Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2985

SCHEDULE B.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—OTANAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

These sections have been grouped into six suitable areas for gardens, paddocks, &c. Term of lease, five years, without right of renewal.

TOWNSHIP OF TE KUITI.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

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

2. The highest bidder of 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, which shall represent the half-year’s rent as from the 1st January, 1906, and shall also deposit the sum of £1 for the lease fee.

3. The second half-year’s rent shall become payable on the 1st July, 1906, and thenceforth the rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

4. As soon as may be after the highest bidder is ascertained, a lease will be prepared. Such lease will be for a term of five years, without any right of renewal.

5. In cases where any of the allotments are subject to the payment of the value of the improvements thereon, the respective amounts thereof shall be specified in the conditions, and such value shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the deposit heretofore mentioned, unless some other arrangement is assented to in writing by the outgoing lessee or person interested. Should the highest bidder neglect or fail to comply with any of the conditions, his deposit-money and lease fee shall thereupon be forfeited to the Council, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the letting or to relet the premises at such time and place as it thinks fit, but in no case shall the lessee be relieved from his liability.

6. The lessee shall have no claim against the Council for compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause: Provided, however, that if at the expiration of the term the land shall be again offered for lease, then such lease shall be weighted with valuation for any fencing then on the land which has been erected by the outgoing lessee during the term of his lease, or paid for by him on taking up the lease, and which is in a good state of repair, and such valuation shall be paid by the then incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land.

7. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease except with the written consent of the Council first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Council.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, ragwort, blackberry, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all gorse, broom, ragwort, blackberry, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Council.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. 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 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 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 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, situated 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 five 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 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