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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

benefit of the Maori lessors, and for that purpose may require evidence—

(a.) That a sufficient area has been reserved as a general papakainga for the whole of the owners:

(b.) That separate holdings for agricultural purposes have been reserved for such of the Maori owners as desire them:

(c.) That, if the land is part of a larger area subdivided, the subdivision has been effected in such a way as to, if possible, utilise the whole; and that each section to be leased has frontage to a surveyed road.

11. The Board may also require or permit—

(a.) Provision for substantial improvements by the lessee;

(b.) Provision for renewal of lease if term be less than fifty years, or, in the alternative, compensation for improvements in event of non-renewal.

12. Before approving any lease containing, or license granting, the right to enter and cut timber or flax, or to dig gum, the Board will require to be satisfied—

(a.) That such lease is for the benefit of the Maori lessors;

(b.) That the royalty or other consideration is adequate. And the Board may upon granting its approval further impose all or any of the conditions following:—

(c.) That where the consideration is wholly or partly a royalty payable to the Maori owners, due expedition be used in the felling and removal of the timber:

(d.) That where the circumstances appear to the Board to warrant any such protective stipulation, the timber be cleared in successive blocks, the lease to be from time to time determined as regards such cleared blocks, and the land surrendered to the Maori lessors for occupation; or, in the alternative, that the lessee clear and burn and lay down in approved grasses such cleared blocks, retaining use of the land till expiry of lease:

(e.) That Maori lessors, or other Maoris, shall, where possible, be employed to carry on the work of felling and removing the timber or cutting and dressing the flax:

(f.) That in the case of a lease with the right to dig gum Maori lessors, or other Maoris, shall have the same facilities as Europeans for obtaining license to dig:

(g.) Such other condition, stipulation, restriction, or provision (if any) as the Board may consider expedient for the purpose of protecting or conserving the interests of lessors or their successors in title.

13. Before approving any lease containing, or license granting, the right to cut timber or flax, or to dig kauri-gum, the Board may impose the condition that where the owners are numerous, or in the case of disputes arising, the rent or royalty shall be paid to the Board, with an added amount not exceeding 5 per cent. to defray the cost of collecting and distributing to the Maori owners.

14. Where the Board grants its approval to a lease subject to conditions or stipulations not contained in the lease as executed by the lessors, it may cause such additional conditions and stipulations to be indorsed on the lease, and require that such indorsement be duly executed by the lessee, such additional conditions and stipulations to be thereafter read as forming part of the lease.

[Form N.—A.

To be forwarded to the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington.]

“The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments, and “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO LEASE.

Name of Land:

Locality:

Area:

APPLICATION is hereby made to the District Maori Land Board for its consent to a lease, particulars of which are set out hereunder.

Enclosed are also:—

(1.) Particulars of the title to the said land. (Form N.—C.)

(2.) A certified copy of the Government valuation of the land.

(3.) Declaration by the lessee (under section 26), showing also other lands now owned by him. (Form N.—D.)

(4.) Schedule of other lands owned by Maori lessors. (Form N.—E.)

(5.) Preliminary agreement to lease (if any).

Particulars of Lease.

Name of land:

Area proposed to be leased:

Name of lessee:

Government valuation: £

Rental agreed on: £

Term of lease: years. Date of commencement:

Conditions of lease:

Signature of Applicant:

Address:

Date:

[Form N.—B.

To be forwarded to the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington.]

“The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments, and “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

APPLICATION TO RECOMMEND HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS UPON, AND CONSENT TO THE SALE OF, MAORI LAND.

Name of Land:

Locality: Area:

APPLICATION is hereby made to the District Maori Land Board to recommend His Excellency the Governor to—

(a.) Remove the restrictions upon the alienation of the land;

(b.) Exempt the land from the operation of section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”;

(c.) Consent to the sale of the land.

[To enable the sale, particulars of which are hereinafter set out.]

Enclosed are also:—

(1.) Particulars of the title. (Form N.—C.)

(2.) Certified copy of Government valuation.

(3.) Declaration (under section 26) by proposed purchaser, showing also other lands now owned by him. (Form N.—D.)

(4.) Schedule of other lands owned by Maori vendors. (Form N.—E.)

(5.) Preliminary agreement to sell (if any) signed by owners.

(Erase any words which are inapplicable. The provisions of section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” apply to all lands situated within the boundaries described in the Second Schedule to that Act, and to such other lands as were not comprised in separate holdings of not more than 640 acres of first-class land or 2,000 acres of second-class land prior to the passing of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

Particulars of Proposed Sale.

Name of land:

Area proposed to be sold:

Names of intending Maori vendors:

Name of purchaser:

Government valuation: £ Price agreed on: £

Special terms (if any):

Signature of Applicant:

Address:

Date:

NOTE.—This form may be altered to suit the case of a mortgage.

[Form N.—C.

PARTICULARS OF TITLE.

Name of Land:

Locality: Area:

Original Title.

Date and description of title:

Number of original owners: Area:

Restrictions (if any), exact wording:

Present Title.

Date and description of title:

Area:

Names of Maori owners. (If more than ten, the names of ten will suffice. If any are minors, specify ages, and names of trustees.)

Restrictions (if any), exact wording:

Name of present occupier, lessee, or mortgagee (if any):

Particulars of any dealings registered:

Certified as correct.

, Registrar.

NOTE.—If necessary, sufficient further particulars should be given, of intermediate steps in the title, to show whether or not the land is subject to section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”)