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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Lands in the Township of Hokio, Wellington Land District,
for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
in the Township of Hokio will be offered for lease
by public tender, at the upset annual rentals stated, for a
term of twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for
a further term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Wed-
nesday, the 11th March, 1903.

Sections not applied for on the 11th March, 1903, will be
open thereafter for lease on application.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIO TOWNSHIP.

Weighted with £11 valuation for improvements.

| 4 | V. | 0 2 26 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with £3 valuation for improvements.

| 1 | VI. | 0 1 37 | 1 0 0 |
| 2 | " | 0 2 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 0 2 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 4 | " | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 5 | " | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 6 | " | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 7 | " | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 8 | " | 0 1 33 | 1 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 0 1 28 | 0 5 0 |

This township is situated at the mouth of the Hokio
Stream, on the left bank. The access is from Levin Rail-
way-station, which is about five miles and three-quarters
distant, by good metalled road for about two miles, thence
by formed but unmetalled road for another two miles; the
remaining mile and three-quarters is not formed, but the
formation-work is now in hand. Section 3 of Block V. is
weighted with improvements consisting of rough-timber
whare, valued at £8; 6 chains of fencing, £3: total value,
£11. Improvements on Section 4, Block V., consist of
6 chains of fencing, valued at £3.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of a
   half-year's rent at the rate offered, in cash or by marked
   cheque, together with the lease-fee of £1 1s., and value of
   improvements (if any).

2. Every lease shall be in the following form, with such
   modification as the circumstances may require:—
   THIS deed, made the day of , one thousand
   nine hundred and , under the provisions of “The
   Native Townships Act, 1895,” between His Majesty King
   Edward the Seventh (who, with his heirs and successors, is
   hereinafter referred to and included in the expression “the
   lessor”) of the one part, and , of , in the Land
   District of , in the Colony of New Zealand (who,
   with his executors, administrators, and permitted
   assigns, is hereinafter referred to and included in the expres-
   sion “the lessee”), of the other part, witnesseth that, in
   consideration of the rent hereinafter reserved, and of the
   covenants, conditions, and agreements herein contained and
   implied, and on the part of the lessee to be paid, observed,
   and performed, the lessor hereby demises and leases unto the
   lessee all that piece of land, containing by admeasurement
   acres roods perches, a little more or
   less, situate in the Native Township of , and being
   allotment numbered , Block , on the plan of
   that township, as the same is more particularly delineated
   and described in the plan drawn hereon, and therein
   coloured red in outline; together with all ways, rights, ease-
   ments, and appurtenances to the same belonging: To hold
   the demised premises unto the lessee for the term of
   twenty-one years, commencing on the 1st day of , one
   thousand nine hundred and ; yielding and paying
   therefor the annual rent of , payable half-yearly in
   advance on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July
   in each year during the said term, free from all deductions
   whatsoever, the first half-yearly payment of such rent having
   been already made, and the next payment to become due
   and be made on the 1st day of thereafter.

And the lessee hereby covenants with the lessor as fol-
lows, namely:—
(1.) The lessee shall not nor will at any time during the
said term assign, underlet, or part with the possession of the
demised premises, or any part thereof, without the previous
consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for
the time being of the Land District of Wellington, herein-
after called “the Commissioner.”

(2.) The lessee will from time to time during the said term
pay unto the lessor the said rent on the days and in manner
aforesaid, and also will from time to time pay and discharge
all rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever now or
hereafter to become payable upon or in respect of the
demised premises or any part thereof.

(3.) The lessee will, during the said term, well and suffi-
ciently repair, maintain, and keep the demised premises, and
all buildings, fences, and erections from time to time built
or erected thereon, in good and substantial repair and condi-
tion (reasonable wear-and-tear, and damage by fire, storm,
earthquake, or tempest only excepted). In the erection of
any buildings from time to time the lessee will abide by and
conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and also
to all the by-laws and regulations from time to time in force,
or made or passed by the local authority for the time being
intrusted, under “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” with
the administration of the local affairs of the said township,
by whatever name or designation such local authority may
for the time being be called, but hereinafter referred to as
“the local authority.”

(4.) The lessee will from time to time construct, maintain,
and keep all such privies, ashpits, and other works of a
similar character as may be ordered or directed by the local
authority; and, in cutting and laying of drains and channels
for the conveyance of water or waste material or refuse of
any kind, and in maintaining or providing for the sanitary
state and condition of the demised premises, will at all
times act in accordance with the direction of the local
authority or the requirements of any laws, by-laws, rules, or
regulations for the time being in force providing for the
sanitary state and condition of the said township.

(5.) The lessee will not at any time during the said term,
without the previous consent in writing of the local
authority, carry on or permit to be carried on upon the said
land or any part thereof the trade or business of a soap-
boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or
preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manu-
facture of any kind whatever.

(6.) The lessee will permit the lessor, or any person on his
behalf duly authorised as hereinafter provided, from time to
time to enter upon the demised premises at all reasonable
times to view the state and condition thereof, and upon
notice of any defect or want of repair being given to the
lessee, or left for him on the premises, the lessee will,
within one month thereafter, make good any such defect or
want of repair :