Education Board of the District of Hawke's Bay, Election of Members.

I N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, I hereby declare that Claud Russell Sainsbury and Walter Henry Smith, being the only persons nominated, have been duly elected as members of the Board representing the North Ward of the Rural Area, to fill extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignation of James Robert Kirk and by the death of William Oates respectively.

For the election of a member to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Middle Ward of the Rural Area caused by the resignation of Gilbert McKay, the voting was as follows:—

Waite, Ernest Albert Victor .. .. .. 54
Waugh, Robert .. .. .. .. 71
Wilkie, Archibald Robert .. .. .. 34

Number of valid voting-papers .. .. 159
Number of invalid voting-papers .. .. 4

I hereby declare Robert Waugh duly elected a member of the Board.

W. L. DUNN, Returning Officer.

Napier, 13th February, 1930.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, JOHN MORRISON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Sumner Marine Band (Incorporated) Society is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Christchurch, this 12th day of February, 1930.

J. MORRISON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Education Reserve in the North Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 19th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the North Auckland Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o'clock a.m. on Monday, the 24th March, 1930, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Waitemata County.—Makarau Parish.

Lot 2 of Section 73: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 20 perches. Upset annual rental, 12s.

Weighted with £153, value of improvements comprising three-roomed dwelling, three small sheds, fowl-house and cow-shed, grassing, and 30 chains of fencing. This amount is to be paid in cash.

The section, which is situated about three miles and a half from Makarau Railway-station, comprises undulating land all more or less ploughable and in grass. Soil is of clay resting on sandstone formation. Section is well watered by springs and stream. Elevation ranges from 450 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), and cost of registration must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings revert to the Crown without compensation.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of CHARLES SWANBERG, of Whangarei, Baker.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3s. 1d. in the pound is now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

Whangarei, 8th February, 1930.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that H. H. McCULLOUGH, of Auckland, Insurance-manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 25th day of February, 1930, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 11th day of February, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WILLIAM MANSON, of Whangarei, Caterer, and ISABELLA MANSON, his Wife, trading in partnership as “J. W. Manson,” were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Courthouse, Whangarei, on Tuesday, the 25th day of February, 1930, at 10 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 14th day of February, 1930.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MARTIN JOSEPH BLANCHFIELD, Land Dealer, of Waimauku, near Muriwai, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 24th day of February, 1930, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of February, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED WILLIAM SKINNER, of Waihi, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Waihi, on Thursday, the 20th day of February, 1930, at 10 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 11th day of February, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES HENRY WHYNNE GRIFFITH, Picture-theatre Proprietor, of Howick, or care of J. A. Kyd, Solicitor, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1930, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 17th day of February, 1930.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.