Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3519

4. Possession will be given as from date of acceptance of tender, from which date the rent will commence.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
7. The public shall at all times have access on foot to all parts of the demised land not newly laid down in grass.
8. The free right at any time to plant trees on the demised land or to take possession of and fence off any portion of the demised land for the purpose of forming a football or cricket ground or a ground for sports of any kind is reserved to the lessor.
9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
10. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land and he shall prevent their increase and spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
11. The lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments that may become due or payable.
12. No trees to be felled, destroyed, or removed without the approval of the Governor-General in Council.
13. 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 the same ought to have been fulfilled.

The reserve is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for lease under the provisions of section 9 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1914, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 17th January, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotoiti Survey District.

Lot 12 of Section 12, Block V: Area, 29 acres. Capital value, £120. Half-yearly rent, £3.

Situated six miles and a half from Ngongotaha, on the Hamurana Road. Undulating land, with soil of a loamy nature, resting on pumiceous clay formation. There is no surface water on this section, a supply requiring to be obtained from Lake Rotorua by the installation of a pump or ram.

Loaded with £7 10s. for approximately 20 chains of road fencing; to be paid in cash.

Special Condition.—This section is offered for selection as a change paddock in conjunction with Section 20, Block IV, Rotorua Survey District.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years.
2. The lease shall be held and dealt with solely in conjunction with the lessee’s original holding, and shall not be transferred, sublet, or otherwise dealt with apart from such original holding; and shall also be forfeited in the event of the original holding being forfeited.
3. The lessee shall, upon the expiration or other determination of his lease, be entitled to full valuation, to be ascertained and paid in the manner provided by the Land Act, 1924, for all substantial improvements of a permanent character effected by him upon the land during the currency of his lease or on any preceding title to which he has acquired a legal right.
4. The lease shall be generally subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, including the conditions as to residence and improvements to be effected. Provided that due fulfilment of the conditions as to residence on either of the lessee’s holdings shall be considered as sufficient compliance with such conditions with respect to both holdings.
5. The lessee shall have the right upon the expiration of the lease to select the land on the same tenure as he then holds the original holding if, within the six months prior to the date of the expiry of the lease, he gives notice to the Commissioner of Crown Lands of his intention so to do. The rental of such lease or license so granted shall be based on the unimproved value of the land at the time of the granting of such lease or license, provided that if at the expiry of the lease the original holding is held in fee-simple, the lessee shall have the right upon giving notice as above, to acquire the fee-simple of the land comprised in the lease at the then unimproved value of the land.
6. The purchase-price or rental for the purpose of the last two preceding conditions shall be based on the unimproved value of the land determined by arbitration in the manner provided by section 86 of the Land Act, 1924.

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

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN MAYO GILES, Miner, of Kamo, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Whangarei, on Friday, the 14th day of December, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 4th day of December, 1928.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE THOMAS CLIFTON CURBY, Relieving Porter, N.Z.R.; of Paeroa, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Paeroa, on Wednesday, the 12th day of December, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 6th day of December, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that BLANCHE SARAH HAMILTON, Married Woman, of Papakura, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 18th day of December, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

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

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that TONY KATAVICH (otherwise known as Ante Katavich), Labourer, of 62 Vincent Street, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 19th day of December, 1928, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 10th day of December, 1928.

G. N. MORRIS,
Official Assignee.