1908
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

as aforesaid to the outgoing lessee, and, save the amount deducted for costs, shall be returned to the incoming lessee.

35. If such lease shall not be disposed of as above mentioned to some person other than the lessee, or if such person fails to execute the lease in triplicate within thirty days, or to pay the sum offered by him as aforesaid within thirty days, from the day on which the tenders were opened, then the lessee may again, within sixty days after the day fixed for the opening of the tenders, elect in manner aforesaid whether he will accept a fresh lease as aforesaid; and if he does not elect to accept the same, or refuses or neglects to execute such lease within seven days after the same is tendered to him for the purpose, then he may continue as lessee of the said land from year to year, so long as he shall pay the rent reserved by his lease and observe and perform the covenants and conditions contained in the same or in the said Act, or until the Board shall succeed in finding a purchaser of the new lease, unless, prior to the finding of such purchaser by the Board, he shall elect to accept a new lease for the said further period of twenty-one years as aforesaid.

36. The Board, in selling a renewed lease to a purchaser, may make provision that the right to take possession under such new lease shall always commence on the 1st day of January or of July in any year.

37. All the provisions of the foregoing rules and regulations (except the provisions as to cultivation) as regards the tenders for sale, form, and conditions of first leases made under the said Act, and otherwise howsoever as regards such leases, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the sale, form, and conditions of the new or renewed leases above mentioned, and to the lessees thereunder, and otherwise howsoever, except as herein is otherwise expressly provided.

Rent.—The rent shall commence on the first day of January or July following the date of acceptance of tender by the Board.

Roads.—The right to deviate existing surveyed roads where found necessary, or to take roads to give access to sections where roads are not shown on sale-plan, is reserved for five years through each section. It shall be a condition of each lease that a right of way shall be temporarily reserved over the existing pack and main walking tracks through the land comprised in each lease until such time as the surveyed roads have been formed. The lessee shall not be allowed to block any of these tracks by felling trees or scrub across them, and he shall at once remove any obstruction or any timber that may unavoidably have to be felled across such tracks, and shall leave the track clear for traffic. If fences are erected he shall provide gateways on said tracks.

Timber.—It shall be a condition of the lease that the lessee shall pay to the Board from time to time one-half of the royalty rates then current in the district for all marketable timber (not required by himself for building or other improvements on the land comprised in his lease or for firewood for his own use) that may be cut and removed from the land: Provided that such royalty rates shall in no case be less than the minimum scheduled rates fixed by the Timber Regulations for Crown Lands in force at the time of cutting. In the event of the land reverting to the Board through any cause, or of the lessee’s interest being determined or forfeited, all rights to the timber that he may have given, or agreements that he may have entered into for the disposal thereof, shall absolutely cease and be determined.

Form K.

STATUTORY DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FROM PERSON DESIROUS TO BECOME PURCHASER, TRANSFEREE, OR SUB-LESSEE OF A LEASE.

In the matter of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments; and in the matter of a proposed sale or lease to __, of __, of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person or one of the persons jointly applying for the purchase or lease of the above-mentioned land solely for my own use and benefit, or for the exclusive use and benefit of myself and co-purchaser or co-lessee—namely, __, and for the purposes of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That, including the land now applied for, but exclusive of leases of Maori land held by me at the date of the passing of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900” (20th October, 1900), I am not the holder or owner, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person, of any land anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole 2,000 acres of freehold land, inclusive of not more than 640 acres of first-class land.

*Erase any words in italics which are inapplicable.
†Specify name and area of the land, and the conditions of the proposed alienation.
‡Each proposed purchaser or lessee must make this declaration.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 190, before me—__, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

THOS. W. FISHER,
President, Aotea Maori Land Board.

Maori Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea Maori Land Board,
Whanganui, 27th May, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 15th July, 1907, for leases of the undermentioned lands for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMARINO AND WHANGANUI COUNTIES.

Ohotu Block.

• Weighted with £8 11s., valuation for improvements.

Locality and Description of Ohotu Block.

This block, which comprises an area of over 55,000 acres, subdivided into sixth-eight lots, most of which have been leased, is situated on the left bank of the Whanganui River, about forty-five miles from Whanganui, the centre of the northern boundary being about six miles south of Raetihi Township, and the centre of the eastern boundary about seven miles south-west of Karioi. Of the six sections now offered four are in the north-eastern portion and two in the south-western portion of the block. Sections 7 and 8 (Block XIII, Karioi District), and 10 and 11 (Block XVI, Makotuku District), comprise hilly and undulating country; Sections 3 (Block V, Ngamatea District) and 3 (Block XI, Tauakira District) are rough and broken. The soil generally is good, on a papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, miro, tawa, with undergrowth of rangiora, karamu, kotukutuku, &c. All the sections are well watered. The access to the western portion of the block is by river-steamer up the Whanganui River for a distance of about forty-five miles, thence along the Matahiwi-Ohotu Road. The access to the eastern portion of the block is by Field’s Track, which has been constructed for some years as a pack-track.

Tauakira No. 2 Block.