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WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
Lot 8, D.P. 17176, being part Section 64, Pauatahanui District, situated in Block IX, Paekakariki Survey District: Area, 2 roods 12⋅17 perches, more or less. Part C.T. 274/111.
RECREATION. 30 June 1954.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
Reserve 4753, situated in Block X, Christchurch Survey District: Area, 3 roods 35⋅9 perches, more or less. Shown as Lot 10, D.P. 17446, being part Rural Section 83. RECREATION. 21 July 1954.

Board of Trade Notice No. 101—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Fruit-pulp and Jams

1. The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on the goods mentioned hereunder and included in the following tariff items:

Tariff Item 38: Fruit-pulp, partially preserved fruit, fruit preserved by sulphurous acid, crushed fruit, minced fruit, fruit-pastes, sweetened or unsweetened, and n.e.i.

Tariff Item 45: Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves, n.e.i.

The present rates of import duty in respect of these items are:

Tariff Item 38—
British Preferential: 1½d. per lb.*
General: 1½d. per lb.†

Tariff Item 45—
British Preferential: 2d. per lb. on the actual or reputed weight, whichever is the greater, or 20% ad valorem, whichever rate returns the higher duty.*
Australian Agreement: 3d. per lb. on the actual or reputed weight, whichever is the greater, or 20% ad valorem, whichever rate returns the higher duty.
General: 5d. per lb. on the actual or reputed weight, whichever is the greater, or 40% ad valorem, whichever rate returns the higher duty†.

*Plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty in respect of goods imported from Ireland (except Northern Ireland), Union of South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Canada.

†Plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.

2. During the course of this inquiry the Board will consider the desirability of reclassifying the goods in question for the purposes of the Customs Tariff. In addition, the Board will consider whether such of the goods in question as are now subject to import licensing should be exempted from the requirements of import licensing, and in respect of such of the goods in question as are already exempt whether import licensing should be reimposed in respect of any of them.

3. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of these tariff items, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 22 March 1955, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the notes for the guidance of witnesses (2nd edition) which have been approved by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.

5. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 8 March 1955. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1954.
J. C. REDWARD, Secretary, Board of Trade.
C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C. 1.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES
In Bankruptcy
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims.
Florence Ivy Whetton, also known as Florence Grey, of Auckland, Married Woman. First and final dividend of 4s. 2½d. in the pound.
T. H. Brittain, of Kaukapakapa, Farmer. First and final dividend of 20s. in the pound.
T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

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In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court
ERNEST REGINALD MARMONT, of 80 Calgary Street, Sandringham, Auckland, Builder, was adjudged bankrupt on 9 December 1954. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office, fourth floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C.1, on Monday, 20 December 1954, at 2.15 p.m.
T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court
LAURENCE ARTHUR STAVELEY, of Rotorua, Butcher, was adjudged bankrupt on 6 December 1954. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Monday, 20 December 1954, at 11 a.m.
C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, P.O. Box 473, Hamilton, 6 December 1954.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court
CHARLES CRIBB, of Ohingaiti, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 25 November 1954. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Taihape, on Wednesday, 8 December, at 2 p.m., and will be adjourned to the 17 December 1954, at 2 p.m., at the Courthouse, Taihape.
J. LIST, Official Assignee.
Magistrate’s Court, Taihape.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court
ROBERT WILLIAM DRAKE, of Rangataua, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 7 December 1954. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Magistrate’s Court, Ohakune, on Monday, 20 December 1954, at 2 p.m.
J. LIST, Official Assignee.
Magistrate’s Court, Taihape.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court
DOUGLAS JOSEPH HEADLAM, of Timaru, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 10 December 1954. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Timaru, on Wednesday, 22 December 1954, at 2 p.m.
J. D. O’BRIEN, Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of the certificate of title described in the Schedule hereunder written having been lodged with me together with applications for the issue of new certificates of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificates of title on the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.
SCHEDULE
Certificate of title, Volume 1113, folio 281, for 32⋅1 perches, more or less, being Lot 118, Deposited Plan 39432, situated in Block XII, Waiwera Survey District, in the name of RICHARD FRANCIS DAVID CROSBY, of Auckland, Chemist (K. 52346).
Certificate of title, Volume 839, folio 40, for 32⋅1 perches, more or less, being Lot 83, Deposited Plan 32494, and being part of Allotment 189, Parish of Takapuna, in the name of ETHEL EVELYN MARY BOOTH, of Auckland, Widow (K. 52311).

Dated this 10th day of December 1954 at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.
WM. McBride, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act 1952 unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice:

5455. WELCO HOLDINGS LIMITED. All that parcel of land situate in the City of Wellington, being Lot 1, Plan 17779, and being part Section 275, Town of Wellington. Occupied by applicant. Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of December 1954 at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.
D. A. Young, District Land Registrar.