Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZE LAND GAZETTE. 3153

MAORI LANDS NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Sale by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 27th October, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd December, 1925, for the purchase of the lands named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CLIFTON COUNTY.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Block III, Tainui Survey District.

MOHAKATINO-PARANINIHl lc West 3B : Area, 121 acres 3 roods; upset price, £92.
Adjoins Mohakatino-Paraninihi lc West 3c Block on the south.

Mohakatino-Paraninihi lc West 3c : Area, 121 acres 3 roods; upset price, £92.
Adjoins Mohakatino-Paraninihi lc West 3D Block on the south.

Mohakatino-Paraninihi lc West 3D : Area, 141 acres 3 roods; upset price, £107.
Adjoins Mohakatino-Paraninihi lc West Lot 2 Block, containing 499 acres, and at present held by Mrs. E. J. Stewart.

Description.—All the above blocks are partly flat and partly hilly pastoral country: part in light scrub and open along the coast; balance covered in bush. Well watered. Road access.

Situated about midway between Mokau and Tongaporutu Townships on the main Te Kuiti—New Plymouth Road, which passes through these blocks.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the price tendered, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to date from the signing of the contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £4 4s. to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any), and also an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty (10s. for every £50 or portion thereof) and 10s. for registration fee.

4. The purchaser shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

5. Residence and improvements to conform with sections 250 and 256 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The land to be sold subject to reserve price specified.
2. Each tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Block as advertised in the newspaper of the day of , 1925.”
3. The highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.
4. The successful purchaser will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the purchaser of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.
5. The land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and the purchaser shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
The area may be liable to slight alterations.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.
Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

C. E. MACCORMICK,
President,
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that L. PETRICEVICH, of Te Hapua, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 16th day of November, 1925, at 10 o'clock a.m.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

5th March, 1924.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY JARVIS, of Taringamotu, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Monday, the 9th day of November, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

28th October, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WILLIAM LONERGAN, of Papakura, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 11th day of November, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

16th October, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that PERCY FRANCIS NELSON, of Gisborne, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Jury-room on Friday, the 6th day of November, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

22nd October, 1925.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that AUGUSTINE ST. CLARE HILL, of Auckland, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Thursday, the 12th day of November, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

28th October, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of FREDERICK LOCKE, of Waitara, Hotelkeeper.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 9½d. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, in the above estate on all proved and accepted claims.

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

New Plymouth, 27th October, 1925.