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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 49

"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 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of July, 1894, 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 Kāhiti of the 23rd day of February, 1893, of the under-mentioned 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, Welling-
ton, 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
1894."

Envelopes for such purpose and 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.

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 ex-
change), or post-office orders.

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 30th June, 1894,
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.