2594
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

12. Roads may be taken through the land 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, Invercargill.

THOS. POUND,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Opening Otago University Endowment Reserve in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd October, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Otago University Reserves Act, 1904; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 19th November, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—OTAGO UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT.

Forest Hill and Lindhurst Hundreds.

Lot 3 of part Section 132, Block IV, and part Section 5, Blocks I and VI: Area, 795 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £1,000. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20.

The improvements included in the capital value consist of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £60. Improvements, not included in the capital value but which have to be paid for separately, consist of dwelling-house, shearing-shed, chaff-house, &c., valued at £450. This amount is payable in cash or by half-yearly instalments of £17 11s., extending over a period of twenty-one years.

Situated from five to six miles from Hedgehope Township, where there is a dairy-factory and school. The road is partly metalled. Altitude, 140 ft. to 340 ft. above sea-level. About 250 acres swamp land is of good quality, the hill portion being mostly light manuka scrub. Suitable for mixed farming.

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; but without right of purchase.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable 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 at this office.

THOS. POUND,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH WILLIAM WELCH, of Hopai, Ngatea, Farm Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on Monday, the 7th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that TOM POA, of Tangowahine, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Dargaville, on Tuesday, the 8th day of October, 1929, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that A. ERNEST WARDE, of Beach Road, Auckland, Motor-dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 8th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that P. F. FARNWORTH, Settler, of King Edward Parade, Devonport, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Wednesday, the 9th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD FRANCIS DARBY, Agent, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Thursday, the 10th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLARENCE DAVID JONES, Builder, of Avondale South, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 7th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN EDWARD MORTIMER, of Wallace Street, Auckland, Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 11th day of October, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 30th day of September, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.