1850
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

road. The land is undulating to hilly, and consists of light loam on clay and sandstone formation. Well watered by springs. The bush is light, and consists of tawhero, konini, a little tawa, and rewarewa. A fire has swept through the bush on a portion of the area.

Section 7, Block X: Area, 44 acres 3 roods 34 perches. Upset price, £160.

This section is situated on the Ohura-Mokau Road, about four miles from Aria Township. It comprises good quality land, mostly flat. Generally it is covered with scrub and manuka interspersed with small clearings. There is also a small quantity of kahikatea, suitable for milling, on this section.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Cash.—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.

2. Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. (license fee), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

The balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments extending over a period of 34½ years.

The licensee shall have the right at any time during the currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the purchase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments thereof then remaining unpaid.

Upon receipt of the final instalment a certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the prescribed Crown-grant fee.

If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for sale be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th July, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 12th August, 1929.

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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Taieri County.—Strath Taieri Survey District.—Poplar Grove Settlement.

SECTION 16s: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £260. Half-yearly rental, £6 10s.

Weighted with £10 2s. 6d., value of improvements consisting of 5¼ acres of grassing and 5½ chains of fencing, which amount is payable in cash. Improvements included in the capital value consist of whole value of 5 chains east road-line boundary and half value of 11 chains south boundary, £5 5s.

Situated on the Strath Taieri Plain, Central Otago; three-quarters of a mile to Middlemarch School, railway-station, and post-office. Access by good roads. All level land, good friable loam soil on open subsoil. Suitable for cropping, and in a healthy climate.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee), £10 2s. 6d. (improvements), 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. No person may hold more than one allotment.

7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

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. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

11. 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.

12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

J. MACDONALD,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANK MANFIELD BAKER, Bus-driver, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 10th day of July, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 4th day of July, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLARENCE WILLIAM BRUCE, Builder, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 16th day of July, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 5th day of July, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS JOHN FISK, Butcher, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 15th day of July, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 5th day of July, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that IVAN MATIN CURIN, Farmer, of Tapu, near Thames, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on Friday, the 19th day of July, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 8th day of July, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.