APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 477

"THE WEST COAST SETTLEMENT RESERVES ACT, 1892."

Reserves for Leasing by Tender.

THE Public Trustee hereby notifies that tenders will be received at the Public Trust Office, Wellington, up to 5 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 2nd day of May, 1893, for leases under the provisions of “The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,” and the regulations dated the 13th day of February, 1893, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of February, 1893, and Kahiti of the 23rd day of February, 1893, of the undermentioned reserves, in lots as numbered, and on the terms stated below:—

The term of years for which the lease will be granted will in each case be twenty-one years, computed from the date when the person tendering is declared the lessee.

Such lease is perpetually renewable every twenty-one years, as provided by the above Act.

The rent is payable by equal half-yearly instalments in advance.

Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Public Trustee, Wellington, and marked on the outside as follows : “ West Coast Settlement Reserves. Tender for lease of Lot No. , as advertised in the newspaper on the day of 1893.”

If any person desires to tender for more than one lot, a separate tender for each lot must be made, and separate declarations, as required by section 50 of the Schedule to the said Act, furnished.

Every tender must be accompanied by six months’ rent at the rate tendered, the sum of £3 3s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof, and the amount of stamp-duty payable on the lease and counterpart. Marked cheques will be received (which must include bank exchange), or post-office orders.

Printed forms of tender and declaration can be obtained of the Postmasters at Opunake, Manaia, Normanby, Waitotara, Waverley, Stratford, Waitara, Okato, Puniho; the agents of the Public Trustee at Hawera and Patea; the office of W. Rennell, Esq., Reserves Agent, New Plymouth; or at the office of the Public Trustee, Wellington.

Successful tenderers will be notified in writing by the Public Trustee of the acceptance of their tenders, and must, within thirty days after notice by registered letter shall have been posted in the General Post Office, Wellington, addressed to the tenderer at the address given in the tender, execute leases in triplicate.

All rates and taxes due in respect of the above lands accruing after the 31st March, 1893, must be paid by the lessee.

Every tender, where the rental tendered is less than the upset rental fixed as aforesaid, will be informal and incapable of being accepted, and no tender will be accepted unless the same is closed up and accompanied by the statutory declaration as provided by section 50 of the above Act, together with such six months’ rent and £3 3s. as above-mentioned.

The highest tenderer, if his tender equals or exceeds the upset rental, will be declared the lessee, and be entitled to possession so soon as he has executed the lease thereof in triplicate, and has complied with all other conditions lawfully prescribed in that behalf.

If the rent tendered by two or more persons is of the same amount, and is higher than that offered by other tenderers, the Public Trustee will, after opening all the tenders, decide by lot, in such manner as he thinks fit, which of such persons shall be declared the lessee.

The deposits and fees paid by the unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon application.

If any person declared a lessee fails to execute his lease within thirty days after being required by notice so to do, then his deposit and the above-mentioned sum of £3 3s. will be absolutely forfeited to the Public Trustee, and the right of such person to obtain such lease will absolutely cease and determine.

The lease and the provisions thereof to be executed by the successful tenderer and the Public Trustee are set out in the above-mentioned regulations, but the Public Trustee reserves the right to make any modifications therein as he thinks fit.

Persons proposing to tender are referred to the above-mentioned Act and regulations, which are to be deemed part of this notice.