SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2915

Notifying Land transferred to Aotea Maori Land Board under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the twentieth section of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” it is enacted that when any land has been transferred to the Council under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” the Governor shall publish in the Gazette and Kahiti a notice of the transfer, a description of the land, and the conditions upon which it has been transferred; and the Registrar, upon being served with such a notice and copies of the Gazette and Kahiti in which it is published, together with the orders of the Court or the Council (if any) determining the ownership of the land, and all succession orders affecting the same, shall register the Council as proprietor of the land, and shall record the said orders as notice of a trust on behalf of the Natives named therein, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-two of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and the Council shall thereupon hold and administer such land, subject to the said conditions and trust: Provided that no lease equivalent to a lease in perpetuity as defined by “The Land Act, 1892,” shall be granted by the Council without the consent of the Governor on its being shown to his satisfaction that the land is of such inferior quality or is so situated as not to be disposable on any other tenure:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by the said twentieth section of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” and otherwise howsoever, do hereby notify that the Maori lands mentioned and described in the first column of the Schedule hereto have been transferred, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, to the Aotea District Maori Land Board as the successor in office of the said Council.

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SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.

Name and Description of Land transferred to the Aotea District Maori Land Board.

Raetihi No. 3b Block, containing 1,943 acres, or thereabouts, situated in Block IV, Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Raetihi No. 4b Block, towards the north-west by Raetihi No. 3a Block, towards the south-west by Raetihi No. 2b Block, and towards the south by the Manga-whero River.

Raetihi No. 4b Block, containing 3,257 acres, or thereabouts, situated in Block IV, Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Raetihi No. 5b, Raetihi No. 5a, and Raetihi No. 4a Blocks; towards the north-west by Sections 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Block XVI, Manganui Survey District, and part of Section 15 of Block III, Makotuku Survey District; towards the south-west by Raetihi No. 3a and Raetihi No. 3b Blocks; and towards the south-east by the Manga-whero River.

SECOND COLUMN.

Conditions upon which the Land has been transferred.

1. To lay off and lease as a Native township any area not exceeding 500 acres, and, after reserving and rendering inalienable such further portion of the said land as may be required for the occupation and support of the Maori owners thereof, or for burial-grounds, eel-pas or eel-weirs, fishing-grounds, or as reserves for the protection of native birds, or the conservation of timber and fuel for the future use of the Maori owners, to lease by public tender the balance of the said land, or any part or parts thereof, or any easement, right, or privilege over or in relation to the same, for any term not exceeding forty-two years, on conditions as nearly as may be similar to those of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Land Act, 1892,” to take effect in possession at the best rent or rents that can reasonably be obtained, and with or without covenant for renewal, and subject to such other covenants, conditions, and agreements as the Board may deem proper.

2. To manage the said land in all respects as the Board may consider advantageous or advisable in the interests of the Maori owners, and to make such improvements upon the premises as in the opinion of the Board shall be necessary or advisable.

3. To make allowances to and arrangements with tenants, and to accept a surrender of any lease or tenancy for the time being affecting the whole or any part of the said land; and so that, if any lease shall be granted under the aforesaid powers, on the surrender of a then-existing or prior lease or tenancy the value of the interest surrendered, or compensation for improvements or otherwise in respect of such lease or tenancy, may be taken into account in fixing the rent and other terms of the new lease.

4. To enter into, alter, vary, and rescind agreements for or in relation to the exercise of the said powers of leasing, and to agree to the apportionment of an entire rent between different parts of the property to be leased, and so that on such apportionment being made the requirement that the best yearly rent or rents shall be reserved shall apply to the aggregate of the rents reserved by the said leases, and not to the rent reserved by any one lease; but no lease to be granted in pursuance of any such agreement shall be granted for a longer term than could have been granted at the date of such agreement.

5. To borrow money on the security of the said land, or a definite part thereof, to such extent and on such terms in all respects as the Board thinks fit, and, should the Board see fit, to apply the net proceeds so borrowed in or towards discharging valid mortgages, or survey-charging liens, and other bona fide valid expenses or debts of the Maori owners incurred within the six years preceding the passing of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” in perfecting the title to the said land or to any other lands owned by the same Maoris, and to apply the balance in cutting up, surveying, roading, opening up, preparing, and advertising such lands for lease, or generally improving such land or any other land of the same owners.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.