JUNE 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1409

Weighted with £610, for improvements consisting of a dwelling of six rooms in poor condition; milking shed and yards; small shed; 420 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing; bridge; 430 acres felled and grassed (affected with ragwort). This sum is payable to the Superintendent, State Advances, in cash, or over a period of thirty years with interest at 6 per cent. by half-yearly instalments of £22 1s. (free of interest for a period of two years from date of selection).
Grazing property, situated on the Kopaki-Waipa River Road about seven miles from Kopaki Post-office, Railway-station, and Saleyards by a metalled road. Four miles from Mangaokewa School. Cream is collected at the Kopaki Railway-station depot.
Undulating to hilly and broken section, of which 430 acres has been felled and grassed, but is now reverting to second growth, while the balance is in its natural state, in standing bush.
The soil is a light loam resting on sandstone and rhyolite formation. Watered by running streams. Subdivided into ten paddocks.
NOTE.-This section is suspected of being "sick."
Sections 4 and 6, Block XI: Area, 954 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £675. Half-yearly rent, £13 10s. Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years after payment of the first half-year's rent, broken-period rent (if any), and lease-fee.
Weighted with the sum of £725, for improvements consisting of a four-roomed dwelling (fair condition), sheep and cattle yards, 160 chains boundary fencing, 340 chains subdivisional fencing, and 700 acres felled and grassed (now partly reverted). This amount may be paid in cash or by a cash deposit of £40, the balance (£685) to be secured on mortgage for ten years on terms to be arranged.
Grazing property situated on the Mangaokewa Road, three miles from the Mangaokewa School, and seven miles and a half from the Kopaki Railway-station, Saleyards, and Dairy Factory by metalled road. Approximately 700 acres felled and grassed (now partly reverted) balance natural state, bush, and scrub. There are about 60 acres along the road frontage, steep and broken, but the balance is easy undulating country, the soil being a light loam and pumice, resting on rhyolite and sandstone formation. Watered by running streams. Ragwort requires attention.
NOTE.-This property is reputed to be "sick."
Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.
K. M. GRAHAM,
(L. and S. 31/25.) Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Selection.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st May, 1932.
THE undermentioned lands will be offered for selection, applications closing at the District Lands Office, Auckland, at 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 11th July, 1932.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-KOROMATUA BLOCK.
SECTIONS 15, 18, 19, and 22, Block VII, Waitoa Survey District.
Four sections shown on sale plan 1542.
Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.
W. ROBERTSON,
Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2548.)

Lands in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 31st May, 1932.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Monday, the 4th July, 1932, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-TOWN LAND.
Waimea County.-Block X.-Kaiteriteri Survey District.
SECTION 7: Area, 2 roods 17.4 perches. Upset price, £5. Section 22: Area, 3 roods 6.8 perches. Upset price, £5.
These sections lie between the Riwaka River and the Nelson-Takaka Main Highway. Flat land subject to flood from the Riwaka River. Soil fair quality. Well watered.
Further particulars on application.
A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2786.)

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st May, 1932.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, 5th July, 1932, at 1.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-GERALDINE COUNTY.- KAKAHU SETTLEMENT.
SECTION 4c, Block XII, Opihi Survey District: Area, 20 acres. Upset price, £690.
Situated on the Hilton-Geraldine Road, about three-quarters of a mile from Hilton Post-office and about eight miles from Winchester Railway-station. Access is from Geraldine, about five miles and a half distant, by good gravelled road. Fairly flat, but part broken by gully, soil being fair average quality on clay formation; watered by dam. At present 4 acres in good pasture, 4 acres in worn-out pasture, 3 acres homestead, and 9 acres ploughed. Improvements that go with the land comprise wooden dwellinghouse and lean-to, washhouse, shed, rough stable, 25 chains road-boundary fencing, dam, and plantation. The dwelling, containing 6 rooms, bathroom, and verandah, is built mostly of Pinus insignis timber, is scrimmed and papered, and has electric light and hot-and-cold-water service installed. Portion of the boundary fencing has been erected, and the purchaser will require to complete his share of the fence. Property suitable for a worker's home.
Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.
W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 26/28808.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable at my office on all proved and accepted claims in the following estates:
Partnership estate of W. Lees & Sons, Contractors, Whangarei-First and final dividend of 9s. 4d. in the pound.
Private estate of J. I. Lees, Whangarei-First and final dividend of 5s. 7½d. in the pound.
Private estate of W. Lees, jun., Whangarei-First and final dividend of 20s. in the pound.
A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Whangarei, 20th May, 1932.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims; promissory notes, if any, to be produced for endorsement prior to receiving dividends:
Begbie, Wilfred E., of Auckland, Civil Engineer-First and final dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound.
Dalbeth, William, of Kirikopuni, Farmer-First and final dividend of 1s. 10d. in the pound.
De Farelle, Louis Francis Joseph Napoleon (deceased), late of Dargaville, Fisherman-First and final dividend of 1s. 3d. in the pound.