APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 711

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block III: Area, 482 acres 0 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £210. Deposit on deferred payments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Weighted with £234 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising whare, 210 chains boundary fence, 40 chains road fence, 80 chains internal fence, 40 acres felled and grassed.

Situated on Mako Mako Road, forty-eight miles from Hamilton, one mile from Mako Mako School, and seventeen miles to Oparau Dairy Factory. Access is by metalled road. A small grazing proposition, 240 acres of which has been grassed but is largely reverted to stunted manuka, 40 acres flat, balance easy to steep hills. The soil is light loam on sandstone; watered by streams, springs, and Mako Mako Creek. Blackberry and ragwort are prevalent. The section is not suitable as an independent unit, but would work in well with adjoining or nearby holding.

(H.O. 34/10; D.O. O.R.P. 4994.)

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 27th May, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 29th May, 1940, at 10 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.

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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN SETTLEMENT LAND.

Petone Borough.—Wilford Settlement.—Block XIII, Belmont Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block III: Area, 28·71 perches. Capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £6 5s.

Wilford Settlement is situated on the eastern part of the Borough of Petone and this section is only a few minutes walk from Ava Station. The Section, which fronts on to Wakefield Street, is suitable for residential purposes and sewerage, drainage, high-pressure water-supply, gas, and electricity are all available.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 19325; D.O. 4/7.)

Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th April, 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, 6th May, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th May, 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.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Glenomaru Survey District.

SECTIONS 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Block II: Area, 92 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £25. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 13s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £40 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising dwelling, cow-byre, barn, and fencing.

The land is situated about three miles from Glenomaru Post-office, School, and Railway-station, on a clay road about one mile from Balclutha-Owaka Highway. About 21 acres is in worn-out pasture, and the balance is in natural state. The area which is hilly and broken is suitable for working with adjoining land.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/27212; D.O. M.L. 4004 and VII/5.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD ARTHUR LINTON, of New Plymouth, Cabinetmaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 15th day of April, 1940, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 2nd day of April, 1940.

L. W. LOUISSON,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK NORMAN JOHN WALKER, of Havelock North, Caravan-builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse at Hastings, on Thursday, the 18th day of April, 1940, at 2.15 o’clock in the afternoon.

Dated at Napier, this 9th day of April, 1940.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 16, folio 62 (Auckland Registry), for that parcel of land being part of Allotment 229 of the Parish of Waipu, whereof JOHN FINLAYSON, of Waipu, Farmer, 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 11th day of April, 1940.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 5th day of April, 1940.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 706, folio 321 (Auckland Registry), for that parcel of land being Lot 2 on Deposited Plan 26864, being part of Section 3 of Block VIII of the Tauranga Survey District, whereof JAMES BARNEY, of Mount Maunganui, Storekeeper, 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 11th day of April, 1940.

Dated at the Land Registry Office at Auckland, this 5th day of April, 1940.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.