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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with application, 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. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
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. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID HERBERT GREIG, Tobacconist, of Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 12th day of June, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES DUTHIE, of Te Kuiti, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Wednesday, the 27th day of June, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Hamilton, this 13th day of June, 1928.

J. H. ROBERTSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN STANLEY WHITE, of Frankton Junction, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Hamilton, this 13th day of June, 1928.

J. H. ROBERTSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN JAMES STUART, of Aramoho, Fishmonger, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui, on Wednesday, the 20th day of June, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

12th June, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

UNDER PART IV OF THE ADMINISTRATION ACT, 1908.

In the Estate of WILLIAM EDWARD McCARTHY (deceased), of Wanganui, Draper.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 8s. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims, at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK, Deputy Official Assignee,
Official Administrator.

Wanganui, 14th June, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of WALTER HEDLEY FORD, Palmerston North, Fruiterer.

NOTICE is hereby given that the public examination of the above-named bankrupt is fixed for the 27th day of June, 1928, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., at the Courthouse, Palmerston North.
Dated this 13th day of June, 1928.

CHARLES E. DEMPSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MARK HERBERT I’ANSON, of Petone, Brewer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 28th day of June, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1928.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HORACE HODSON, of Nelson Street, Blenheim, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 29th day of June, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

A. F. BENT,
Official Assignee.

15th June, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD ALPHONSO FAIRHALL, of Blenheim, Vulcanizer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 29th day of June, 1928, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

A. F. BENT,
Official Assignee.

15th June, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that J. A. McLAUGHLIN, of New Brighton, Plumber, was, on the 8th day of June, 1928, adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Government Departmental Buildings, Worcester Street, Christchurch, on Friday, the 22nd day of June, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.
Dated at Christchurch, this 12th day of June, 1928.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.