1580
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

bidding at the auction for any lot, the lot in dispute shall be put up again at the last preceding bidding.

The highest bidder for any lot shall, upon the fall of the hammer, pay to the auctioneer the first half-year's rent in advance by way of deposit, or that proportion which shall represent the rent up to the 1st January, 1905. The second half-year's rent shall become payable on the 1st January, 1905, and thenceforth the rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

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 will be for the term of twenty-one years, commencing from the 1st July, 1904, and the lessee shall execute the same in triplicate at the office of the Council whenever requested so to do.

The lease will, in the case of rural and suburban sections and small grazing-runs, provide for a renewal for a period of twenty-one years, at a rent to be fixed by valuation or by arbitration; and it will also provide for the payment by the incoming tenant for improvements made by the outgoing tenant; the value of such improvements to be ascertained by arbitration at the end of the initial or of the final term.

In the case of township sections, the lease will provide for four renewals for periods of twenty-one years each, at a rent to be fixed by valuation or by arbitration, and it will also provide for the payment by the incoming tenant for improvements made by the outgoing tenant, the value of such improvements to be ascertained by arbitration, at the end of an initial, intermediate, or final term.

Should the highest bidder neglect or fail to comply with any of the conditions, his deposit-money shall thereupon be forfeited to the Council, who shall be at full liberty to enforce the letting or to relet the premises, at such time and place and in such manner as it thinks fit.

Every lease will be prepared by the Council, and, as regards township sections, will 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 Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, between the __ District Maori Land Council (hereinafter referred to and included in the expression “the lessor”), of the one part, and __, of __, in the Colony of New Zealand (who, with his executors, administrators, and permitted assigns, is hereinafter referred to and included in the expression “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, easements, and appurtenances to the same belonging: To hold the demised premises unto the lessee for the term of twenty-one years, commencing on the first day of __, one thousand nine hundred and __; yielding and paying therefor the annual rent of __, payable half-yearly in advance on the first day of January and the first 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 first day of __ thereafter.

And the lessee hereby covenants with the lessor as follows, 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 lessor.

(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 sufficiently 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 condition (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 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 and 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 demised premises, 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 manufacture of any kind whatever.

(6.) The lessee will permit the lessors, or any person on their 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:

Provided always that whenever the rent hereby reserved, or any part thereof, is in arrear for twenty-one days the same may be levied by distress without any previous demand of payment or notice of any kind: Provided, further, that if the lessee makes default of thirty days in the full and punctual payment of any of the said rent, or if he makes default in the faithful performance or observance of any other covenant or condition on his part herein contained or implied, or if the lessor is satisfied that the land comprised in this lease is being held unused and to the hindrance of the trade and progress of the said township, then and in any such case, and without any notice or demand whatsoever, it shall be lawful for the lessor to re-enter upon the demised premises and thereby determine this lease, and that without releasing the lessee from any liability in respect of any rent due or of any preceding breach of covenant.

And it is hereby declared and agreed as follows, that is to say:—

(1.) The rent hereby reserved may be paid to the President of the __ District Maori Land Council, or to any officer who may be authorised by a notice under the hand and seal of the lessor, and duly published in the New Zealand Gazette, to receive the same, and the receipt of the President or such person so appointed shall be a good discharge to the lessee.

(2.) Any power which may be exercisable under these presents by or on behalf of the lessor may from time to time be exercised by any person whom he from time to time appoints for that purpose:

(3.) Service on the lessee of any notice under this lease may be effected either personally or by posting the same in a registered letter addressed to him, either at his last known place of business or abode in the colony or at the demised land.

(4.) The lessee, faithfully observing and performing all the covenants, conditions, and agreements on his part herein contained or implied, shall, on the expiration by effluxion of time of the term hereby granted, have the right to a renewal of the lease, or to valuation for all substantial improvements of a permanent character made or owned by him and then existing on the demised land: Provided that such right shall exist only to the extent and subject to the conditions following, that is to say:—

(1.) Not sooner than nine nor later than six months before the expiration of the said term by effluxion of time two separate valuations shall be made in manner prescribed (mutatis mutandis) by sections 79 and 80 of “The Land Act, 1892,” of

(a.) All such improvements as aforesaid; and of

(b.) The annual ground-rent of the land (exclusive of such improvements as aforesaid) for a fresh term of twenty-one years.

(2.) After the making and publishing of the aforesaid valuations, which shall be effected by serving a copy thereof on the lessee and another copy on the lessor, but not later than one month before the date of such expiration as aforesaid, the lessee shall, by notice in writing served on the lessor, elect whether he will accept a new lease of the demised land (including the aforesaid improvements) for a fresh term of twenty-one years computed from the date of such expiration as aforesaid, at the annual ground-rent ascertained by valuation as aforesaid, and subject in all other respects to the same covenants and conditions as those of this present lease.

(3.) If for any reason the lessee does not duly elect in manner aforesaid to accept such new lease, or if, having duly elected, he for any reason does not execute such new lease when requested by the lessor so to do, his right to a new lease shall be and be deemed to be abandoned, and the land shall be disposed of by lease at such time, in such manner, and subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the said Act and its amendments and the regulations for the time being in force there-