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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

EE | 20 2 32 | 5 0 0
Mostly level country; covered with manuka, scrub, and fern. Good soil, ploughable, suitable for a stock paddock. Distant from Te Kuiti about seven miles and three-quarters by good metalled road. Road-access has been left to the Mokau River immediately to the north of this section. First-class land.

FF | 22 1 24 | 5 0 0
Low-lying and flat, about 7 acres of kahikatea swamp, the balance being mostly manuka scrub. Suitable for stock paddock or market garden. Distant from Te Kuiti about seven miles and a half by good metalled road. First-class land.

GG | 197 1 16 | 40 0 0
Undulating to flat country. About 15 acres in the north of the section is covered with mixed bush, and there is from 40 to 50 acres of kahikatea swamp in the western portion. There is an old clearing of about 6 acres at the road-frontage, which has once been an old Maori cultivation, and which is now covered by fern and grass mixed. Balance of section is mostly ploughable, and is covered with fern and manuka scrub. Well watered; soil fair. Distant from Te Kuiti about seven miles by good metalled road. This section will be offered in the first instance for selection by the Maori owners of the land. First-class land.

HH | 258 2 28 | 65 0 0
About 185 acres of this section is covered with heavy mixed bush, and the balance with fern, scrub, and patches of light bush. The back portion is rather steep, but near the road-frontage the country becomes undulating, and is ploughable. Well watered; fair soil. Distant from Te Kuiti about six miles and three-quarters by a good metalled road. First-class land.

II | 168 1 8 | 50 0 0
Good soil; well watered; with hills bearing a northerly aspect. Some fencing on block. About 48 acres has been felled, cleared, and grassed. Balance of section covered with mixed bush. Distant from Te Kuiti about six miles by good metalled road. First-class land. This section is leased with the sum of £146 for improvements.

JJ | 209 1 32 | 63 0 0
Good soil; on papa formation; well watered, and lying well to the sun. Section contains about 160 acres of good mixed bush, with a large proportion of tawa. The balance of the section consists of manuka scrub, with grass patches. Distant from Te Kuiti about six miles by good metalled road. First-class land. This section is leased with the sum of £20 for improvements.

Maraetaua | 51 3 27 |
No. 2b No. 3 | | 125 0 0
Maraetaua | 571 1 11 |
No. 2b No. 4 | |

To be offered in one lot.

No. 2b No. 3 is mostly covered with fern and scrub, with mixed bush in the extreme north-east and south. Well watered; good soil, mostly ploughable. Second-class land.

No. 2b No. 4, well watered, good soil. Central portion of section rises to a good height, but most of the slopes are easy. Northern portion flat, mostly swamp. Swamp is partly kahikatea and partly open, easily drainable, having a good fall. Central and south-eastern portions of section covered with mixed bush. Manuka scrub and patches of grass at edge of swamp. A good portion of the section is ploughable. Distant from Te Kuiti between seven and eight miles by road, six miles of which is metalled. Second-class land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Maraetaua Nos. 9c and 10 are situated on both sides of the Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, which intersects the block for a distance of about three miles. The road is metalled, and provides convenient access to Te Kuiti, probably the most prosperous township in the King-country. The portion of the block lying to the north of the Mokau River is in particular a good piece of country, in the main well suited for dairying, while the portion lying to the south of the river should be suited for carrying sheep and cattle.

Maraetaua No. 2b Nos. 3 and 4 are off the main Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, but a road has been surveyed to give access to that road. This surveyed road will be formed by the Board. This land also is of good quality, and well adapted for dairying; while the access to be provided will place it within easy distance of Te Kuiti.

The areas of these blocks may be subject to slight alteration.

The lands are described for the general information of intending 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 LEASE.

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

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

3. The highest bidder to be declared the lessee, but the Board reserves the right to accept or refuse to accept any bid.

4. On the fall of the hammer the successful bidder to deposit six months' rent, lease fee (£3 3s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the value of the improvements (if any).

5. Successful lessee to make statutory declaration of qualification in the prescribed form.

6. Term of lease commences on the 1st January, 1911. Lessee may enter into possession immediately upon acceptance of his bid, and shall be entitled to a rebate of rent for the period from the 1st January to the date of such acceptance.

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 one year's duration, no person may hold more than 3,000 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 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. Lessee has no right to minerals without license, but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-making, or building purpose.

14. 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 thereon 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 on second-class land be more than 10s. per acre.

15. On expiry of term of lease lessee’s improvements will be valued and protected.

16. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

17. All leases shall conform to the requirements of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder; and the lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and to be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington.

W. H. BOWLER,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.