the land without the
   consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to the Land Board before making
    improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Form of lease may be perused and plans and full particulars
    obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT PROFFIT, of
Nukuhou North, Opotiki, Farmer, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Opotiki, on
Friday, the 24th day of November, 1922, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

14th November, 1922

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HUNT, of 276 Queen
Street, Auckland, Outfitter, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be held at my office on Friday, the 24th day of November,
1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th November, 1922.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS O'BRIEN, of
Hamilton, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be
held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 27th
day of November, 1922, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

14th November, 1922.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LOUIS LEWIS, of 6 Liverpool Street, Auckland, Auctioneer, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 27th day
of November, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

15th November, 1922.