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.
Canterbury Land District.-First-Class Land.
Rangiora County.-Mairaki Survey District.
RESERVES 1739 and 1740, Blocks III, IV, VII, and VIII:
Area, 102 acres 3 roods 37 perches. Capital value, £640.
Deposit on deferred payments, £40. Half-yearly instalment
on deferred payments, £19 10s. Renewable lease: Half-
yearly rent, £12 16s.
Capital value includes the sum of £25 for Crown's improve-
ments, comprising 100 chains boundary fencing.
Weighted with £2 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising approximately 15 chains of subdivisional fencing.
This property is situated on either side of Kennedys Road
about six miles distant from Cust Railway-station by good
road. The land comprises easy to steep undulating country
of a cold-clay nature, suitable for sheep grazing and the
cultivation of sheep feed, turnips, and rape. The area is not
self-supporting and is only suitable to be worked in with
adjoining properties.
Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.
N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 15/147; D.O. O.L. 3080.)
Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th March, 1940.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for lease by public auction at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Tuesday,
28th May, 1940, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions
of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies'
Leases Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Town of Invercargill.
Section 14, Block XLV: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual
rental, £8.
Weighted with £900 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising dwelling, outbuildings, garage, concrete-paths,
old shed, and fencing. This is a good property which has been
well cared for. Situated in Tweed Street.
Town of Gore.
Lot 5, D.P. 1073, being part Section 61, Block XVI:
Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
This is a level section on the hill fronting Crewe Street.
It is in a somewhat neglected condition with gorse and
broom spreading.
Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1940.
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 valua-
   tions 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 to yield up
   all improvements in good repair and condition at the expira-
   tion 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. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per centum per annum to
    be paid on rent in arrear.
12. Lease liable to termination if conditions are violated.
    Form of lease and any further particulars required may be
    obtained from the undersigned.
    THOS. CAGNEY,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    (H.O. 20/700; D.O. 10/6, E.R. 2437 and 3209.)
    STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
    Millling-timber withdrawn from Sale.
    State Forest Service,
    Rotorua, 7th March, 1940.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the milling-timber in
    Block IV, Opoutihi Survey District, Auckland Land
    District, advertised for sale by public tender in Gazette No.
    144 of the 14th December, 1939, on page 3521 is withdrawn
    from sale.
    W. T. MORRISON, Conservator of Forests.
    BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY WILLIAM CULLEN, of
    Tauranga, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
    and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at
    the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Wednesday, the 20th day of
    March, 1940, at 2.15 o'clock p.m.
    Dated at Auckland, this 8th day of March, 1940.
    A. W. WATTERS,
    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:-
    Brasting, Harold Peter, Painter, Te Aroha—First dividend
    of ls. in the pound.
    Ealgeson, Thomas (jun.), Farmer, Taupiri-Supplementary
    dividend of 5d. in the pound.
    McEwen, William, Milking-machine Dealer, Hamilton-
    First and final dividend of 5½d. in the pound.
    V. R. CROWHURST,
    Official Assignee.
    Government Buildings, Knox Street, Hamilton, 6th March,

13. In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that REGINALD TREVOR HORSUP,
    of Stratford, Carpenter, was this day adjudged
    bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be
    holden at the Magistrates' Court, Stratford, on Thursday,
    the 14th day of March, 1940, at 11 o'clock a.m.
    Dated at New Plymouth, this 5th day of March, 1940.
    L. W. LOUISSON,
    Official Assignee.
    In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
    NOTICE is hereby given that GORDON WALLACE KNOX,
    of Glenn Road, Kaupokonui, Labourer, was this day
    adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
    creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 19th day
    of March, 1940, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
    Dated at Hawera, this 8th day of March, 1940.
    A. R. C. CLARIDGE,
    Official Assignee.