JULY 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1759

Weighted with £56 for improvements, comprising 30 chains road-line fencing, half value 10 chains boundary-fence, and 11 acres felled, burned, and grassed. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £6, the balance may be repaid over a period of seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £4 6s. 5d.

This property is situated on the Te Uri Road, fourteen miles from Ormondville Post-office and Railway-station, four miles from the Te Uri School, and eighteen miles from the Norsewood Dairy Factory and Saleyards. Access by metalled road from Ormondville. Flat to undulating land, suitable for grazing. The soil comprises a light clay resting on clay and rotten rock. There is no permanent water on the section, but it may be obtained by sinking.

Application forms and any further information desired may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/6/657 ; D.O. 8/73.)

Town Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th July, 1938.

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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 9th September, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 13th September, 1938, at 10.30 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 and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and amount of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT —TOWN LAND.

Oxford County.—Oxford Survey District.

PART R.S. 2071, Block VIII : Area, 2 acres 0 roods 12 perches. Capital value, £60 ; half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Weighted with £5 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing.

This section, which offers a good building-site, is situated in the Oxford Township with a frontage to High Street. The area is more or less covered in spreading broom.

The term of lease is thirty-three years with perpetual right of renewal.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/7/193 ; D.O. 8/137.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS NELSON, of 61 Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 1st day of August, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 22nd day of July, 1938.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NEILL DAVID MATSON, of Cambridge, Medical Practitioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Knox Street, on Monday, the 8th day of August, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 25th day of July, 1938.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand helden at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of account 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 Court to be helden on Monday, the 8th day of August, 1938, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

Dutton, Leslie Samuel, of New Plymouth, Lorry-driver.
Grey, George, of New Plymouth, Solicitor.
Grey, Philip, of New Plymouth, Solicitor.
Grey and Grey, of New Plymouth, Solicitors.
Honnor, Alfred George, of New Plymouth, Carpenter.
Mack, Thomas Edward, of New Plymouth, Butcher (Supp.).
Phillips, Moses Taylor, of Stratford, Auctioneer (Supp.).
Sanderson and Judd, of Stratford, Plumbers (Supp.).
Woller, Richard George, of New Plymouth, Labourer.

L. W. LOUISSON,
Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 20th July, 1938.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of VERNON HENRY NESBIT, Labourer, Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 4s. 0½d. in the pound is now payable in the above estate on all proved and accepted claims.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

Napier, 27th July, 1938.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable at my office in the undermentioned estates on all accepted proved claims :—

Gower, Neville Thomas, of Ohakune, Farm Employee—First and final dividend of 8s. 5d. in the pound.
McGreevy, Francis, of Horopito, Grocer—First and final dividend of 1s. 3½d. in the pound.

S. PERCY,
Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Taihape, 19th July, 1938.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court helden at Wanganui.

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 helden on Monday, the 1st day of August, 1938, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :—

Dated at Wanganui, this 26th day of July, 1938.

Lord, James, of Waitotara, Farm Manager.
Wansbrough, Herbert Raymond, of Wanganui, Fruiterer.
Wildman, Harry, of Wanganui, Labourer.
Chamley, Reginald Grant, of Wanganui, Cabinetmaker.
McConachy, George, of Waitotara, Labourer.

B. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN McCULLIE SMITH, of Palmerston North, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be helden at my office on Tuesday, the 2nd day of August, 1938, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 19th day of July, 1938.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.