Mar. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

Land in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 26th March, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th March, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 6th May, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Thursday, 8th May, 1941, 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 documentary evidence of their financial position and farming experience.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately upon 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Marlborough County.—Taylor Pass Survey District—Wither Settlement.

SECTION 21, Block IV: Area 10 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £5.

Loaded with £320 for improvements, comprising dwelling of three rooms and bathroom, washhouse, two large fowl-houses, feed-shed, fencing, and plantation. This sum may be paid in cash or after payment of a cash deposit of £20, the balance, £300, to be repaid over a period of fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £14 2s., comprising interest (5 per cent.) and principal.

This property, which is situated two miles from Blenheim, is suitable only for a man in permanent employment who could run a few cows and poultry. The land is of a dry, shingly nature with no water supply, although the borough water runs past frontage. Buildings generally are in poor repair.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

G. I. MARTIN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 36/1000; D.O. XX/13.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that GORDON ELIOTT MUNCE, of 71 Garnet Road, Westmere, Cartetaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Building, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 3rd day of April, 1941, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 24th day of March, 1941.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estate of ERIC LESLIE SMITH, of Napier, Labourer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 2s. 2½d. in the pound is now payable on all proved claims in the above estate.

Napier, 21st March, 1941.

W. HARTE,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES MELVILLE BLAIR, of Feilding, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Feilding, on Friday, the 28th day of March, 1941, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 24th day of March, 1941.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 28th April, 1941.

8136. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND, a corporation sole. Allotment 286, Town of Hamilton East, containing 1 acre 2-6 perches. Occupied by applicant. Plan 30219. Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 21st day of March, 1941, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the outstanding duplicate of memorandum of mortgage 100080, in the name of MARY RALSTON, of Wellington, Spinster, as mortgagee, affecting 22-65 perches, more or less, situate in the City of Wellington, being Lot 2 on Deposited Plan 7159, being part of Section 8 of the Evans Bay District, and being also all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 355, folio 118 (Wellington Registry), and application having been made for the issue of a provisional mortgage 160080, I hereby give notice that I will issue the provisional mortgage after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated the 25th March, 1941, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

E. B. C. MURRAY, Assistant Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (3) AND (4).

NOTICE is hereby given that at the expiration of three months from this date the names of the undermentioned companies will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register and the companies dissolved:—

Utility Machines, Limited. 1930/107.

The Acme Engineering Company, Limited. 1932/10.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this 3rd day of March, 1941.

L. G. TUCK,
Assistant Registrar of Companies.