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7. Rental to be paid half-yearly, in advance, on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
8. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments (land-tax excepted).
9. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or mortgage without the prior consent of the Board. Transfer not allowed until lessee has been one year in possession.
10. Including all other land already owned, held, or occupied under a tenure of more than nine months' duration, no person may hold more than 5,000 acres; every acre of first-class land being reckoned as 7½ acres, and every acre of second-class land being reckoned as 2½ acres.
11. Lessee to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
12. Residence is to commence within four years in bush or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open lands, and to be continuous for six years.
13. Every lessee shall bring into cultivation,
    (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, not less than one twentieth of the land leased by him;
    (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him;
    (c.) Within four years from the date of his lease, not less than one-fifth of the land leased by him;
    and shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character (as defined by "The Land Act, 1908") on first-class land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land, and on second-class land to an amount equal to the net price of every acre of such land: Provided that in no case shall the additional improvements required be more than 10s. per acre on second-class land, or 2s. 6d. per acre on third-class land.
14. On expiry of term of lease improvements will be valued and protected.
15. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
16. Areas of unsurveyed land are subject to alteration on completion of survey.
17. All leases shall conform to the requirements of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900," and the regulations made thereunder; and lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and to be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.
    -Maps giving full particulars may be obtained on application to the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and at the District Lands Office, Auckland.
    C. DEAN PITT,
    President.

Maori Lands in Te Kuiti Township for Lease by Public Auction under "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900," and Amendments.
Office of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 31st August, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewals for further terms of twenty-one years, at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 5th day of October, 1909.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—OTANAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF TE KUITI.
| Lot. | Block. | Area. | Upset Annual Rental. | Value of Improvements |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | |
| 11 | VI | 0 1 1 | 5 0 0 | .. |
| 17 | VI | 0 1 16 | 3 0 0 | .. |
| 12 | VIII | 0 0 28 | 10 0 0 | Hall, £2,000. |
| 1 | XXI | 0 0 29 | 2 0 0 | .. |

Plans of the Township of Te Kuiti can be seen and full particulars obtained at the Post-offices at Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, and Taumarunui; also on application to the President, Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, at Auckland.
A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved claims. Promissory notes (if any) to be produced for indorsement prior to receiving dividend.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Morris, James, of Mount Eden, Builder : First dividend, 10s. in the pound.
Patterson, John, of Tairua, Mine-manager : First and final, 8s. 3d. in the pound.
Storer, C. E., of Hamilton, formerly Coachbuilder, now Engineer : First and final, 7s. 2d. in the pound.
Riley and Robertson, of Cambridge, Contractors : First and final, 6s. 10½d. in the pound.
Robertson, W. P., private estate : First and final, 10s. in the pound.
Borne, David, of Newton Road, Auckland, Builder : First and final, 3s. 3d. in the pound.
White, E. G., of Panmure, Storekeeper : Second and final (making 13s. 11d.), 3s. 11d. in the pound.
Milnes, E. J., of Thames, Tailor : First dividend, 3s. in the pound.
Powell, Joseph, of Karangahape Road, Auckland, Draper : First and final, 2s. 1d. in the pound.
Meek, W. S., of Pitt Street, Auckland, Clothing-manufacturer : First and final, 2s. in the pound.
Rogers, W. H., of Thames, Hotelkeeper : First and final, 2s. in the pound.
Hazleman, A. E., of Opotiki, Bootmaker : Second and final (making 9s. 3½d.), 1s. 3½d. in the pound.
Dowdle, J. J., of Waihi, Storekeeper : First and final, 8½d. in the pound.
Wilson, J. S., of Kohekohe, Flax-miller : First and final, 5½d. in the pound.
Towers, H. A., of Devonport, Baker : First and final, 4¼d. in the pound.
ASSIGNED ESTATES.
Swinburne Bros., of Auckland, House-furnishers : Second and final (making 20s.), 5s. in the pound.
Hansen, John, of Ohinewai, Storekeeper : First and final, 1s. 7¼d. in the pound.
E. GERARD,
Official Assignee.
Auckland, 31st August, 1909.
In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY WAKEFORD WILDING, of Auckland, Accountant, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 17th day of September, 1909, at 2.30 p.m.
E. GERARD,
Official Assignee.
Auckland, 9th September, 1909.
In Bankruptcy. — In the Supreme Court, holden at Gisborne.
NOTICE is hereby given that NATHANIEL BURGESS, of Gisborne, Boardinghouse Proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Monday, the 13th day of September, 1909, at 2.30 o'clock.
JOHN COLEMAN,
Deputy Assignee.
Gisborne, 4th September, 1909.
In Bankruptcy.
In the estate of EDWARD CYRIL PARDOE, of Hastings, Commission Agent, a bankrupt.
DIVIDEND of 20s. in the pound, with interest, on all proved accepted claims in the above estate is now payable at my office.
K. N. H. BROWNE,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Napier, 8th September, 1909.