Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3171

consisting of large iron store, blacksmith’s shop, and fencing ; to be paid in cash.

Sections 97, 99, 101, and 103: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 28 perches: Upset annual rental, £10.

This property is situated in Avoca Street, and is handy to wharf. Weighted with £650, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling, fowl-house, garage, sheds, well, fencing, iron and concrete store-shed; to be paid in cash.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from the 1st day of January, 1929, subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st day of January, 1929.

3. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, £1 1s. (lease fee), and the valuation for improvements must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

4. Rental shall be payable half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each and every year.

5. The lessee shall not be entitled to have or receive compensation or allowance whatsoever by reason of such resumption or in respect of any improvements now in existence or effected by him upon the said lands, but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove, or cause to be removed, all buildings or fencing then in existence on the land. However, if on expiry a new lease be offered for disposal by public competition, same will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements as assessed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or his agent. Failing removal as aforesaid, or disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the consent of the lessor first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall not carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds 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.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which same ought to have been fulfilled.

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 WILLIAM JOHN ABBOTT, Company Promoter, formerly of Auckland, but now of Union Buildings, George Street, Sydney, and of “Beverley,” Fairfax Road, Mossman, Sydney, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 23rd day of October, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD GEORGE MEYNELL, of 23 Huntingtree Avenue, Edendale, Machinery Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 1st day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 24th day of October, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CYRIL HENRY LEWIS, Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

26th October, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LIONEL HORACE FILE, of Eureka, Sharemilker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 29th day of October, 1928.

J. H. ROBERTSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HARCOURT JULIAN, of Inglewood, Motor-cycle Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 6th day of November 1928, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 25th day of October, 1928.

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

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that GREGOR DUNCAN MACGREGOR, of Eltham, Chemist (late Farmer), was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, at 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Monday, the 5th day of November, 1928, at 2 o’clock p.m.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 26th October, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that LESLIE FORBES HARRISON, of Hawera, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, 10 Regent Street, Hawera, on Friday, the 2nd day of November, 1928, at 3 o’clock p.m.

ROBERT S. SAGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 25th October, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of HENRY DAWSON ARTHUR, of Wanganui, Builder, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2½d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims, in the above estate, at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Wangauni, 24th October, 1928.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of REGINALD THOMAS CARTER, of Wanganui, Optician, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 10½d. in the pound is now payable on all accepted proved claims in the above estate at my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 27th October, 1928.