JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1915

all under one roof, hot-water service, whare, woolshed, cow-shed, pig-stye, sheep-yards, and boundary and subdivisional fencing. Payable in cash, or by a deposit of £100, the balance to remain on instalment mortgage; term, 34½ years; interest, 5½ per cent.

Situated twenty-eight miles from Napier on the Te Pohue-Tutira Road; altitude, from 400 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. The country varies from undulating to hilly and broken, intersected in places by deep gorges. Country generally is covered with manuka scrub, fern, and tutu, and is suitable for pastoral purposes only. Light pumice soil; well watered.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Small Grazing-run.

1. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
2. Terms of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal; or in the event of subdivision into allotments, right to a lease of one allotment, compensation for loss of right to new lease of other allotments, and valuation for improvements.
3. Rent commences from date of lease, and is payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st March and 1st September in each year.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee), and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st March or 1st September following is also payable.
5. No person may hold more than one run, except on the recommendation of the Land Board, and with the approval of the Minister of Lands.
6. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the run within one year to the value of one year’s rental; within two years to the value of two year’s rental, and within six years to the value of four years’ rental. In addition to the foregoing, on bush land, improvements are also to be effected within six years to the value of 10s. per acre for every acre of first-class land, and 5s. per acre for every acre of second-class land. Any money paid as valuation for improvements will be allowed as substantial improvements upon the land.
7. On expiry of term of lease, lessee’s improvements will be valued and protected.
8. Residence must commence within three years in the case of bush land or swamp land, and within one year in the case of open or partly open land, and be continuous until the expiration of the lease. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with after ten years.
9. Roads may be taken without payment of compensation.
10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 13th June, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, 27th June, 1928.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Marlborough County.—Taylor Pass Survey District.—Wither Settlement.

SECTION 22, Block IV: Area, 10 acres. Capital value, £310. Half-yearly rent, £7 15s.

Weighted with £10 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of 27¾ chains of fencing, payable in cash.

Situated under two miles from Blenheim Post-office, and commanding a view of the surrounding country. Ten acres of light land, suitable for a residence-site, poultry farm, or home for working man. Borough water and electric-power pass the section.

Improvements: Six chains of fencing on road frontage, valued at £4 10s., is included in capital value. Lessee will require to arrange with adjoining holder for payment of half-share in 7¼ chains of boundary-fencing.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for a further successive term of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.
2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. No person may hold more than one allotment.
7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.
10. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
11. Roads may be taken through the land at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim.

J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS GERALD HAYCOCK, Traveller, formerly of Auckland, but now of Wellington, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 21st day of June, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 8th day of June, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN REGINALD OVERTON, Farmer, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 25th day of June, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 11th day of June, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.