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(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-
money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer;
balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen
years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with
the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of
the outstanding amount.

In any case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the
prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money
or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited,
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be obtained at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Blenheim.

JOHN COOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd January, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands in the under-
mentioned Schedule will be offered for sale by public
auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
on Thursday, the 8th March, 1923, under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and
amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Kowai County.—Grey Survey District.

CROWN LAND.

SECTION 36887, Block VIII : Area, 35 acres 0 roods 28 perches ;
upset price, £320.

Situated about four miles and a quarter from Amberley by
good formed road. About 21 acres is good arable land and

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has been cropped, the remainder 14 acres comprises low terrace
and shingly river-flats more or less covered with scrub, but
quite suitable for grazing. No water on section.

Title to this land will be subject to Part XIII of the Land
Act, 1908.

Waimate County.—Borough of Waimate.—Gorge Road
Settlement.

SETTLEMENT LAND.

Section 7 : Area, 1 rood 10-6 perches; upset price, £35.
Section 8 : Area, 1 rood 10-6 perches ; upset price, £35.
Section 9 : Area, 1 rood 10-6 perches ; upset price, £35.

Flat land in the Town of Waimate.

Titles to these lands will be subject to section 60 of the Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred
payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The
terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1),
within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-
money and licensee fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer ;
balance by equal annual instalments extending over nine-
teen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but
with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part
of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the
prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money
or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited,
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR DEVITT, of
Oparau and Te Anga, Contractor, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on
Tuesday, the 30th day of January, 1923, at 10.30 o'clock
a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.
18th January, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
HYDE, of Te Aroha, Labourer, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors
to be holden at the Courthouse, Te Aroha, on Tuesday, the
30th day of January, 1923, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
22nd January, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES JOHN FITZGERALD
and DANIEL McCARTHY, of Kiwitahi, Farmers, and
WILLIAM JOSEPH FITZGERALD, of Mangaiti, Farmer, were
this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a
meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse,
Hamilton, on Wednesday, the 31st day of January, 1923,
at 10 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.
23rd January, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of FERRIS AND BERGE, Motor and Cycle
Agents, Napier, bankrupts.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 4s.
in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved
claims at my office, Dickens Street, Napier.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.
19th January, 1923.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER EDWARD NORTH-
cott, of Clive, Photographer, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors
to be holden at my office on Friday, the 2nd day of Feb-
ruary, 1923, at 11 o'clock a.m.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.
20th January, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at
Wanganui.

NOTICE is hereby given that PETER HANSEN, of Rae-
tihi, Blacksmith, was this day adjudged bankrupt
on a creditor's petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Raetihi, on
Thursday, the 1st day of February, 1923, at 2.30 o'clock
p.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.
18th January, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of ISRAEL GELHOR, of Shannon.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 2s. in
the pound is now due and payable at my office,
Palmerston North, on all proved accepted claims.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.
16th January, 1923.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of J. J. COTTER, of Halcombe.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend
of 5s. 9d. in the pound is now due and payable at
my office, Palmerston North, on all proved accepted claims.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.
16th January, 1923.