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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

DESCRIPTION.

Situated about two miles from the Waitahuna Railway-station. Access is by a good road. The land is undulating, with steep faces along the gullies. The soil is a very fair black loam, on a clay formation; well watered. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing valued at £138 13s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, are buildings comprising wooden hut with iron roof, barn, and stable, valued at £110. Payable in cash or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £9 10s. 1d.

The improvements which have to be paid for in cash immediately an applicant is declared successful consist of fencing, pigsty, and open shed, valued at £37 10s.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent, 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, 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. Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

7. No person may hold more than one allotment.

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

9. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

10. 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.

11. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, 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.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY ISAAC GEORGE WAYMOUTH, of Kawakawa, Fireman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Whangarei, on Tuesday, the 20th day of March, 1923, at 1 o’clock p.m.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

28th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT GEORGE SUTTON, of Whangarei, Upholsterer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Whangarei, on Tuesday, the 20th day of March, 1923, at 10 o’clock a.m.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

2nd March, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH JOHNSON, of Ngaruawahia, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 1923, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY PRATT, of Te Awamutu, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 1923, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID LAURENCE CAPPER, of Te Kuiti, Share Milker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1923, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

3rd March, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that J. C. KERSEY, late of Te Awamutu, but now of Matamata, Motor Proprietor; was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 16th day of March, 1923, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

3rd March, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWIN ARTHUR BOOTH, of Hawera, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Tuesday, the 13th day of March, 1923, at 2 o’clock.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

28th February, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM SAM, of Waipawa, now of Whakatu, Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Chamber of Commerce, Hastings, on Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1923, at 11 o’clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

27th February, 1923.