Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2179

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, 15th October, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Land Act, 1931, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to 3 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 16th November, 1936, for the leases of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, on the following terms and conditions:—

1. The whole of the blocks may be tendered for as one lot or each block may be tendered for separately. The prescribed form must be used for tendering, and each tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.
2. The successful tenderer will be entitled to possession on receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.
3. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be returned to the respective tenderers.
4. Each successful tenderer must lodge a declaration to the effect that he is not prohibited under Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1931 (relating to limitation of area), from acquiring the area tendered for.
5. The term of the leases will be twenty-one years from 1st July, 1936.
6. A rebate of rent will be allowed between 1st July and the date of acceptance of tenders.
7. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
8. Any intending tenderers are advised to inspect the blocks before tendering.
9. Envelopes with tenders to be marked “Tender for Lease.”
10. Full particulars and tender forms may be obtained at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, where plans of the blocks may be inspected.
11. The upset annual rental for the whole of the blocks if leased as one lot is £143 8s.
12. The only block on which there are any improvements is Wharetoto No. 6, where improvements have been effected to the value of £400.
13. The blocks are situated in the vicinity of Rangitaiki, on the Napier–Taupo Road, about seventy miles from Napier and twenty-three miles from Taupo.

JAMES W. BROWNE, President.

SCHEDULE.

Wharetoto No. 1 Block, situate in Ari-pia and Taharua Survey Districts: Area, 7,658 acres. Upset annual rental, £19 5s.

Wharetoto No. 3 Block, situate in Ari-pia and Maruanui Survey Districts: Area, 6,166 acres. Upset annual rental, £15 10s.

Wharetoto No. 5A Block, situate in Maruanui and Ari-pia Survey Districts: Area, 2,159 acres. Upset annual rental, £5 8s.

Wharetoto No. 5B Block, situate in Ari-pia and Maruanui Survey Districts: Area, 5,721 acres. Upset annual rental, £14 5s.

Wharetoto No. 6 Block, situate in Ari-pia and Maruanui Survey Districts: Area, 13,513 acres 1 rood 32 perches. Upset annual rental, £68 5s.

Wharetoto No. 8 Block, situate in Maruanui Survey District: Area, 6,240 acres. Upset annual rental, £15 10s.

Part Wharetoto No. 9 Block, situate in Maruanui Survey District: Area, 1,730 acres. Upset annual rental, £4 10s.

Wharetoto No. 11 Block, situate in Taharua and Ari-pia Survey Districts: Area, 293 acres. Upset annual rental, 15s.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ALISTER MACRAE GLASS, of Frankton Junction, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 10th day of November, 1936, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 31st day of October, 1936.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of HERBERT JOHN WING, of Napier, Confectioner.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound is now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Napier, 29th October, 1936.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE ORMSBY, of Wanganui, Retired Civil Servant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 10th day of November, 1936, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wanganui, this 30th day of October, 1936.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES HENRY HERBERT SALTER, of Palmerston North, but formerly of Feilding, Tailor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 9th day of November, 1936, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 28th day of October, 1936.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that REGINALD JOHN HAYMAN, of Wellington, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 9th day of November, 1936, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of October, 1936.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

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

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 Tuesday, the 24th day of November, 1936, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates:—

Busch, Myrtle Helen Emma, of Nelson, Fruiterer.
Chadwick, Frank Shaw, of Palmerston North, Manager (trading as “The Reliance Suit Company”).
Davis, Sidney Charles, of Nelson, Carpenter.
Egan, Erwin Silvester, of Takaka, Labourer.
Hughes, George William Manby, of Tahunanui, Baker.
Leatham, Edward George, of Tophouse, Labourer.
Prince, Albert Frederick, of Takaka, Grocer.
Shallcrass, Jeffrey Williamson, of Braeburn, Farmer.
Vaughan, William Theophilus, of Nelson, Fruiterer.

Dated at Nelson, this 2nd day of November, 1936.

A. L. TRESIDDER,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE having been furnished of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 327, folio 197 (Canterbury Registry), for part of Lot 28 on deposited plan 94, part of Rural Sections 15836 and 16033, situated in the Borough of New Brighton, whereof MARY ANN BROWN, formerly wife of HENRY BROWN, of New Brighton, Retired Head Gardener, and now of Christchurch, Widow, is the registered proprietor, and application having been made to me for the issue of a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, I hereby give notice that it is my intention to issue such new certificate of title accordingly at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated at the Land Registry Office, Christchurch, this 2nd day of November, 1936.

A. L. B. ROSS, District Land Registrar.