APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 809

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for sale by public auction for cash, and the lands in the Second Schedule for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, 31st May, 1932, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Owhango Township.

(For Sale for Cash.)

SECTION 5, Block I: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £5.

Situated in the Township of Owhango, with frontage to Ohorere Street. All level section in grass. Soil of a light quality loam, no water.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Town of Kakahi.

Section 15, Block V: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 5 perches. Upset price, £15.

Weighted with £8, for improvements consisting of grassing and fencing. This sum is payable in cash.

Situated in the Township of Kakahi, with frontage to Noho Street, half-mile from Kakahi Railway-station by pumiced road. All level section in good grass.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TOWN LAND.

Manawatu County.—Sandy Survey District.—Town of Tangimoana Extension No. 1.

(For Sale for Cash or on Deferred Payments.)

SECTION 16: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £45.

Situated in the Town of Tangimoana Extension No. 1, with frontage to Nuku Street, which is formed and metalled. Tangimoana Township is situated near the mouth of the Manawatu River, twenty-seven miles from Palmerston North or Feilding, or fourteen miles from Bulls.

An all-level section in native grass, and an ideal site for a summer cottage.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Ohakune Borough Council.—Ohakune Suburbs.

Section 35: Area, 22 acres 3 roods 14 perches. Upset price, £228.

Weighted with £27 10s., for improvements consisting of grassing and fencing. This sum is payable in cash.

Section 36: Area, 22 acres. Upset price, £220.

Weighted with £29, for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing. This sum is payable in cash.

Section 37: Area, 12 acres 2 roods 17·6 perches. Upset price, £100.

These sections are situated within the Borough of Ohakune, and have frontages to Towai Road and Patiti Road.

Section 35 is one mile distant from Railway-station by metalled road, with the exception of five chains of unformed road. Easy undulating section. Approximately 20 acres in grass, balance in standing bush of rimu, matai, and tawhero.

Section 36 is one mile distant by metalled road, with the exception of about 10 chains unformed. Easy undulating section, all in grass.

Section 37 is situated 20 chains from Railway-station, one-half of which distance is metalled, balance unformed. Level section, approximately half in swamp, balance in scattered bush.

Waimarino County.—Karioi Survey District.

Sections 37, 38, and 39, Block V: Area, 10 acres. Upset price, £130.

Improvements valued at £50, and which are included in the capital value, consist of felling, grassing, and fencing.

Situated within the Borough of Ohakune, with frontage to the Rangataua Main Road, one mile and a half from Ohakune Railway-station. All level and ploughable land with the exception of one acre sloping to the creek on the back boundary. Pasture is poor, with patches of fern and rubbish. Light-quality soil on clay formation. Permanently watered by stream. Altitude 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2776 and 1912/1149.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th April, 1932.

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 amendments, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 6th May, 1932.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 10th May, 1932, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Mackenzie County.—Sherwood Downs Settlement.—Opuha Survey District.

SECTIONS 5 and 5A, Blocks III and VII: Area, 1,664 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £3,250. Half-yearly rent, £81 5s.

Weighted with £850, for improvements consisting of dwelling, outbuildings, stable, wool-shed, garage, &c., £503; 696 chains of party boundary, road boundary, and subdivisional fencing, £272; and plantations, bridges, drains, &c., £75: payable by a cash deposit of £50, and balance (£800) to be secured by an instalment mortgage for a term of twenty-five years and a half with half-yearly instalment of £28 (principal and interest) in the case of a discharged soldier, and for a term of twenty-four years and a half with half-yearly instalment of £30 (principal and interest) in the case of a civilian.

Situated in Butler’s Road, about fourteen miles by fair gravelled road from Fairlie Railway-station and Post-office, and three miles from Sherwood Downs School. Altitude from 1,700 ft. to 3,000 ft.; and comprises easy to steep downs and hills, rather broken by gullies, creeks, and rocky knobs. The soil is of light quality resting on clay and rock formation, and is watered by creeks. Subdivided into nine paddocks, 22 acres being in good pasture, 110 acres in worn-out pasture, 90 acres out of oats, linseed, and turnips, 4 acres homestead, and balance in natural state. Suitable for grazing, and, when fully developed, should be capable of carrying 750 ewes, 15 rams, 200 dry sheep, 3 dairy cows, and 1 hack. Improvements included in the capital value and belonging to the Crown comprise half-share in 284 chains party boundary fencing valued at £35 10s.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 26/1092.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of W. J. BIRCH & SONS, of Whangarei.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 6s. in the pound is now payable at my office on all proved and accepted claims.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Whangarei, 14th April, 1932.

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In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of JAMES RISK, of Ōhura, Farmer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 4½d. in the pound is now payable at my office, New Plymouth, on all proved and accepted claims.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 18th April, 1932.