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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

bers 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 con-
nection with any war other than the war with Germany.
The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Napier, at the conclusion of the examination of
applicants.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for One Year.)

Run 102: Area, 2,300 acres. Capital value, £3,000. Half-
yearly rent, £60..

The improvements which are included in the price of the
land consist of a two-roomed cottage, subdivisional fencing,
and a certain amount of boundary fencing.

Situated thirty miles from Napier, on the Te Pohue—Tutira
Road. Altitude from 700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.
Watered by streams.

Approximately 100 acres in good pasture, 300 acres in
medium pasture, 30 acres bush land (felled and grassed);
balance in scattered danthonia, fern, and scrub. Suitable for
sheep-farming.

Wairoa County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Two Years.)

S.G.R. 103: Area, 3,069 acres. Capital value, £3,000.
Half-yearly rent, £45.

Weighted with £1,127, valuation for improvements con-
sisting of four-roomed dwelling, shed, sheep and cattle yards,
scrub-felling, grassing, and approximately 348 chains of
fencing.

Situated twenty miles from Eskdale Railway-station and
one mile and a half from Ohurakura School. Watered by
streams and springs. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-
level. Hilly and undulating pastoral country, with big
flats along the Esk River intersected by deep gorgy streams.
Generally light soil, suitable for sheep-farming when developed.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

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 applica-
   tions, 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 years’ 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.

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Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office;
Napier, 27th November, 1928.

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, Napier, on Thursday,
10th January, 1929, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., under the pro-
visions of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirke County.—Takapau Survey District.

SECTION 23, Block X: Area, 7 acres. Upset price, £130.
The section is practically ring-fenced; the value of this
fencing is included in the price of the land.

Situated two miles from Ormondville. Suitable for a
worker’s home, there being half an acre of flat land; the
balance being somewhat broken. The section would carry
a cow and a horse.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1),
within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the
purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited,
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be had on application to this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY CLARENCE HUNT,
formerly of Otorohanga, Farmer, now of Valley Road,
Henderson, Sharemilker, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held
at my office on Monday, the 3rd day of December, 1928,
at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 20th day of November, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES YATES GRIEVE,
Compositor, of Edendale, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be held at my office on Friday, the 7th day of December,
1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 26th day of November, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM DONALD, of Mata-
mata, Blacksmith and Coachbuilder, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 3rd day
of December, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 16th day of November, 1928.

J. H. ROBERTSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HUGH CAIN, of Ohaupo,
Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I
hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my
office on Thursday, the 6th day of December, 1928, at 10.30
o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 26th day of November, 1928.

J. H. ROBERTSON,
Official Assignee.