SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2487

One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; good soil; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

65 | 378 0 0 | 32 0 0
Eighty acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; soil of good quality; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

68 | 343 0 0 | 25 15 0
One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; fair soil of sandstone formation. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

69 | 395 0 0 | 31 15 0
Forty acres mixed fern and bush, balance all heavy bush; good soil of a sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

73 | 432 0 0 | 37 15 0
Fifty acres partly open, balance mixed bush; all undulating; strong limestone land; well watered. Very suitable for dairying. Situated about twelve miles from Kohukohu.

74 | 430 0 0 | 26 15 0
Heavy mixed-forest land; fair limestone land; good sheep-country; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Kohukohu.

75 | 334 0 0 | 27 10 0
Heavy mixed-forest land; contains sufficient timber for fencing and building purposes. Strong limestone land; well watered. Splendid grass land. Situated about eight miles and a half from Kohukohu.

76 | 446 0 0 | 40 0 0
Heavy mixed-forest land, containing sufficient timber for fencing and building purposes. Strong limestone country and good grass land; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

The block is situated to the north of the Kohukohu Township, the nearest point being distant about two miles and a half, while the distance to the extreme end is about fourteen miles. The land is bounded on the east by the Hokianga River, and on the western side by the Kohukohu-Broadwood Road. The soil generally is from fair to good. About thirty sections are well adapted for dairying, while the others are particularly adapted for sheep and young cattle, and most of the sections are well watered. The land is more or less all bush land, containing rimu, kahikatea, puriri, &c., with a few scattered totara, sufficient in the case of all the sections for fencing and building purposes only. The average altitude of the block is about 400 ft.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-five years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-five years.

2. The rental to be not less than the upset rental for the first twenty-five years, and shall be computed at the rate of 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for the second term of twenty-five years.

3. Highest bidder to be declared the lessee, but Board may decline to accept any bid.

4. Successful lessee required to make statutory declaration in the prescribed form.

5. Lessee required, on fall of hammer, to pay six months’ rent, £3 3s. fee on lease, and amount of stamp duty and registration fee.

6. Lessee may enter into immediate possession, but term of lease commences on 1st January, 1910.

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 2¾ 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.

Lands for Sale by Public Auction in the Rakautatahi Block, by Messrs. Rose (Limited), Auctioneers, of Dannevirke.—1,984 acres and 12 perches.

Office of the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board,
Wellington, 20th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at Norsewood, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 25th October, 1909, under the provisions of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907,” and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

PART RAKAUTATAHI 1L.—BLOCKS I, II, AND III, NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT, HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Areas subject to slight alteration. To be submitted for sale in one lot.

Locality and Description.

The land is situated about five miles from Norsewood, which township is distant four miles from Ormondville, on the Wellington-Napier Railway line. Section 5 consists of bush which has been swept by fire. The soil on one-half of this section is good, while the balance is of a light stony nature. Section 7 is all bush land, one-third of which has been swept by fire. Part of this section is rough and broken, and runs to an elevation of 2,000 ft. The soil is light and stony.

The lands are described for the general information of selectors, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Land is to be sold subject to a reserve price of £1 2s. 6d. an acre.
2. Highest bidder to be declared the purchaser, but the vendor reserves the right to refuse any bid.
3. If any dispute arises as to any bidding, the auctioneer shall put up the lot again at the last undisputed bid.
4. Ten per cent. of purchase-money to be be paid on fall of hammer. Balance to be paid by twenty equal half-yearly instalments, the first of such instalments being payable on the 1st January, 1910.
5. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at rate of five per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st January and the 1st July of each year, and to date from the signing of contract of sale.