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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

missioner of Crown Lands or his agent in favour of the outgoing lessee. Failing disposal of the renewal lease the improvements revert to the Crown unconditionally.
7. The lessee shall not transfer, sublet, subdivide, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the land without the prior consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. Lessee shall at all times allow picnic parties or campers free right of ingress, regress, and egress, over the said land not under crop.
9. Lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, blackberry, and other noxious weeds on the land, and shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds now growing upon the said land.
10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
Further particulars may be had on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st February, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 30th March, 1927, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—KOWAI COUNTY.—TEVIOTDALE SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION part R.S. 587; Block, IX: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £20.

The above area, facing the Main South Road, is situated two miles and a half from Amberley Railway-station and half a mile from Leithfield School. The land is low-lying, flat, all in grass, and suitable for a building-site.

TERMS OF SALE.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer and the balance, with Crown grant fee of £1, is payable within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the sale of the land declared null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be had on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd February, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of seventeen years at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 30th March, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of section 152 of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block XIII, Campbelltown Hundred: Area, 114 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Upset annual rent, £10.

Weighted with £300 valuation for buildings. Term, seventeen years from 1st March, 1927.

The land is all practically level, light quality, running from sandy loam to swamp carrying rushes and native grasses. Situated near Te Wai Point, across the harbour from Bluff Township.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The Crown will not be liable for payment of any improvements, but at end of term lease will be submitted at auction, weighted with valuation for improvements, to be payable by the incoming lessee.
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 Land Board.
5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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.
7. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application to this office.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th February, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 28th March, 1927.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments or selected on lease for sixty-six years with right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, the 29th March, 1927, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.; 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 conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Piako County.—Wairere Survey District.

SECTION 63, Block XIII: Area, 14 acres 1 rood 34 perches. Capital value, £360. Deferred payments: Deposit, £18; half-yearly instalment, £11 2s. 4d. Half-yearly rent on lease, £8 2s.

Situated about one mile and a quarter from Waharoa Township and railway-station, school, store, and post-office, by good metalled road. The land is all flat of poor quality, and has at some time been under cultivation. At present it is mostly covered with fern, and has rough feed through it. Noxious weeds in evidence. The section is fenced by boundary fences, excepting on road frontage. There is no water on the section, but it might easily be obtained by sinking. The section is offered for selection by discharged soldiers, with preference to New Zealand returned soldiers residing in the locality.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES OLD, of Pio Pio, Farmer, and NELLIE ABRICA OLD, Wife of the said JAMES OLD, carrying on business in partnership at Pio Pio, as Farmers, were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Monday, the 28th day of February, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

15th February, 1927.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY TRANT PATEMAN, of Kaingaroa, Flaxmill Manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office, Whangarei, on Friday, the 4th day of March, 1927, at 2 o’clock p.m.

E. P. RAMSEY,
Official Assignee.

18th February, 1927.