Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1547

Cancellation of Ballot.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 3rd August, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the ballot advertised at page 1506 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 51, 30th July, 1936, under “Crown Lands Notices,” in respect of Section 25s, Huatoki Settlement (Taranaki Land District), has been cancelled.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 21/186.)

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 3rd August, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 9th September, 1936.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, 11th September, 1936, 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.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki County.—Waioeka Survey District.

(NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.)

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.*)

SECTION 14, Block XVI: Area, 1,946 acres. Capital value, £500; half-yearly rent, £10.

Weighted with £260 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising clearing, grassing, fencing, three-roomed dwelling (old), wool-shed (old), and outbuildings.

A poor grazing proposition on the Gisborne–Opotiki Main Highway, sixteen miles from Matawai Township, Post-office, Railway-station, and Stores, and four miles from Wairata School. All very steep broken country, about 1,200 acres in standing bush, about 100 acres in grass—balance has deteriorated and is in fern and scrub. Soil is light and is well watered. Altitude 750 ft. to 2,700 ft. above sea-level. Notice is drawn to the fact that special attention will require to be given to the eradication of ragwort and other noxious weeds.

• The rental exemption is conditional on improvements equal to at least the amount of the exempted rent being effected to the satisfaction of the Land Board in each year during the exemption period. The improvements required to be effected in terms of the lease will have to be effected in addition to those required to earn the rental exemption.

For any further information apply to the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 31/187; D.O. R.L. 807.)

Land in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd August, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for renewable lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, 17th September, 1936, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

NOTE.—The attention of intending bidders is drawn to the fact that the section is situated within the Otago Mining District and is offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tuapeka County.—Glenkenich Survey District.—Otago Mining District.

SECTION 15, Block VIII: Area, 6 acres 3 roods 1 perch. Upset yearly rent, £2.

The section is situated within two miles of the Tapanui Post-office; access by unformed road. The area is unsuitable as a separate holding but would work in with adjoining land.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 9/3104; D.O. III/4/2015.)

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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:—

Karlsen, Jacob Peter John, Auckland, Builder—First and final dividend of 1s. 0¼d. in the pound.

McCracken, Hector Norman, Te Puke, Farmer—Second and final dividend of 5¾d. in the pound, making in all 1s. 9¾d. in the pound.

Stone, Harold Selwyn, West Tamaki, Dairy-farmer—Second and final dividend of 5¾d. in the pound, making in all 3s. 11¾d. in the pound.

Sykes, Frederick George, Otamarakau, Te Puke, Farmer—First and final dividend of 1s. 4d. in the pound.

Waters, Edward John, Auckland, Clerk—Second and final dividend of 1½d. in the pound, making in all 1s. 10½d. in the pound.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland.
28th July, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that KEITH HENRY, of New Plymouth, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Monday, the 10th day of August, 1936, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 31st day of July, 1936.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LESLIE SINCLAIR ROBERTSON, of Pembroke, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at the Courthouse, Cromwell, on Thursday, the 13th day of August, 1936, at 2 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Dunedin, this 3rd day of August, 1936.

J. M. ADAM,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 316, folio 244 (Auckland Registry), for all that parcel of land being Lot 1, deposited plan 13222, being part of Allotment 21, Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, whereof ETHELBERT CHARLES RAE, of Remuera, Grain-merchant, is the registered proprietor, having been lodged with me, together with an application for the issue of a new certificate of title, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title accordingly upon the expiration of fourteen days from the 6th day of August, 1936.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 31st day of July, 1936.

W. JOHNSTON, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 7th September, 1936:—

8089. THOMAS LANGDON.—Allotment 199A and part Allotment 199B, Village of Howick, containing 1 acre 0 roods 32·4 perches, fronting Baird Street, in the Howick Town District. Occupied by Walter Langdon. Plan 26239.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 31st day of July, 1936, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

W. JOHNSTON, District Land Registrar.