Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 193

Weighted with £600 for improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling, stable, barn and shearing-shed (under one roof), implement-shed, yards and dip, 1,400 gal. underground concrete tank, piping, and trough. This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance £500 may be paid by sixty half-yearly instalments of £16 3s. 4d. including interest at 5 per cent. per annum.

The section is situated eight miles from Waiwera Township, Railway-station, and School, by good formed and metalled road and comprises undulating land with fairly well-sheltered ridges. The soil is fairly sharp loam and responds well to lime and manure treatment. The property is free from noxious weeds and is fairly well watered by creeks and river.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 32/400/1 ; D.O. D.P. 96.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th February, 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, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 6th April, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 12th April, 1939, 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 the first half-year’s rent, lease fee, broken-period rent (if any), and amount of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Waitaki County.—Town of Moeraki.

SECTION 4, Block III: Area, 1 rood 0·2 perches. Capital value, £20. Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising road-boundary fencing.

The section is situated a quarter of a mile from Moeraki School and one mile and a half from Hillgrove Railway-station. A steep section with a flat portion at back suitable or a building-site.

(H.O. 9/3248 ; D.O. VII/5, III/96.)

Waitaki County.—Town of Herbert.

SECTIONS 6, 7, and 8, Block VI: Area, 3 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £60. Half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Weighted with £200 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling in poor repair.

The sections are situated about a quarter of a mile from Herbert School and Post-office, and half a mile from railway-station. Sections 7 and 8 are situated on top of a high cutting facing on to the Main North Road (Otepopo Street), while Section 6 faces on to Cullen Street, which is a steep side street. They are fair sections but the access is poor.

(H.O. 6/3/427 ; D.O. VII/5, VII/2/26.)

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD GREGORY MANSON, of Otorohanga, Confectioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Official Assignee’s office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 16th day of February, 1939, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 2nd day of February, 1939.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY SIDNEY EXCELL, of Turanga-o-Moana, Sharemilker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 14th day of February, 1939, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 2nd day of February, 1939.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES JOSEPH DUGGAN, of Wanganui, Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 13th day of February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wanganui, this 3rd day of February, 1939.

B. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LOUIS TULLIO SABINI, of Paekakariki, Machinist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 10th day of February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of February, 1939.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand held at Invercargill.

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 21st February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from administration of the said estates:—

Akins, Charles Henry, of Invercargill, Colour-merchant.
Beadle, Albert Edward, of Invercargill, Fish-merchant.
Gerken, Martin, of Invercargill, Labourer.
McIntyre, James, of Thornbury, Farmer.
Orlowski, Stanislaus Ivan, of Winton, Labourer.
Riddle, Robert Arthur, of Kennington, Farmer.
Weavers, William John, of Tuatapere, Sawmill hand.

Dated at Invercargill, this 31st day of January, 1939.

A. McCARTHY,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ERNEST ROBERT BOTTING, of Mataura, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 14th day of February, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Invercargill, this 6th day of February, 1939.

A. McCARTHY,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 307, folio 72 (Auckland Registry), for that parcel of land being the block situated in the Ohinemuri Survey District called Hikutaia No. 16 No. 6D, whereof WIREMU HEREWINI, an aboriginal Native of New Zealand, is the registered proprietor, having been lodged with me together with an application for the issue of a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title accordingly upon the expiration of fourteen days from the 9th day of February, 1939.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 3rd day of February, 1939.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.