2734

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 73

Town Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 2nd September, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 13th October, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 15th October, 1941, 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

New Lynn Borough.—Waikomiti Parish.

ALLOTMENT 452 : Area, 32.4 perches. Capital value, £70; half-yearly rent, £1 15s.

The section is situated on Great North Road within three-quarters of a mile of the post-office, shopping centre, and railway-station; good easy building-site. Town water-supply, sewer-drainage, and electricity are available, and a regular bus service passes the property.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/12970; D.O. M.L. 2415.)

Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, 2nd September, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease 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 October, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th October, 1941, 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 documentary evidence of their farming experience and 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, and lease fee.

NOTE.—This section is 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 lessee, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Taieri County.—Maungatua Survey District.—Otago Mining District.

SECTION 41, Block I : Area, 162 acres 0 roods 19 perches. Capital value, £45; half-yearly rent, 18s.

The section is situated one mile and a quarter from Maungatua School and Rural Delivery and seven miles and a quarter from Outram Railway-station. The area comprises rough hillside in bracken, fern, and scrub, and the soil is of a poor quality resting on rock formation.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1098/696; D.O. M.L. 4261.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends in respect of the undermentioned estate has been declared on all proved and accepted claims:

Wilson,'Harold Lewis, of Taupiri, Contractor—Second and final dividend of 5d. in the pound, making a total dividend of 9d. in the pound.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

Supreme Court Buildings, Hamilton, 1st September, 1941.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that Joe LUEN, late of Kawiu Road, Levin, now care of Joe Yin, Marton, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Levin, on Wednesday, the 10th day of September, 1941, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.

Dated at Palmerston North, this 29th day of August, 1941.

F. C. LITCHFIELD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN ERIC WALKER, of Wellington, Mechanic, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Friday, the 5th day of September, 1941, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August, 1941.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 1s. 4½d. in the pound is now payable on all proved and accepted claims in the estate of W. J. McCrea, of Wellington, Pork Butcher.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 2nd September, 1941.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JOHN SPRATT, of Christchurch, Land-agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Old Provincial Building, Durham Street, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 10th day of September, 1941, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

Dated at Christchurch, this 27th day of August, 1941.

G. W. BROWN,
Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

Evidence of the loss of certificates of title, Vol. 221, folio 121 (Auckland Registry), for Section 6, Block X, Waipu Survey District, in favour of CHARLES McQUEEN, of Manutahi, Factory-manager, and Vol. 335, folio 160 (Auckland Registry), for the land on deposited plan 15357, being portion of the south-eastern portion of Allotment 16 of the Parish of Okaihau, in favour of KATHERINE REED, of Okaihau, Married Woman, having been lodged with me together with applications for new certificates of title in lieu thereof, and evidence of the loss of the outstanding copy of Lease Number 13600 for Allotments 82 and 83, Village of Weymouth, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 5, folio 110 (Auckland Registry), from His Majesty the King, as lessor, to JOHN EVANS, of Weymouth, Farmer, as lessee, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional lease in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificates of title and provisional lease after fourteen days from 4th September, 1941.

Dated at the Land Registry Office, Auckland, this 29th day of August, 1941.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.