JULY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2183

Rodney County.—Komokoriki Parish.

Sections 101, E. 102, and W. 102: Area, 192 acres; upset half-yearly rent, £5.

Section is situated five miles from Makarau Railway-station and Township. Access road is metalled for a mile and a half, formed clay for one mile, remainder sledge-track. Cream sent to Kaipara Dairy Factory at Helensville. School about three miles away. Country steep and broken, covered with high tea-tree and fern; about 30 acres of bush, containing rimu, kahikatea, rata, tawhiri, with thick undergrowth. Soil is friable clay, resting on sandstone formation. Well watered by river and springs in gullies. Suitable for sheep and grazing.

Waitemata County.—Makarau Parish.

Section 77: Area, 77 acres; upset half-yearly rent, £2.

Section is situated on the Makarau-Kaukapakapa Road, about three-quarters of a mile from Makarau Railway-station, two miles from school, and half a mile from post-office. Also about four miles from Kaukapakapa Railway-station. Country undulating to steep, all more or less ploughable. Soil is pipe-clay resting on sandstone formation. Poorly watered by swamps. At present covered with short tea-tree and scrub. There has been some attempt to sow grass, but the result is not good. The general quality of section is very poor.

Waitemata County.—Pukeatua Parish.

Section 267: Area, 174 acres 2 roods; upset half-yearly rent, £15.

Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements, consisting of four-roomed shack in dilapidated condition.

Situated on Albany Dairy Flat Road, about five miles from Albany and half a mile from Dairy Flat School and Post-office. Access is from Albany by formed road, of which about two miles and a half is metalled. The country is flat to undulating, all more or less ploughable, lying towards east, and well sheltered. Soil is a dark loamy clay on sandstone formation, and is fairly well watered by stream and swamp. Further supplies are easily obtainable by boring. Section covered with short tea-tree and fern, with patches of danthonia and hakea. The section is in a rather neglected condition at present, but is capable of being made into a nice farm.

Eden County.—Titirangi Parish.

Part E.R. 163/4.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
Section 1: Area, 0 1 0; upset half-yearly rent, 1 2 6
” 2 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 3 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 4 ” 0 3 25·1 ” 3 0 0
” 5 ” 0 3 25·1 ” 2 10 0
” 6 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 7 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 8 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 9 ” 1 0 20·9 ” 2 10 0
” 10 ” 0 1 6·8 ” 1 0 0
” 11 ” 0 1 14·4 ” 1 0 0
” 12 ” 0 1 14·4 ” 0 15 0
” 13 ” 0 1 14·5 ” 0 15 0
” 14 ” 0 1 0·3 ” 1 0 0
” 15 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 16 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 17 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 2 6
” 18 ” 0 1 0 ” 1 0 0
” 19 ” 0 0 39·7 ” 1 0 0

These sections are situated in Myer’s Road, one mile and a quarter from Avondale Railway-station, close to the main road to Blockhouse Bay. The sections are level to undulating and have all been ploughed and grassed, though they have now gone back a little. Sections are high-lying and command a good view of the surrounding district. Nearly all have good building-sites, and are suitable for residential purposes.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, and £2 2s. lease fee, and cost of registration must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

7. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

9. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

10. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings revert to the Crown without compensation.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

12. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

13. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

The reserves are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately on the fall of the hammer.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Land in Westland Forest-conservation Region acquired as a Provisional State Forest.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 28th July, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired as a provisional State forest in terms of section 154 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1724.

Reference: State Forest plan 125/2.

E. PHILLIPS TURNER,
Secretary of Forestry.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT SAMUEL CAY THOMPSON, DOUGLAS CAY THOMPSON, ALAN CAY THOMPSON, and ROBERT REDVERS CAY THOMPSON, trading as “Thompson Bros.” of Mataraua, Farmers, were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Bank Street, Whangarei, on Thursday, the 6th day of August, 1925, at 10 o’clock a.m.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

21st July, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN McNAUGHT, of Mount Maunganui, Public Works Department Employee, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 3rd day of August, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

22nd July, 1925.