JULY 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 937

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Education Reserve in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th July, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve is open for selection on renewable lease under the Education Reserves Act, 1928, the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1944 ; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 13th August, 1945.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 15th August, 1945, 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.

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 deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE

Auckland City.—Suburbs of Auckland

Lot 8, D.P. 20147, being part of Allotment 70, Section 16 : Area, 1 rood 19·8 perches. Half-yearly rent, £16 5s.

Weighted with £1,500 for improvements, comprising a storey-and-a-half dwelling in first-class order, six rooms, three open porches, kitchen, washhouse, bathroom, &c. ; all conveniences. Garage, fencing, paths, &c. This sum is payable in cash, or, after a deposit of not less than £600, the balance may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation (term, twenty years); interest, 4½ per cent. ; half-yearly instalment, £34 14s. 7d., principal and interest combined.

This property, known as No. 9 Waiata Avenue, Remuera, is situated in an excellent residential area. The section is a good one sloping to the back and laid out in lawns and gardens. Improvements as described above.

NOTE.—The land is offered subject to the existing tenancy.

Any further information desired may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 20/1081 ; D.O. M.I. 2512.)

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Reserve in Otago Land District for Lease

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 17th July, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for lease under the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928 ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 7th August, 1945.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th August, 1945, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other 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.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Post and Telegraph Reserve.—Colinswood Extension No. 1

ALLOTMENT 1 : Area, 32·8 perches. Half-yearly rent, £5.

The reserve is a good site situated on the Portobello–Dunedin Road.

Abstract of Conditions

(1) Term of lease : Five years from date of selection.

(2) Rent payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July.

(3) Lessee liable for payment of all rates, taxes, and other assessments.

(4) Lessee to prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and other noxious weeds on the land.

(5) No right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land except with consent.

(6) No right to compensation for improvements, but on the expiry of the lease or sooner determination the lessee to be allowed one month in which to remove all buildings or fences erected or paid for by him.

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(7) The owner of the existing improvements and the successful applicant at ballot will be required to submit to the Commissioner of Crown Lands details of the price agreed upon as the value of the said improvements under the published conditions of leasing and the terms of payment, and, in the event of dispute as to value, the matter shall be decided by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(8) Lease subject to termination if conditions not fulfilled.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/3/404 ; D.O. M.L. 4816.)

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

In Bankruptcy

In the Estate of SMITH BROS., of Whakaki, Labourers.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 10s. in the pound is now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims against the partnership.

J. MILLER, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Wairoa, 10th July, 1945.

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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 20th August, 1945 :—

8153. GERTRUDE MATILDA KEMP, of Kerikeri, Spinster, for her life, with remainder in fee-simple to Alfred Ernest Kemp, of Cape Runaway, Sheep-farmer. Part of Lot 1, being part of Old Land Claim 39, situated in Block XI of the Kerikeri Survey District, containing 3 acres 2 roods 22·2 perches. Occupied by the applicant. Plan 29562.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of July, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

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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 20th August, 1945 :—

8154. ALFRED ERNEST KEMP, of Cape Runaway, Sheep-farmer. Lots 1 and 2, being part of Old Land Claim 39, situated in Block XI of the Kerikeri Survey District, containing 2 acres 1 rood 11·7 perches. Occupied by Jas. Kendall, Limited, of Kerikeri. Plans 32468 and 29562.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of July, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

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EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 9, folio 229 (Westland Registry), for 26 perches, more or less, being part of Section 463, Town of Greymouth, in the name of JOHN KAY, of Greymouth, Commercial Traveller, 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 after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 9th day of July, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Hokitika.

D. A. YOUNG, District Land Registrar.

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EVIDENCE having been furnished of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 378, folio 95 (Canterbury Registry), for part of Rural Section 2304, situate in Block XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District, whereof THEOPHILUS EDWARD STANBURY, of Little River, Farmer (now deceased), is the registered proprietor, together with an application for a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, I hereby give notice of my intention to issue such new certificate of title at the expiration of fourteen days from 19th July, 1945.

Dated this 13th day of July, 1945, at the Land Registry Office, Christchurch.

A. L. B. ROSS, District Land Registrar.