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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 61

Directing Sale of Railway Land under the Public Works Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1924.

Present:

WHEREAS by the thirtieth section of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work the Governor-General may, by an Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and direct the sale of the said land.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the pieces of land: 2 acres 0 roods 6 perches.

Portion of railway reserve, Town of Palmerston North, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District, Borough of Palmerston North. (S.O. 1869.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 34122, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Opening National-endowment Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Christchurch, 17th September, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, 23rd October, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ellesmere County.

SECTIONS 36712, 36713, and 36714, Blocks XVI, Selwyn, and Blocks II and III, Hurst Survey Districts: Total area, 242 acres 0 roods 7 perches. Capital value, £181 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 12s. 7d.

Situated about seven miles from Southbridge. The land is unfenced and unwatered; light, sandy, and stony, suitable for grazing and a little cropping.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years; but without right of purchase.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, 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. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

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

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. 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.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, 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.

G. H. BULLARD,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ERNEST EDWARD FROST, formerly of Horahora, Cambridge, but now of Alfriston, Sawmiller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1924, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,

Official Assignee.

8th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALBERT JAMES COOMBE, of Pokeno, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 25th day of September, 1924, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,

Official Assignee.

9th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS BOOTH GREENHALGH, of Greenwood's Corner, Epsom, Motor Engineer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1924, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,

Official Assignee.

12th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that TOM ALBERT JACKSON, of Te Hihi, Karaka, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 26th day of September, 1924, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.

W. S. FISHER,

Official Assignee.

16th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CEDRIC CLIFTON ROSS, of Gisborne, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Jury-room, on Monday, the 15th day of September, 1924, at 11 o'clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,

Deputy Official Assignee.

6th September, 1924.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that ILEE LEONARD WHITING, of Opunake, Picture-theatre Operator, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1924, at 2.30 o'clock.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,

Deputy Official Assignee.

9th September, 1924.