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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 29

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1939.

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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 29th May, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 31st May, 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.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank pass-books, certificates or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so, and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

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.

This property is situated within the Hauraki 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Thames County.—Tairua Survey District.—Hauraki Mining District.

Section 2, Block VI : Area, 49 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £40; half-yearly rent, 16s.

This is a flat to easy undulating section situated on a by-road off the Waihi-Tairua Road, five miles from Hikuai Post-office and School and forty miles from Waihi Railway-station and Saleyards; access being by formed and partly metalled road from Hikuai. Soil is light clay loam resting on clay formation; watered by the Tairua River. Whole property has gone back to fern except for about 3 acres of river-flat which is in grass but reverting to blackberry which requires attention. Section is not suitable as a separate holding but would make a useful adjunct to an adjacent property.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1432/59; D.O. H.P.L. 655.)

Education Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd May, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, 12th June, 1939, at 2 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Ellesmere County.—Southbridge Survey District.

Lot 1, E.R. 1179, Block X : Area, 192 acres 2 roods 34 perches. Upset annual rent, £80.

Weighted with £65 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising approximately 160 chains post, stakes, and wire fencing.

This property has a frontage to the coast-line and is situated about seven miles from Southbridge. Access is provided by good metalled road for five miles and a half, then by unformed road along coast-line. The land which is subdivided into seven paddocks is all flat and low-lying and is suitable for grazing only. The area is not self-supporting and is only suitable to be worked in with adjoining properties.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered and rent for the broken period, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), and weighting for improvements must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

3. Term of lease—twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rents on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and yield up all improvements in good repair and condition at the expiration of the lease.

6. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

7. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide without consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without consent of the Land Board.

9. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.

10. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

11. Lease liable to termination if conditions are violated.

Form of lease and any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 20/124; D.O. E.R./629.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES AUSTIN, Agent, of British Chambers, High Street, Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 11th day of May, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of April, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ERROL CARTER, of Bombay, Carrier, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of April, 1939. •

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER HENRY BIGWOOD, STANLEY JOHN OLSON, and LESLIE CHARLES NEWMAN, of Whakatane, Contractors, trading as the B.O.N. Construction Company, were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on Monday, the 15th day of May, 1939, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 1st day of May, 1939.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.