MAR. 15.]

Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of
renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
Improvements comprise four-roomed dwelling and out-
buildings and 224 chains fencing; total value £380, which
will have to be paid for in cash.

Manawatu County.—Town of Foxton.
Section 131: Area, l acre l rood 21 perches; upset annual
rental, £8 5s.
Weighted with £6 10s., valuation for improvements.
Situated in the Borough of Foxton, with a frontage to
Union Street, about 20 chains from the post-office. Soil is
of light sandy quality, resting on shingle formation.
Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of
renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
Improvements consist of 6½ chains of fencing, which will
have to be paid for in cash.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Featherston County.-Waiohine Survey District.
Section 102, Block IX : Area, 63 acres; upset annual
rent, £2.
Situated in the valley of the Tauherenikau River. Access
is from Woodville, which is about four miles distant. Soil
is of poor quality, on shingle and rock formation. Mostly
covered with mixed tauhine and scrub, and a little native
feed along river-bank.
Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of
renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Horowhenua County.-Town of Levin.
Section 11, Block XVII : Area, 1 rood; upset annual
rental, £5 15s.
Good residential site. All flat land, in grass. Soil is good
loam, on clay formation. Section is ring fenced. Situated
in Kent Street.
Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of
renewal.
Waimarino County.-Town of Ohakune.
Section 34, Block XX : Area, 35·2 perches; upset annual
rental, £2 10s.
Weighted with £1 10s. 6d., valuation for improvements.
Situated in the Borough of Ohakune, with a frontage to
Mangawhero Terrace. Access is from Ohakune Railway-
station by good metalled road, distant about 12 chains.
Soil is of light loam quality on clay, resting on volcanic
formation.
Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for
a further term of twenty-one years.
Improvements consist of 2 chains boundary fence valued
at £1 10s., which must be paid for in cash.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and lease and
   registration fee (£2 2s.), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease as shown in Schedule.
3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If
   lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to
   be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value
   (to be handed over to the outgoing lessee) of the improve-
   ments effected with the consent of the Land Board. Failing
   disposal, the land and improvements to revert to the Crown
   without compensation.
4. Land Board to approve of improvements proposed.
5. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of
   the Land Board.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
   paid on rent in arrear.
7. Buildings on land to be insured to their full insurable
   value.
8. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds,
    rabbits, and vermin.
11. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the
    consent of the Land Board.

[THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

12. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive
    trade upon the land.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
    The education reserves are included in the classes of land
    on which, with the approval of the Advances Board, money
    may be advanced by the State Advances Office.
    The reserves are described for the general information of
    intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to
    make a personal inspection, as the Department is not re-
    sponsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
    The valuations for improvements must be paid immedi-
    ately on the fall of the hammer.
    Possession will be given on date of sale.
    Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
    at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Otago Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th March, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
education reserves will be offered for lease by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin,
at 12 o'clock noon on Monday, the 30th April, 1923, under
the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and
amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-EDUCATION RESERVES.
Term of Lease: Twenty-one Years.
Town of Balclutha.
SECTION 5, Block IV: Area, 1 rood; upset rental, 10s. per
annum.
Not a good building-site, being cut up by a rather deep
gully.
Town of Clyde.
Section 33, Block XI: Area, 7·1 perches; upset rental,
5s. per annum.
This section has a small frontage.

Taieri County.-Otokia Survey District.
Section 1 of 20, Block I: Area, 40 acres; upset rental,
£2 per annum.
Situated about two miles from Brighton Town, and about
seven miles from Abbotsford Railway-station on the Southern
Trunk Railway. There is a formed road to and along the
south boundary.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and rent for the
   broken period between date of possession and the 30th June,
   1923, lease, registration, and stamp fees, to be paid on the
   fall of the hammer.
2. At the end of term, lease to be offered by auction for
   term of twenty-one years at rent to be fixed by arbitration,
   the incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements,
   which is to be handed over to the outgoing lessee.
3. No assignment or sublease without consent.
4. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid
   on rent in arrear.
5. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before sub-
   letting, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improve-
   ments.
6. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
   The reserves are described for the general information of
   intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to
   make a personal inspection, as the Department is not
   responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
   Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
   at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court holden at
Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK TUCKER, of
Helensville, Labourer, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be
held at the Courthouse, Helensville, on Thursday, the
15th day of March, 1923, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
7th March, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court holden at
Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED LEONARD WALL,
of Rangiuru (near Te Puke), Farm Labourer, was
this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a
meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te
Puke, on Tuesday, the 20th day of March, 1923, at 2.30
o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
7th March, 1923.