Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2263

Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1st October, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

RICH. F. BOLLARD, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Government Offices to be closed on Monday, 27th October, 1924 (Labour Day).

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1924.

AS provided under Public Service regulations, the Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, the 27th October, 1924, being Labour Day.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Public Service Commissioner.

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Office of the Mining Registrar,
Waikaka, 4th September, 1924.

IN pursuance of section 30 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, notice is hereby given that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have this day been struck off the registers kept by me.

D. ROBERTSON, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 5/21. Date: 15/4/21. Mining privilege: Ordinary alluvial claim. Locality: Winding Creek, Waikaka. Registered holder: Wung Chung.

No. 19/21. Date: 28/10/21. Mining privilege: Water-race. Locality: Near Parawa, Lumsden. Registered holders: John McPhearson and George Sinclair.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th September, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE and Lease No. L.S.R.L. 603. Section 1s. District: Ngakaroro Settlement. Formerly held by J. S. McNeilly. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 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 Courthouse, Palmerston North, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 19th November, 1924, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Palmerston North Borough.—Loughnan Settlement.

A. R. P. £
SECTION 20 : Area, 0 1 7·4 ; upset price, 120 }
*16 }
,, 21 ,, 0 1 5·2 ,, 120
,, 22 ,, 0 1 3 ,, 125
,, 28 ,, 0 0 37·9 ,, 110
,, 29 ,, 0 0 35·6 ,, 90
,, 30 ,, 0 0 33·6 ,, 80
,, 36 ,, 0 0 36·4 ,, 115 }

• 8 }
  ,, 37 ,, 0 0 36·4 ,, 115
  ,, 38 ,, 0 0 36·4 ,, 120
  ,, 60 ,, 0 0 35·2 ,, 110
  ,, 61 ,, 0 0 35·2 ,, 110
  ,, 62 ,, 0 0 35·2 ,, 110
  ,, 63 ,, 0 0 35·2 ,, 122 }
  *12 }

• Valuation for improvements.

Loughnan Settlement is situated in the Borough of Palmerston North, being approximately one mile and a half from the Palmerston North Post-office. It is a few chains from the Terrace End Flag-station, and is served by the Municipal Bus Service. The sections are all flat and are very suitable for building-sites.

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.

The valuation for improvements to be paid for in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Flax Lease in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th September, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the above office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 6th November, 1924, for the lease for flax-growing and cutting purposes of 443 acres of Crown land situated between the Kaikokopu Stream and the Wharere Canal in Block I, Waihi South Survey District, being portion