1846

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 86

"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 2 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th day of November, 1900, 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 under-mentioned reserves, in lots as numbered, and on the terms stated below.

Valuation for improvements payable for the following lots:—Lot 14, £20, for fencing; Lot 15, £14, for fencing; Lot 24, £7 10s., for fencing; Lot 32, £40, for fencing and grassing. Any tender for these lots without cheque or cash for these amounts will be treated as informal.

The term of years for which the lease will be granted will in each case be twenty-one years, computed from the 1st January, 1901, but lessees may take possession of the land immediately upon receiving notice of the acceptance of their tender.

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 __, 1900.”

Envelopes for such purpose, and printed forms of tender and declaration, together with lithograph plans of the reserves, can be obtained of the Postmasters at Opunake, Manaia, Normanby, Waitotara, Patea, Waverley, Stratford, Waitara, Okato, Oakura, Puniho; the agents of the Public Trustee at Hawera, Palmerston North, Wanganui, Napier; the office of T. W. Fisher, 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 exchange), 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 31st March, 1901, 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.