Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2311

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Settlement Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 6th October, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for general application on renewable lease for a term of thirty-three years, in terms of the discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

Applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th day of November, 1924.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 13th day of November, 1924; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them, to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding the date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the late war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Waipawa County.—Takapau Survey District.

Marakeke Settlement.

SECTION 4s: Area, 201 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £4,000. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £100.

Distant four miles and a half from Takapau, and one mile from Marakeke Railway-station by formed road. Level country with river terraces. Soil, fair loam, resting on clay and gravel formation. Watered by Porangahau Stream. The improvements included in capital value are as follows: Boundary and subdivisional fencing, £285; cottage (three rooms and bathroom) and wash-house, £250; shed, yards, and slaughterhouse, £80.

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ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and the right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent, 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value; payable in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declarations, and being declared successful deposit £1 1s. lease fee. and a half-year’s rent together with rent for broken period.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection to be decided by ballot.

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

8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

9. All improvements on the land to be kept in good order and condition, and all buildings to be fully insured.

10. No transfer allowed without permission of Land Board and Minister.

11. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that J. LOCKWOOD BRADY, of New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Auckland, Solicitor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 15th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

27th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALEXANDER McCALLUM PATON, of Auckland, Electrician, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 13th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

3rd October, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT ADAMS, of Putaruru, Plumber, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Putaruru, on Friday, the 10th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

30th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GORDON WILFRED BREINGAN, of Ormond, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Jury-room, on Wednesday, the 8th day of October, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

30th September, 1924.

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In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of MOHORANGI PATERIKI, of New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 20s. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

2nd October, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CECIL KARION ABBOTT, of New Plymouth, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 10th day of October, 1924, at 2.30 o’clock.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

30th September, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES RICHARD FAIRBROTHER, of New Plymouth, Land Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 13th day of October, 1924, at 2.30 o’clock.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

3rd October, 1924.

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In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of HARRY CHARLES STANNERS, of Eltham, Cabinetmaker.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 7s. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.