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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th March, 1924, for the grazing of the undermentioned land under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Hutt County.

SECTION 18, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District (Waddington Settlement): Area, 54 acres 0 roods 3 perches; minimum annual rental, £20; term of lease, seven years.

Situated at the south end of Waddington Settlement with access from Seddon Street, about four miles from the Lower Hutt Railway-station. Comprises flat land, covered with gorse and manuka. Suitable for grazing.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee nor for any other cause.

2. The lease shall be for the term specified.

3. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The lessee shall eradicate an area of not less than seven acres of gorse in each year during the currency of the lease.

6. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, and must be marked on the envelope “Tender for Lease.”

Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender. The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 11th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders marked on the outside “Tender of Lease” will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 19th March, 1924, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 83, Village of Birchfield: Area, 1 acre 20 perches; minimum annual rental, 10s.

Situated in the Village of Birchfield. Section is all flat, wet and swampy in parts, covered with dense scrub, small kamahi, and a few ratas. Good soil.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years, without right of renewal.

2. The highest tenderer shall be the purchaser.

3. A year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender. Rent for the broken period from the date of acceptance of tender to 30th June, 1924, is also payable by the successful tenderer.

4. Rent is payable yearly in advance on the 1st day of July in each and every year.

5. Improvements are not to be effected without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. If at the expiration of the term of the lease the reserve is again offered for lease the section will be weighted with the value of improvements effected with the permission aforesaid.

7. Lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. Lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, blackberries, and other noxious weeds on the land, and shall at all times remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds growing thereon.

9. The Commissioner of Crown Lands or his agent shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress over the said land at all reasonable times.

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

11. If at any time it is found necessary to resume this reserve for the purpose for which it has been set apart, the lessee shall be entitled to compensation for improvements effected with permission.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to this office.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber withdrawn from Sale.

State Forest Service,
Palmerston North, 12th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that that block of milling-timber (known as Lot 2) on portion of Section 1A 1, Raketa-pauma Block, Wellington Land District, advertised for sale by public tender in Gazette of the 10th May, 1923, is withdrawn from sale.

S. A. C. DARBY,
Acting Officer in Charge.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD SOUTHBY WHEELER, of Auckland, Company Manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held ar my office on Wednesday, the 13th day of February, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

7th February, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ERNEST JAMES WHYTE, of Hamilton, Sawmiller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Monday, the 18th day of February, 1924, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

6th February, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK JOHN COWERN, of Hauturu, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Tuesday, the 19th day of February, 1924, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

6th February, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN FREDERICK REECE, of Taumarunui, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Friday, the 15th day of February, 1924, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

7th February, 1924.