MAR. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 845

2. Rental for the first term to be the rental of the accepted bid; rental for the renewed term to be 5 per cent. of the Government unimproved value as assessed at the end of the first term, but not less than the rental for the first term.

3. Rental to be paid to the Maori Land Board at Gisborne half-yearly in advance.

4. On expiry of the lease the lessee’s improvements to be valued by arbitration and protected as described in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

5. Lessee of Lot 2 to be liable for any damage by fire to the bush reserve.

The successful bidders of each lot will be required to pay immediately upon the fall of the hammer the first half-year’s rent, together with a lease fee of £3 3s. and the cost of stamping and registering the lease.

Full particulars and a copy of the form of lease may be seen at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, Gisborne.

JOHN HARVEY, Registrar.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK FRANCIS FABIAN, of Auckland, ex-Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

3rd March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN CHARLES KENNEDY and DAVID AMOS, of Ponsonby, Auckland, trading as “The Advance Dairy Engineers and Sheet-metal Workers,” were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that PERCY GEORGE LAW, of Eltham, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 23rd day of March, 1925, at 2.30 o’clock.

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

12th March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SAM LOCKLEY, of Opunake, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1925, at 2.30 o’clock.

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

13th March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ABSY AMIN BURKE, of New Plymouth, Boot-importer, on the petition of A. Trenwith, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 30th day of March, 1925, at 2.30 o’clock.

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

17th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of CURTIES AND CYDE, Motor-agents, Stratford.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 4s. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

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

17th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of WILLIAM MOORE WATSON, of Napier, Pork-butcher.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3s. 9½d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims at my office, Dickens Street, Napier.

ROBERT BISHOP,
Deputy Official Assignee.

12th March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HUGH VICTOR McKAY, care of Metropolitan Hotel, formerly of 99 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North, Engineer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui, on Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 1925, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

13th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of CHARLES PIKE, Palmerston North, Cabinetmaker.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 9½d. in the pound is now due and payable on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate, at my office, The Square, Palmerston North.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 11th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of YEE LEE, Marotiti, near Foxton, Market-gardener.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 5d. in the pound is now due and payable on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate, at my office, The Square, Palmerston North.

CHARLES E. DEMPSY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 14th March, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that BENJAMIN BRODIE, of Mangaroa, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

13th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of O. H. BRIGHTWELL, of Wellington, Motor-tire Agent.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3s. 10½d. in the pound is now due and payable on all proved and accepted claims in the above estate.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 18th March, 1925.

In Bankruptcy. — In the Supreme Court to be held at Nelson (Blenheim Registry).

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM ARTHUR TERRILL, of Wairau Valley, Flax-miller, and FELIX ALEXANDER MILLER, of Wairau Valley, Flax-miller (trading under the name of “Terrill and Miller”), were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. JONES,
Acting Deputy Official Assignee.

Blenheim, 14th March, 1925.