JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1387

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth, the gross property in each being estimated not to exceed £400 in value.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 2nd June, 1924. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Renewable lease (settlement). Lease No. 227. Section 6A, Bellamy Settlement. Lessee: Finlay Mackenzie. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the local Land Office, Hamilton, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 7th July, 1924, under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Piako County.—Mangateparu Township.—Mangateparu Settlement.

SECTION 10: Area, 1 rood 25 perches; upset price, £20.
Section 11: Area, 1 rood 21·6 perches; upset price, £20.
Section 12: Area, 1 rood 18·3 perches; upset price, £20.
Section 13: Area, 1 rood 15 perches; upset price, £30.

Mangateparu Township, in the Mangateparu Settlement, is situated on the Morrinsville–Tahuna Road, about five miles from Morrinsville Junction Railway-station. The sections are practically level and in grass, and suitable for dwelling or business sites.

Matamata County.—Tapapa Survey District.—Matamata Settlement.

Section 54, Block VI: Area, 1 acre; upset price, £25.

Situated one mile from Hinuera Railway-station and four miles from Matamata. Good quality flat land in grass, fronting Hinuera–Matamata Road.

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

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

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 30th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, 23rd July, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF MAITAI.

Section 1: Area, 1 rood 1·9 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 2: Area, 1 rood 1·8 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 3: Area, 1 rood 6·4 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 4: Area, 37·6 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 5: Area, 1 rood 3·1 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 6: Area, 1 rood 2·5 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 7: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, 15s.
Section 8: Area, 1 rood 0·5 perches; upset annual rental, 15s.