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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 deposit in reduction of weighting for
improvements.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.
Kairanga County.—Block II, Kairanga Survey District.—
Olver Settlement.
SECTION 1s : Area, 36 acres 0 roods 31·7 perches. Capital
value, £1,385; half-yearly rent, £34 12s. 6d.
Capital value includes the sum of £305 for Crown's
improvements, comprising 61 chains internal fencing, 13
chains road fencing, 38 chains boundary fencing, 36 acres
cleared and stumped, 8 acres surface sown, 26 acres ploughed
and grassed, and water-supply.
Weighted with £433 15s. for improvements, comprising
dwelling, cowbyre, plantation, roads, bridges and culvert,
drains, and part fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or,
after payment of a deposit of £83 15s., the balance may be
repaid over a period of twenty years at 5 per cent., the half-
yearly instalments of principal and interest being £13 18s. 10d.
This section is situated on Milson Line five miles from
Feilding Railway-station and Saleyards, a quarter of a mile
from the Te Arakura School, and eight miles from Awahuri
Dairy Factory, access being by metalled road. The soil,
watered by windmill and well, is heavy clay loam resting
on clay (10 acres resting on metal and clay with some iron-
stone), and is all flat and ploughable and suitable for dairying.
The property which is somewhat neglected, the fencing and
building being in need of repair, is barely an economic unit
but would be suitable for an adjoining owner.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.
H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 26/25465; D.O. L.S.R.L. 712.)
Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 17th January, 1940.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property
is open for selection on optional tenures 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 Monday, 11th March, 1940.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday,
13th March, 1940, 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, lease fee, and amount of weighting for improvements.
SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Clutha County.—Glenomaru Survey District.
SECTION 43, Block III : Area, 19 acres 2 roods 36 perches.
Capital value, £20. Deposit on deferred payments, £5.
Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 9s. 9d. Renew-
able lease : Half-yearly rent, 8s.
Weighted with £70 8s. (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising old five-roomed dwelling, two huts, and fencing.
This property is situated one mile from Glenomaru Post-
office and Railway-station, two miles from Glenomaru School,
eight miles from Owaka Saleyards and is a quarter of a mile
off Catlins Main Highway. The soil is a sharp loam on rock
bottom. The section is undulating and part back-lying,
with about 10 acres milled bush and second growth ; balance
old pasture.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.
W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 22/4473 ; D.O. M.L. 4178 and VII/5.)
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that CARL CARLSON, of Tauranga,
Confectioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and
I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at
the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Thursday, the 25th day of
January, 1940, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of January, 1940.
N. C. O. BUTCHER,
Acting Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends in respect of the
undermentioned estates have been declared on all
proved and accepted claims :
Chirncy, John, of Morrinsville, Contractor—First and final
dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound.
Gibb, Robert, of Ngaruawahia, Labourer—First and final
dividend of ls. 7d. in the pound.
Paranihi, Matau, of Mokai, Bush Worker—First and final
dividend of ls. 10d. in the pound.
Smith, Edward Andrew Twamley, of Taringamotu,
Taumarunui, Mill Worker—First and final dividend of
ls. in the pound.
Varley, Herbert Edward, of Te Aroha, Radio-dealer—
First and final dividend of ls. 2d. in the pound.
V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.
Government Buildings, Knox Street, Hamilton, 15th
January, 1940.
In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES DUNCAN, of
34 Crawford Road, Wellington, Butcher, was this day
adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 24th
day of January, 1940, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of January, 1940.
S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable
in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims;
promissory notes (if any) must be produced for endorsement
prior to the receipt of dividend :
Brydon, Henry, of Culverden, Threshing-mill Proprietor—
First and final dividend of ls. 4½d. in the pound.
Charlesworth, William, of Springfield, Carpenter—First
dividend of 2s. in the pound.
Duncan, Mabel Martha, late of Christchurch, Farmer
(deceased)—Supplementary dividend of 1½d. in the
pound, making a total dividend of 2s. 2½d. in the pound.
Giles, John McKellar, of Christchurch, Journalist—First
dividend of ls. in the pound.
Sharp, George Frederick, of Ashburton, Plasterer—First
dividend of 3s. 9d. in the pound.
Stade, John Patrick, of Hawkswood, Labourer—Second
dividend of 4s. in the pound, making a total to date of
9s. in the pound.
Switzer, John Tobias, of Christchurch, Carpenter—First
dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound.
G. W. BROWN,
Official Assignee.
Christchurch, 15th January, 1940.
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.
APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of
a new certificate of title in the name of GEORGE
ARTHUR CRIDLAND, of Bunnythorpe, Farmer, for 2 roods
3 perches, more or less, being Sections 1294 and 1295, Town-
ship of Bunnythorpe, and being all the land in certificate of
title, Vol. 20, folio 189 (Wellington Registry), and evidence
having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said
certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the
new certificate of title as requested after fourteen days from
the date of the Gazette containing this notice.
Dated this 16th day of January, 1940, at the Lands Registry
Office Wellington.
J. CARADUS, District Land Registrar.