May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

Notice of Annulment of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.

Native Land Court Office,
Wanganui, 15th April, 1942.

IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption dated the 29th June, 1938, as set out in the Schedule hereunder, has been annulled by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

L. J. BROOKER, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

ADOPTING parents: Tau Tamakehu and his wife Te Wai Tamakehu.
Adopted children: May Tamaka and Ann Tamaka.

Whakaatu i te Whakakorenga o te tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931.

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori,
Whanganui, 15 o Aperira, 1942.

HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, tetahi ota whakakore i te ota i tuhia i te 29/6/38, i etahi tamariki whangai, e whakaaturia e te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei.

TE PURUKA, Kai-Rehita.

KUPU APITI.

Nga matua whangai: Tau Tamakehu me tona hoa wahine Te Wai Tamakehu.
Nga tamariki whangai: Mei Tamaka me Ani Tamaka.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 21st May, 1942.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/6.)

J. G. BARCLAY,
For the Minister of Lands.

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

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1942.

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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 29th June, 1942.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 1st July, 1942, 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.

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 and lease fee.

NOTE.—This land 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Te Aroha Borough.—Te Aroha Township.—Hauraki Mining District.

SECTIONS 15 and 16, Block LIII: Area, 2 roods. Capital value, £85; half-yearly rent, £2 2s. 6d.

Property comprises level residential sections situated in Boundary Street, Te Aroha. Electricity and water are available.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/8/63; D.O. 18/58.)

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificates of title, Vol. 456, folio 282 (Auckland Registry), for Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and parts of Lots 4 and 12, Deposited Plan 14114, being portion of Clendon’s Grant, in favour of ELLA EMILY ANN BLAMFIED, of Auckland, Married Woman, Vol. 639, folio 196 (Auckland Registry), for Lots 22, 23, and 24, Deposited Plan 21245, being portion of Allotment 136 of the Parish of Puniu, in favour of JOHN CECIL PHILIPPS MONTEFIORE, of Te Awamutu, Farmer, Vol. 424, folio 11 (Auckland Registry), for Lot 4, Deposited Plan 18674, being portion of Allotments 24 and 25 of the Parish of Titirangi, in favour of GEORGE SIMPSON, of Auckland, Painter, and Vol. 233, folio 185, for Allotment 86A No. 2 of the Parish of Kohuroa, and Vol. 233, folio 186, for Allotment 86B of the Parish of Kohuroa, both in favour of CATHERINE DELIA SCHOLLUM, wife of Wenzl Schollum, of Auckland, Agent, having been lodged with me together with applications for new certificates of title in lieu thereof, and evidence of the loss of Memoranda of Mortgage No. 202547, affecting the land in the said certificate of title, Vol. 424, folio 11, given by George Simpson, as mortgagor, to THE STATE ADVANCES SUPERINTENDENT, as mortgagee, and Mortgage No. 65199, affecting the land in the said certificates of title, Vol. 233, folios 185 and 186, given by John Barlow Gilmore, as mortgagor, to PERCY GILMORE, Currier, and JOHN BARLOW GILMORE, Accountant, both of Auckland, as mortgagees, having been lodged with me together with applications for provisional mortgages in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificates of title and provisional mortgages after fourteen days from 28th May, 1942.

Dated the 22nd May, 1942, at the Land Registry Office at Auckland.

W. A. DOWD, Deputy District Land Registrar.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that H. B. STEWART, of 91 Morton Road, Invercargill, Postal Official, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, the Courthouse, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 4th day of June, 1942, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated at Invercargill, this 22nd day of May, 1942.

A. E. DOBBIE,
Official Assignee.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 376, folio 261 (Wellington Registry), for 27·82 perches, more or less, situate in the City of Wellington, being part of Section 32, Karori District, in the name of HENRY GLOVER, of Wellington, Monumental Mason, and of the loss of Memorandum of Mortgage No. 180461 in the name of JOHN BURNS, of Wellington, Estate Agent, as mortgagee, affecting the above-described land, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional certificate of title and a provisional memorandum of mortgage in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional certificate of title and provisional memorandum of mortgage after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1942, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

J. CARADUS, District Land Registrar.