Lands in the Township of Potaka for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1900.

THE undermentioned sections in the Township of Potaka will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at Luks' Accommodation House, Utiku, at 12 o'clock noon, on Wednesday, the 9th May, 1900. Sections not sold on the 9th May, 1900, will be open thereafter at the upset rentals noted below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF POTAKA.

Section. Block. Area. Upset Yearly Rental.
3 I. 2 1 6 1 12 0
8 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
9 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
10 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
11 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
12 " 0 1 0 1 7 6
13 " 0 1 0 1 7 6
1 II. 0 2 9 0 15 0
2 " 0 2 0 0 15 0
3 " 0 2 0 0 15 0
4 " 0 2 0 0 15 0
5 " 0 2 0 0 15 0
8 " 3 1 8 2 5 0
9 " 3 1 24 2 5 0
10 " 4 0 17 2 10 0
1 III. 1 0 7 0 17 6
2 " 1 0 0 0 17 6
3 " 1 0 0 0 17 6
4 " 1 0 0 1 0 0(a)
7 " 1 0 0 1 2 6
8 " 1 0 0 1 2 6
9 " 0 1 0 3 0 0(b)
10 " 0 1 0 2 10 0(c)
11 " 0 1 0 2 10 0
12 " 0 1 0 2 10 0
13 " 0 1 0 1 10 0
14 " 0 1 2 2 0 0(d)
15 " 0 0 23 1 15 0
16 " 0 0 31 2 0 0
17 " 0 1 0 2 5 0
18 " 0 1 0 2 5 0
19 " 0 1 0 2 5 0
20 " 0 1 0 2 5 0
21 " 0 1 0 2 5 0
22 " 0 1 0 2 10 0
23 " 0 0 33 2 15 0
24 " 0 0 34 2 5 0
25 " 0 1 6 1 15 0
26 " 0 1 0 1 15 0
27 " 0 1 0 1 10 0
28 " 0 1 0 1 10 0
29 " 0 1 0 1 10 0
30 " 0 1 0 1 10 0
31 " 0 1 25 1 10 0(e)
32 " 6 0 5 4 0 0
33 " 6 2 23 4 10 0
2 IV. 0 1 0 1 5 0
4 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
5 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
6 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
7 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
8 " 0 1 0 1 5 0(f)
9 " 0 1 14 1 10 0(g)
11 " 1 0 0 1 0 0(h)
12 " 1 0 0 1 0 0(i)
13 " 1 0 0 1 0 0
14 " 1 0 0 1 0 0
15 " 1 0 29 1 2 6
16 " 0 3 19 1 0 0
17 " 0 3 19 1 0 0(j)
18 " 0 3 19 1 0 0
19 " 0 3 19 1 0 0
20 " 0 3 19 1 0 0
21 " 1 0 28 1 2 6
1 V. 0 1 13 1 7 6
2 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
4 " 0 1 0 1 5 0
6 " 0 1 0 1 5 0

(a) Weighted with £4 for improvements.
(b) £309 15s.
(c) £32 10s.
(d) £25
(e) £17 10s.
(f) £8
(g) £40
(h) £2
(i) £2
(j) £20

Section. Block. Area. Upset Yearly Rental.
7 V. 0 1 11 1 15 0
8 " 1 1 3 1 7 6(a)
9 " 2 0 19 1 15 0
10 " 3 3 12 3 0 0(b)
12 " 1 0 0 1 7 0
13 " 1 0 0 1 7 0
14 " 1 0 0 1 7 0
15 " 1 0 5 1 5 0
1 VI. 0 2 0 2 0 0
3 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
5 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
6 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
7 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
8 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
9 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
10 " 0 2 0 1 17 6
11 " 0 3 16 1 17 6
12 " 2 1 12 2 10 0
13 " 2 1 16 2 0 0
14 " 2 1 19 2 0 0
15 " 2 1 23 2 0 0
16 " 3 1 6 2 10 0
1 VII. 0 2 6 1 15 0(c)
2 " 0 2 17 1 15 0
3 " 0 3 13 2 5 0
4 " 1 0 27 2 10 0

(a) Weighted with £20 for improvements.
(b) £70
(c) £1

The Potaka Township (hitherto known as Kaikoura) is situated on the Main Coach-road between Mangaweka and Taihape, the distance to the latter being about six miles. The North Island Main Trunk Railway, which is under construction, passes through the township, where a reserve has been made for proposed railway-station. The area comprises open, flat, and undulating land laid down in English grasses. Remnants of the forest—stumps and logs—still remain. The soil is of good quality, capable of producing garden- and farm-produce freely. There exist a few stores, accommodation-houses, a temporary public school, post-and-telegraph office, and a daily coach- and mail-service both ways from the terminus of the railway at Mangaonoho, which is about twenty miles distant. The climate is healthy, the district is being rapidly settled, and the township affords an opportunity to business people, labourers, and small settlers to establish homes on reasonable and advantageous terms.

Maps and full particulars may be obtained upon application.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The respective lots shall be offered by auction on the 9th May, 1900.

2. The bidder of the highest rent shall be declared to be the lessee, and, if any dispute arises as to the last or highest bidding for any lot, the lot in dispute shall be put up again at the last-preceding bidding.

3. The highest bidder for each lot shall, upon the fall of the hammer, pay to the auctioneer the first half-year's rent in advance by way of deposit, which shall represent the half-year's rent as from the 1st July, 1900, and shall cover the period between the date of sale and such 1st July, 1900.

4. The second half-year's rent shall become payable on the 1st January, 1901, and thenceforth shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. As soon as may be after the highest bidder is ascertained, a lease will be prepared, for which there will be a charge of £1, to be paid by the lessee. Such lease shall be for the term of twenty-one years, commencing from the 1st day of July, 1900, and the lessee shall execute the same in triplicate at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, whenever requested so to do.

6. The following allotments are weighted with the value of improvements, as provided by subsection (2) of section 14 of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” as follows; and such value shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the deposit heretofore mentioned:—

£ s. d.
Section 4, Block III... 4 0 0
Section 9, Block III... 309 15 0
Section 10, Block III.. 22 10 0
Section 14, Block III.. 25 0 0
Section 31, Block III.. 17 10 0
Section 8, Block IV... 8 0 0
Section 9, Block IV... 40 0 0
Section 11, Block IV... 2 0 0
Section 12, Block IV... 2 0 0
Section 17, Block IV... 20 0 0
Section 8, Block V... 20 0 0
Section 10, Block V... 70 0 0
Section 1 Block VII... 1 0 0