Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3321

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th November, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 26th November, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 28th November, 1928, 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 immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Taumarunui County.—Ohura Survey District.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Two Years.)
SECTION 11, Block XVI: Area, 345 acres. Capital value, £350. Half-yearly rent, £7.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of two years providing improvements to the value of £35 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £850, valuation for improvements comprising dwelling, sheds, fencing, and about 250 acres felling and grassing. This amount is payable in cash, or may be secured by a first mortgage for a period of 34½ years in accordance with the regulations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. to a discharged soldier, and 5½ per cent. to a civilian.

The property is situated about ten miles from Taumarunui Railway-station and about two miles from Aukopae School and post-office. It is subdivided into four paddocks. About 95 acres is in bush; the balance has been felled, but is partly deteriorating. There are about 30 acres of flat land, light but easily ploughed; balance consists of hilly country of fair grazing quality. Section handy on a good road. Estimated carrying capacity: 150 ewes, 50 dry sheep, and 20 steers, but by improving the farm it is considered that 15 dairy cows could be carried besides other stock.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
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 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 FRANK ERNEST BIDDLE, Sharemilker, of Turua, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on Tuesday, the 20th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 7th day of November, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MOHI RAPANA, of Tolaga Bay, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Tolaga Bay, on Friday, the 16th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

6th November, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HUNIA NUKUNUKU, of Tolaga Bay, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt, and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Tolaga Bay, on Friday, the 16th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

C. BLACKBURN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

6th November, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LORIS JARDINE EWING, of Palmerston North, Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Monday, the 19th day of November, 1928, at 2 o’clock p.m.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

6th November, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES CLARK, of Wairoa, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on the 6th November, 1928; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Wairoa, on Friday, the 16th day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

N. BUTCHER,
Official Assignee.

7th November, 1928.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that Tame Apiata, of Tarawera, Aboriginal Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Napier, on Wednesday, the 21st day of November, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

9th November, 1928.