Area: 3,195 acres 2 roods 7 perches.
Upset annual rental: £64.
Improvements: Existing improvements to the value of
£1,400 belong to the Board.
Location and general description of Lots 1 and 2:-
Situated on left bank Wanganui River about twenty-
eight miles from Wanganui. Lot 2 has a frontage of about
half a mile to the Wanganui River Road. The land is fairly
steep to steep and hilly, broken by gorges. A large area
on the western side with a north-easterly aspect is good
second-class grazing country. Soil is clay sandstone formation with scattered patches of papa. There are no
buildings.
Lot 3.--Description: Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
14, and 15, Block II, of the Matahiwi Township, being part
of the Ohotu No. 1 Block and situated in Block XI, Tauakira
Survey District.
Area: 149 acres 2 roods 19 perches.
Upset annual rental: £31 16s.
Improvements: Existing improvements to the value of
£695 belong to the Board.
Lot 4.-Description: Section 4, Block VII, Tauakira
Survey District, and Section 2, Block XI, Tauakira Survey
District, being parts of Ohotu 1 Block.
Area: 2,505 acres.
Upset annual rental: £93 12s.
Improvements: Existing improvements to the value of
£2,090 on the above described land belong to the Board.
Location and general description of Lots 3 and 4:
Situated on left bank Wanganui River, about thirty miles
from Wanganui with frontage of over two miles to the
Wanganui River Road and three miles to Matahiwi-Ohotu
Road. The land comprises about 150 acres easy hills,
balance being steep and broken with gorges and gullies.
Soil is clay sandstone with a few patches of papa. Buildings
comprise five-roomed dwelling, three-roomed whare, out-
buildings, and a four-stand shearing-shed.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. Tenders must be written in the form provided for
   the purpose, and be forwarded in a sealed envelope marked
   "Tender for Lease of (specify Block)" so as to be received
   at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
   Wanganui, not later than 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the 16th day
   of May, 1939.

2. Each lot must be tendered for separately, and each
   tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to six months
   rent at the rate tendered.

3. Any tender not in conformity with these conditions
   is liable to rejection. The Board, may, if it thinks fit,
   decline all tenders for any lot.

4. Each successful tenderer will be entitled to possession
   on receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.

5. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will
   be returned to the respective tenderers.

6. The highest or any tender for any lot will not necessarily
   be accepted, and the Board reserves the right to accept
   or reject any tender. If the rental tendered by two or
   more tenderers is equal and is higher than that offered by
   any other tenderer, the Board shall decide in such manner
   as it thinks fit which tender (if any) shall be accepted.

7. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable
   to grant a lease of any lot tendered for, the successful
   tenderer shall be entitled to a refund of his deposit, but
   shall have no claim for damages, compensation, or interest
   on the deposit.

8. Each successful tenderer shall be required, within
   thirty days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered
   to him, to sign the lease in triplicate. In the event of his
   failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent paid by him
   and again offer the land for lease, freed from any obligation
   to the defaulting tenderer.

9. Each successful tenderer, within thirty days of being
   advised that his tender is accepted, 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.

10. The leases will be issued subject to the provisions
    of the Native Land Act, 1931, and its amendments and
    the regulations thereunder, and will contain, inter alia,
    the following provisions:-
    (a) The term of the leases will be eighteen years and
    six months from the 25th day of May, 1939, at
    the rent tendered with no right of renewal.
    (b) Rent will be payable half-yearly in advance. Lessee
    will pay rates, and will not assign or sublet without
    the Board's consent. Lessee will keep the
    land clear of noxious weeds.
    (c) The lessee will to the satisfaction of the Board's
    Property Supervisor eradicate or effectively control
    the blackberry on Lots 3 and 4 in consideration
    of which the Board will be prepared to remit rent
    in proportion to the work that may be done by
    the lessee.
    (d) Lessee will fence the boundaries without any right
    of resort to the Board for contribution as owner
    of 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.
    (e) Lessee to keep premises in repair, and will cultivate
    in a proper and husbandlike manner.
    (f) Lessee will have no right to minerals without special
    license but he may use on the land, any minerals
    for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-
    making, or building purposes.
    (g) Compensation for substantial improvements effected
    by the lessee during the term of his lease will be
    allowed to him as provided in section 327 of the
    Native Land Act, 1931: Provided however that
    no compensation will be payable on existing improve-
    ments which are the property of the Board.
    The leases will be prepared by the Board at the cost of
    the lessee. The cost is £3 3s., together with cost of stamp-
    ing and registering same.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The lands are described for the general information of
intending selectors who are recommended, nevertheless,
to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible
for the absolute accuracy of any description.
Some areas are liable to slight alterations.
Forms of tender and full particulars may be obtained
at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, and at the post-offices at Wanganui, Raetihi,
Pipiriki, Ohakune Township, Ohakune Junction, Taumaru-
nui, and Taihape.

JAS. W. BROWNE, President,
Aotea District Maori Land Board.
Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui,
13th April, 1939.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN ANDREWS BEVIN,
of Onehunga Auckland, Temporary Clerk, was this
day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting
of creditors to be holden at my office Law Court Building,
High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 1st day of May,
1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 17th day of April, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY
CARMICHAEL, of Whakatane, Saddler, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on
Friday, the 5th day of May, 1939, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 24th day of April, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.