Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 623

of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein or
in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor
shall any extra sum be claimed by the Tokerau District
Maori Land Board if for any reason the quantity of timber is
found to be in excess of that stated herein.
3. No tender will be considered wherein a less royalty is
offered for the timber than the upset prices stated herein.
4. The licensee shall make and deliver, on a date to be
fixed by the President, a statement of the number and
contents of trees felled during the preceding period, together
with total quantity of timber felled as from the commence-
ment of the term of his timber-cutting license, and such
statement shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration
as to the correctness thereof.
5. The quantities stated are estimated.
6. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries the de-
cision of the President of the said Maori Land Board shall
be final.
7. If at any time during the currency of the license any
person duly authorised by the President of the Tokerau
District Maori Land Board shall report, or it otherwise
appears, that the timber on the said area is being improperly
cut, or for any other reason, the said President may, by
notice in writing to the licensee, suspend his license pending
investigation, and the President may cancel such license if
it is found that the conditions herein have been infringed,
without prejudice to any proceeding for damage done,
recovery of amounts due on promissory notes, or otherwise.
8. It shall be unlawful for the licensee to transfer, assign,
or in any way dispose of his license, or of the timber, or of
his interest therein, to any other person until after the
expiration of twelve months from the date at which the
tender was accepted: Provided, however, that where the
licensee proposes to sell the timber with his mill, plant, and
appliances in their entirety, he may do so with the written
approval of the President first obtained; and in such case
the license may be transferred accordingly on payment of a
fee of £1 1s. to the said Maori Land Board. Such approval
may be given or refused in the discretion of the Board.
9. A license will be issued in due course, subject to the
foregoing conditions.
10. In the event of the lot not being disposed of, appli-
cations may be received and dealt with at any time within
six months from the above date of closing tenders (unless
previously formally withdrawn), providing, however, that
the amount is not less than the upset prices stated herein.
11. Tenders must be submitted on forms which will be
supplied on application, and envelopes enclosing same must be
marked “Tender for Timber,” and addressed to the President
of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, New
Zealand.
12. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
13. All puriri timber on the land is reserved from sale.

TERMS.

The timber will be offered in one lot, and tenders must be
accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of
tender, in cash, marked cheque or post-office order; the
balance to be paid, if tender accepted, as under:—

1. Payment for timber shall be made by the successful
   tenderer either wholly in cash on acceptance of tender, or
   partly in cash and partly in instalments as follows: One-
   third in cash within fourteen days after date of notice of
   acceptance of tender (the deposit of the successful tenderer
   will be retained as part-payment of this), together with
   £1 1s. license fee, and one-third within one year, and the
   balance within the next twelve months.
2. All outstanding instalments shall bear interest at the
   rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from date of acceptance of
   tender, and, with the interest, shall be secured by promissory
   notes payable on demand, and made and indorsed by two or
   more indorsers, as required by, and to the satisfaction of, the
   President of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board.
3. In case where payment is to be made by instalments,
   the following special provisions shall apply:—
   (1.) The property in all timber, whether standing, felled,
   or in logs, shall remain the property of the
   Tokerau Maori Land Board until all the instal-
   ments are paid.
   (2.) Until the total purchase-money has been paid, the
   value of the timber cut shall at no time exceed
   the total amount actually paid.
   (3.) In any case where the President is satisfied that
   timber has been cut in excess of limit fixed by
   the last-preceding paragraph, he shall appraise
   the quantity and value of timber so cut in excess,
   and demand payment from the licensee of the
   amount of such appraisement. The amount paid
   shall be in or toward satisfaction of the accruing
   instalments in the order in which they accrue
   due, and shall accordingly be credited to the
   same, as also the promissory notes securing the

same. In default of payment of such amount for
the space of fourteen days, the whole of the un-
paid instalments shall be payable forthwith, and
payment may be enforced accordingly.
Deposits of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned.
Copies of plans and further information may be obtained
from the undersigned.

C. DEAN PITT,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, 8th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be
received at the office of the Aotea District Maori
Land Board, Wanganui, up to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 15th
March, 1910, for leases of the undermentioned lands under
“The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its
amendments, and the regulations made thereunder.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

(For Lease for Twenty-one Years, with Right of Renewal
for Further Term of Twenty-one Years.)

Otiranui Nos. 2 and 3 Blocks.—Block XII, Makotuku
Survey District.

The land is good pastoral country, on a papa and sandstone
formation, and lies towards the sun. There is a considerable
amount of timber growing on No. 3. The sections adjoin
the Ohotu Block, recently leased by the Board. Access may
be obtained from Ohakune or Karioi Railway-stations on the
Main Trunk line. The land is some twelve miles by road
from the latter station. The Otiranui Road gives access to
No. 2, and thence a right-of-road is reserved through that
section to No. 3, to which access will be provided if required.
Both sections are classified as second-class land.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

(For Lease for Six Years, without Right of Renewal.)

Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District.

This section is situated on the Tinakori Hill, at the back
of the Orangikaupapa Block, Northlands, and overlooks
Thorndon and practically the whole of the City of Welling-
ton. Access is gained from the Orangikaupapa Road. The
land is comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title,
Volume 20, folio 124.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Otiranui Nos. 2 and 3.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal
   for further terms of twenty-one years.
2. The rental shall not be for less than the given upset rental
   for the first twenty-one years, and shall be computed at the
   rate of 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for each
   successive term of twenty-one years.
3. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope,
   addressed to the President, and marked on the outside as