Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3227

These sections are partly improved bush, fern, and tutu land, principally pumice formation. Patches of good soil. Well-rounded spurs and ridges. Watered by small creeks.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-two and a half years from 1st January, 1935, at the rental tendered. Compensation for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee at the expiration of the term of the lease, as provided in section 327 of the Native Land Act, 1931.

2. Residence to commence within one year and to be continuous for six years.

3. Lessee has no right to minerals without license, but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-making, or building purposes.

4. Every lessee shall bring into cultivation,—
   (a) Within one year from the date of his lease, not less than one-twentieth of the land leased by him ;
   (b) Within two years from the date of his lease, not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him ;
   (c) Within four years from the date of his lease, not less than one-fifth of the land leased by him ;
   and shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character (as defined by the Land Act, 1924) on first-class land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land, and on second-class land to an amount equal to the net price of every acre of such land : Provided that in no case shall the additional improvements required on second-class land be more than 10s. per acre, or 2s. 6d. on third-class land.

5. (a) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
   (b) Lessee shall not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.
   (c) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner, and keep it free from noxious weeds.
   (d) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
   (e) Lessee will fence without any right of resort to the Board for contribution on account of the Board owning or occupying adjacent land ; but this provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier, other than the Board, of such adjacent land.
   (f) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERER.

1. The sections to be leased are subject to rental specified.

2. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows : “ Tender for lease.”

3. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee (£4 4s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the amount with which the section is loaded with improvements.

NOTE.— Stamp duty will be 6s. 6d. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an additional 3s. 6d. for each further £50 or fraction thereof ; registration fee is uniformly 10s.

4. The highest tenderer to be declared the lessee, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.

5. The successful lessee will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the lessee of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

6. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1931, and the regulations made thereunder, and lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied therein.

7. The successful tenderer shall pay to the Board the value of the improvements with which each section is loaded.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Area may be liable to slight alteration.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

C. E. MacCORMICK, President,
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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 prior to receiving dividends :—

Dean, Edward Morris, Waihi, Farmer—First and final dividend of 3s. 2d. in the pound.

Forbes, Leslie, Edgecumbe, Storekeeper—First dividend of 5s. 8d. in the pound.

Hardie, Mary Wylie, Remuera, Widow—Fifth dividend of 5s. in the pound, making in all 20s. in the pound.

Hieatt, Hector and Lillian May (trading in partnership as “ Hieatt and Co.”), 177 Great North Road, Grey Lynn—Second and final dividend of 4½d. in the pound, making in all 1s. 0½d. in the pound.

McCullough, H. H., Auckland, Insurance-manager—First and final dividend of 1s. 1d. in the pound.

Tokalae Ltd.—First and final dividend of 8s. in the pound.

Wittner, Leon, Auckland, Commission Agent—First dividend of 3d. in the pound.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland.
6th October, 1934.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court ; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court, to be held on Monday, the 20th day of October, 1934, at 10.30 in the forenoon, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

Bicknell, Alfred John, Puketapu, Labourer.

Rae, Maxwell Gordon, Napier, Hairdresser.

Desha, William Francis, Taradale, Farmer.

Edilson, Rae, Twyford, Married Woman.

Bowson, Harry, Napier, Fruiterer.

Powell, Edward Harry Leonard, Napier, Hairdresser.

Crutchley, Thomas Hugh, Hastings, Baker.

Hill, Thomas Alexander, Hastings, Builder.

Stead, William Gatonby (deceased), Hastings, Sheep-farmer.

Mulholland, Thomas Stuart, Hastings, Plumber.

Moore, Hubert Reuben, Hastings, Clothier.

Jacobson, Reuben David, Napier, Paperhanger.

Hickey, John Alexander (deceased), Otane, Contractor.

Overend, Charles William, Hastings, Motor Engineer.

McCullough, John Alexander, Onga Onga, Sawmiller.

Ellison, Reuben Harold, Takapau, Farmer.

Corn, Harry, Napier, Plumber.

Davies, Reginald, Napier, Confectioner.

Nairn, William Harold, Porangahau, Motor-service Proprietor.

Mancy, Clarence Edwin, Napier, Chemist.

Wickens, Trayton, Lyall, Napier, Radio-merchant.

Sullivan, Thomas Frederick, Waipukurau, Wood and Coal Merchant.

Bartlett, Charles Henry, Napier, Builder.

Crews, Charles Edward, Napier, Merchant.

Blair, James Melville, Napier, Labourer.

Everett, Percy William, Napier, Draper.

Currie, Robert, Taradale, Agent.

Watts, Frederick, Napier, Builder.

Dated at Napier, this 5th day of October, 1934.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that Rangi Huna Peri, of Maniaia, Aboriginal Native, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Courthouse, Hawera, on Thursday, the 18th day of October, 1934, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 6th day of October, 1934.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.