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3. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee (£4 4s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any). NOTE.—Stamp duty will be 6s. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an additional 3s. for each further £50 or fraction thereof; registration fee is uniformly 10s.

4. The highest tenderer to be declared the lessee, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.

5. The successful lessee will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the lessee of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

6. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The lands are described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Areas may be liable to slight alterations.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN FLETCHER SMITHSON, of Hikutaia, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Paeroa, on Monday, the 29th day of February, 1923, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

14th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK WILLIAM LASKEY, of Ohaupo, Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 26th day of February, 1923, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

16th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY TOMOANA HUTANA, of Porangahau, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Waipukurau, on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1923, at 11 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

14th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that Mrs. CLARA ALICE TULLY, of Palmerston North, Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Jury-room, on Tuesday, the 20th day of February, 1923, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

14th February, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of G. H. NESHAUSEN, Farmer, Halcombe.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 10s. in the pound is now due and payable at my office, Palmerston North, on all proved accepted claims.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

14th February, 1923.

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LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the publication hereof in the Gazette.

Application No. 1497. LESLIE BOLLAND WEBSTER.—14·6 perches, being Allotment 9 and part of Allotment 10, part of Huatoki Stream and part of original bed of Huatoki Stream, of Storehouse Reserve, Town of New Plymouth (plan 4281). Occupied by applicant.

Application No. 1498. FREDERICK CHARLES ROWE.—2 roods 20·8 perches, being Sections 92 and 93 and western part of Section 94, Township of Urenui (plan No. 4272). Occupied by Walter Simeon Howell and Frances Elizabeth Howell.

Application No. 1499. VICTORIA ISABEL ROWE.—1 rood 0·3 perches, being Section 79, Township of Urenui (plan No. 4272). Occupied by Walter Simeon Howell and Frances Elizabeth Howell.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 19th day of February, 1923, at the Land Registry Office, New Plymouth.

A. L. B. ROSS, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of publication of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.

5119. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE.—1 acre 2 roods 1·69 perches, Section 73 and part Section 72, Block A, Town of Bull’s, part Rangitikei Block 11 District. Occupied by George Frederick Ingram.

Diagram may be inspected at this office. D.P. 5878.

Dated this 21st day of February, 1923, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

C. E. NALDER, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 23rd day of March, 1923.

No. 13091. GEORGE ALBERT ANDERSON.—Part of Rural Section 175, Lot 2, deposit plan No. 6421, Tuam Street, Christchurch. Occupied by applicant.

No. 13092. DONALD WATSON BLACK.—Part of Rural Section 175, Lot 5, deposit plan No. 6421, Nursery Road, Christchurch. Occupied by applicant.

No. 13093. EMMA MARY COBURN.—Part of Rural Section 175, Lot 3, deposit plan No. 6421, Tuam Street, Christchurch. Occupied by applicant.

No. 13087. CHARLES BOLAND.—Parts of Rural Sections 9854 and 9855, Blocks IV and VIII, Pareora Survey District, Lots 1 and 2, deposit plan No. 6420. Occupied by Selwyn Rouse Jackson.

No. 13095. MAUD MAGDALEAN WHITE, ARTHUR CLEMENT REED, and HENRY HAMILTON LOUGHNAN.