JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1641

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 14th August, 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.

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, in the case of Sections 131 and 132, the amount of weighting for improvements.

NOTE.-These sections are 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 lessees, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-THIRD-CLASS LANDS.

Vincent County.-Fraser Survey District.-Otago Mining District.

SECTION 131, Block I : Area, 107 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £40 ; half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £2 15s. (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing.

Section 132, Block I : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 5 perches. Capital value, £20 ; half-yearly rent, 8s.

Weighted with £1 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing.

Section 133, Block I : Area, 3 roods 22 perches. Capital value, £20 ; half-yearly rent, 8s.

Section 134, Block I : Area, 3 roods 24 perches. Capital value, £20 ; half-yearly rent, 8s.

Section 135, Block I : Area, 1 acre 0 roods 38 perches. Capital value, £20 ; half-yearly rent, 8s.

These sections are situated about half a mile from the Alexandra Post-office.

Section 131 consists of steep rocky faces and broken gullies with scattered rock outcrops over the whole area. There are pockets of good soil on some of the easy slopes, which would respond well to irrigation. Sections 132-135 comprise good building-sites overlooking the Town of Alexandra and environs.

NOTE.-The right is reserved to the Alexandra Borough Council to use the old mining sludge-channel through the eastern portion of Section 131 for by-wash purposes as and when required, without liability for compensation for any damage which may be caused thereby.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 36/980 ; D.O. 1/8/90 and VII/5.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE M EphAM, of Auckland, Taxi-driver, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 11th day of July, 1940, at 2.15 o'clock p.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of June, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,

Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK JOHN FAWCETT, of Auckland, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Friday, the 12th day of July, 1940, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of June, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,

Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that KARL DONALD IFWERSON, of Auckland, Meter-reader, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 10th day of July, 1940, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of June, 1940.

A. W. WATTERS,

Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.-In the Supreme Court of New Zealand holden at Hamilton.

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 holden at Hamilton on Tuesday, the 16th day of July, 1940, at 10.30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates :

Arnold, Edwin James, of Morrinsville, Share-milker. Augustin, Ernest James, of Ngongotaha, Share-milker. Bourne, Geoffrey William Laurence, and Ross, Norman Allan, of Taumarunui, Men's Outfitters. Chirney, John William, of Morrinsville, Contractor. Cooke, Desmond Francis Stanley, of Taumarunui, Labourer. Dallas, Desmond Coutes, of Te Aroha, Radio-dealer. De Buisson, Raymond John Roux, of Mourea, Mill Hand. Excell, Henry Sidney, of Turanga-o-moana, Share-milker. Fenning, Albert Edward, of Ongarue. Garrett, Robert William, of Orini, Cheesemaker. Gibb, Bruce, of Rotorua, Fisherman. Gough, Herbert Leonard, of Hamilton, Labourer. Hubbard, William Ernest, of Rotorua, Motor-driver. Kite, William Charles, and Linton, Edward Cook, of Te Awamutu, Cartage Contractors. Legg, Edwin, of Kaingaroa, Forestry Worker. Mac Luckie, John Linton, of Otorohanga, Farmer. Parlour, Samuel Coates, of Morrinsville, Farmer and Flax-miller. Ryder, Herbert Pulleine, of Kaingaroa, Labourer. Schaare, Reginald Charles, of Putaruru, Contractor. Smith, Oliver Wallace, of Rotorua, Labourer. Stone, Stanley Bolton, of Matamata, Outfitter. Sutherland, Hector Alfred, of Hamilton, Baker. Tapsell, Kouma, of Maketu, Contractor. Te Huia, Raureti, of Tokanui, Labourer. Tonoho, Home Kingi, of Te Awamutu, Farmer and Contractor. Varley, Herbert Edward, of Te Aroha, Radio-dealer. Walker, William Samuel, of National Park, Mill Hand. Zimmerman, Henry, of Mapiu, Farmer.

V. R. CROWHURST,

Official Assignee.

Government Buildings, Knox Street, Hamilton, 25th June, 1940.