Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2185

"THE WEST COAST SETTLEMENT RESERVES ACT, 1892."

Reserves for Leasing by Tender.

THE Public Trustee hereby notifies that tenders will be received at the Public Trust Office, Wellington, up to 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1908, for leases, under the provisions of “The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,” and the regulations dated the 13th day of February, 1893, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of February, 1893, and Kahiti of the 23rd day of February, 1893, of the undermentioned reserves, in lots as numbered, and on the terms stated below.

Conditions of tender can be inspected, envelopes and also printed forms of tender and declaration can be obtained, of the Postmasters at Opunake, Manai'a, Normanby, Waitotara, Patea, Waverley, Stratford, Waitara, Okato, Oakura, Puniho, Pungarehu; and of the agents of the Public Trustee at Hawera, Palmerston North, Wanganui, and Napier; the office of J. B. Jack, Esq., Reserves Agent, New Plymouth; or at the office of the Public Trustee, Wellington.

• Lots 7 and 20.—An allowance equal to first two years’ rent will be made lessee on account of destruction of weeds.

† Lot 10.—One acre urupa reservation around obelisk, with access thereto.

‡ Lots 39 and 40.—Successful tenderers will not obtain possession for five weeks after acceptance of tender.

§ Lots 43 and 44.—Valuations for improvements payable by successful tenderer for Lot 43, £28; and for Lot 44, £22.

The term of years for which the lease will be granted will in each case be twenty-one years, computed from the 1st January, 1909, but lessees may take possession of the land immediately upon receiving notice of the acceptance of their tender. (For exceptions see Lots 39 and 40.)

Such lease is perpetually renewable every twenty-one years, as provided by the above Act.

The rent is payable by equal half-yearly instalments in advance.

Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Public Trustee, Wellington, and marked on the outside as follows: “West Coast Settlement Reserves. Tender for lease of Lot No. , as advertised in the newspaper on the day of , 1908.”

Envelopes for such purpose, and printed forms of tender and declaration, together with lithograph plans of the reserves, can be obtained of the Postmasters at Opunake, Manai'a, Normanby, Waitotara, Patea, Waverley, Stratford, Waitara, Okato, Oakura, Puniho; the agents of the Public Trustee at Hawera, Palmerston North, Wanganui, Napier; the office of J. B. Jack, Esq., Reserves Agent, New Plymouth; or at the office of the Public Trustee, Wellington.

If any person desires to tender for more than one lot, a separate tender for each lot must be made, and separate declarations, as required by section 50 of the Schedule to the said Act, furnished.

Every tender must be accompanied by six months’ rent at the rate tendered, the sum of £3 3s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof, and the amount of stamp duty payable on the lease and counterpart. Marked cheques will be received (which must include bank exchange), or post-office orders.

Successful tenderers will be notified in writing by the Public Trustee of the acceptance of their tenders, and must within thirty days after notice by registered letter shall have been posted in the General Post Office, Wellington, addressed to the tenderer at the address given in the tender, execute leases in triplicate.

All rates and taxes due in respect of the above lands accruing after the 1st April, 1908, must be paid by the lessee.

Every tender, where the rental tendered is less than the upset rental fixed as aforesaid, will be informal and incapable of being accepted, and no tender will be accepted unless the same is closed up and accompanied by the statutory declaration as provided by section 50 of the above Act, together with such six months’ rent and £3 3s. as above mentioned.

The highest tenderer, if his tender equals or exceeds the upset rental, will be declared the lessee, and be entitled to possession so soon as he has executed the lease thereof in triplicate, and has complied with all other conditions lawfully prescribed in that behalf.