APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1199

This section is situated in the Borough of Mosgiel, half a mile from Mosgiel Post-office and School and one and a half miles from Railway-station. The area comprises first-class flat land, the soil being a heavy loam. The section is suitable for growing grain and root crops, also for dairying and grazing. It is well watered.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 21/160 ; D.O. R.L.S. 391 and VII/5.)

Town Lands in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th April, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 6th June, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 8th June, 1939, 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, 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, and lease fee.

NOTE—The sections are situated within the Otago Mining District and are 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Wallace County.—Township of Colac.—Otago Mining District.

These sections are situated three-quarters of a mile to one mile from Colac Railway-station which is thirty-three miles from Invercargill and six miles from Riverton. Each section fronts onto Takutai Terrace which runs parallel to the beach. Sections are suitable for seaside residences.

Any further information desired may be obtained from the undersigned.

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 25/1077 ; D.O. R.L. 279, O.L.M. 2158.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of account and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the reports of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sittings of the said Court, to be holden on Friday, the 28th day of April, 1939, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from the administration of the said estates:—

Aldridge, Alfred Edward, Auckland, Chemist.
Anderson, Henry, Auckland, Timber Worker.
Batt, Ellen, Auckland, Financial Agent.
Beaver, James, Onehunga, Grain and Produce Merchant.
Bissett, J. T., Auckland, Contractor.
Bree, Arthur, Remuera, Auckland, Salesman.
Closey, Septimus James Edgar and Frederick William Closey, trading as Closey Bros., Papatoetoe, Contractors.
Cossey, George Frederick, Auckland, Hairdresser.
Costello, Arthur Edward, Tapu, Farmer.
Dunne, Walter Henry, 28 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, Sales Manager.
Farmer, Andrew Joseph, Auckland, Settler.
French, Jack Denton, 18 Aratonga Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, Salesman.
Head, H. T., Hunua, Farmer.
Herkt, William August, Turua, Drainage Board employee.
Hodgson, Joseph William, Auckland, Retired Butcher.
Hopping, Charles Alfred, Hikutai, Farmer.
Hughes, Alfred John, Waimana, Farm hand.
Jenkins, Robert Alexander, Epsom, Auckland, Printer trading as J. E. Jenkins and Co.
Kane, Joseph, 17 Cook Street, Auckland, unemployed Chemist.
Kedzlie, John, Thames, Builder.
Leahy, C. S., Auckland, Solicitor.
MacLaren, Ernest Ian, 62 Fourth Avenue, Morningside Auckland, Signwriter.
McPherson, William, Auckland, Retired Baker.
Makgill, Arthur, Waiuku, Motor-dealer.
Middlebrook, Albert Victor, Pokeno, Butcher.
Oliphant, Robert Samuel, Paeroa, Carpenter.
Pullen, John Francis, Auckland, Solicitor.
Purchase, Grenville William Edward, Warkworth, Labourer.
Quintal, Walter Paterson, 16 Hastings Parade, Devonport, Miner.
Raymond, Margaret Mary, Paroa, Farmer and Married Woman.
Rikys, Arthur George, deceased, late of Te Kopuru, Farmer.
Skipper, John Roderick, 38 Harlston Road, Mt. Albert, Auckland, Salesman.
Snelgar, Albert George, Thames, Miner.
Souster, Walter Edwin, Francis Street, Takapuna, Builder.
Strawbridge, John, Motutara, Farmer.
Wade, Baden Theodore Stewart, Papakura, Builder.
Yockney, Horace Augustus Charles, Emily Place, Auckland, Sales Manager.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 11th April, 1939.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HEREMIA, of Takapau, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Waipukurau, on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, 1939, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Napier, this 3rd day of April, 1939.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NOEL WILLIAM PERRIN, of Hawera, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 18th day of April, 1939, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hawera, this 6th day of April, 1939.

C. O. PRATT,
Official Assignee.