JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1877

Description.

Lot 2, D.P. 4227, is situated on Perhams Road, three miles and a half from View Hill School and eight miles and a half from Oxford Post-office. Light loam soil on a cold clay formation. Rough swamp land and steep hillside running to about 1,000 ft. and carrying stunted fern, brown-top, and native grasses. Originally bush country which has been cleared and partly stumped. The area is watered by creek. No buildings.

R.S. 36746 and 36748 are situated on Dobson’s Road, eleven miles from Oxford Post-office and six miles from View Hill School. Fair loam on clay and rock formation, comprising partly clear open bush country and steep faces and spurs running up to 2,000 ft. The cleared areas are well grassed with native and English grasses. A fair area is still carrying standing green birch bush. The land is watered by creeks. No buildings.

For any further information required, apply to the undersigned.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. XI/8.)

Small Grazing-run in Canterbury Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th July, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for lease by ballot under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 4th August, 1933.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 8th August, 1933, 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 any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—PASTORAL LAND.

Oxford County.—Upper Ashley and Oxford Survey Districts.

PART Lot 2, Ashley Gorge Settlement, and part Rural Section 36589 and Rural Section 36589A, Blocks XV and XVI, Upper Ashley, and Blocks III and IV, Oxford Survey Districts : Area, 1,826 acres 0 roods 39 perches. Capital value, £5,367 13s. 4d. Half-yearly rent, £134 3s. 10d.

Weighted with £410 for improvements, comprising dwelling of six rooms, pantry, bathroom, scullery, &c., cow-byre and workshop, detached washhouse (with water laid on), and water-supply. This sum may be paid in cash, or by a cash deposit of £60, the balance by forty-two half-yearly instalments (in advance) of £13 13s. each, comprising principal and interest. The successful applicant will require to pay immediately the deposit on the improvements, £60, a half-year’s rent, £134 3s. 10d., a half-year’s instalment, £13 13s., and lease fee, £1 1s., together with proportion of insurance, rates, &c. On the 1st March, 1934, the lessee will require to pay rent and interest on the building loading for the period elapsing between the date of selection and the 1st March, 1934. The term of the lease will be twenty-one years from 1st March, 1934, but immediate possession will be given. The lease carries rights of renewal and freehold.

Description.

This area comprises a run and a homestead block. The main area is mostly steep broken country with some good tussock spurs, ranging in altitude from 1,000 ft. to 3,000 ft., with steep faces falling towards the Ashley River. There is a fair amount of birch bush and manuka scrub in the gullies and on the faces. The run is divided into two main blocks, two small blocks, and two holding-paddocks, the homestead block into six paddocks. The whole area is well watered by creeks, springs, and the Ashley River, and is situated on the Ashley Gorge and Lees Valley Road, four miles from Oxford Post-office and School (bus calls). The homestead is four miles and a half from the main country, making the distance to the run country from Oxford approximately eight miles and a half.

Improvements, valued at £305, and included in the capital value, comprise yards, 205 chains boundary-fencing, and 225 chains subdivisional fencing—all on the main country—and 181 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing on the homestead block.

Carrying capacity in present condition approximately 800 ewes and 230 dry sheep, but can be improved.

Special Note.—After payment of the charges as enumerated above, the Land Board will grant a 25-per-cent. reduction in the rent for a period of two years, subject to the balance of the rent falling due being paid within one month of due date.

For any further information required apply to the office of the undersigned.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 8/8/56.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD LAWRENCE DAVENEY, of Kaitaia, Garage-proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Kaitaia, on Thursday, the 13th day of July, 1933, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 29th day of June, 1933.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MORICE GREVILLE, of Dargaville, Medical Practitioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Dargaville, on Wednesday, the 5th day of July, 1933, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 26th day of June, 1933.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR JAMES BROOKS, of 102 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, Restaurateur, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 10th day of July, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of June, 1933.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that E. W. LANE, of 10 Norana Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 12th day of July, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 30th day of June, 1933.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM MARTIN, of Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Tuesday, the 11th day of July, 1933, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 30th day of June, 1933.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN DENFORD JONES and CHARLES VALLANCE BROWN, of Helensville, lately carrying on business in partnership as farmers at Mahoenui as “Jones and Brown,” lately of Mahoenui, now Helensville, Farmers, were this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Tuesday, the 11th day of July, 1933, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 3rd day of July, 1933.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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