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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

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 Wellington. 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
   follows: “Tender for lease of Lot No. , as advertised in the
   newspaper of the day of , 19 ,”
   and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in the
   prescribed form.
4. If any person desires to tender for more than one lot a
   separate tender for each lot must be made. Each tender
   must be accompanied by a separate declaration, as required
   by the last-preceding condition.
5. Each tender must be accompanied by six months’ rent,
   lease fee (£3 3s.), and an amount sufficient to cover stamp
   duty and registration fee.
6. 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 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.
7. Highest tenderer to be declared the lessee, but the Board
   may decline to accept any tender.
8. Leases to date from 1st January, 1910, but rental will
   be remitted for period intervening between that date and the
   date of acceptance of tenders.
9. Rental to be paid half-yearly, in advance, on 1st
   January and 1st July in each year.
10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments (land-tax excepted).
11. 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.
12. Lessee to execute lease within thirty days after being
    notified that it is ready for signature.
13. Residence to commence within four years in bush lands
    or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open
    lands, and to be continuous for six years.
14. 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.
15. 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 on second-class land be more than
10s. per acre.
16. On expiry of term of lease lessee’s improvements will be
valued and protected.
17. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
18. 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. For
regulations see New Zealand Gazette of 9th September, 1909,
page 2291.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Tinakori South.

1. Term of lease: Six years from 1st January, 1910, without right of renewal or compensation for improvements at
   the end of the term.
2. Conditions Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 17 in respect of the lands named in the First Schedule (Otiranui Nos. 2 and 3)
   are also applicable in this case.
3. Lessee shall clear the land leased, and keep it clear of
   furze, blackberries, and other noxious weeds.
4. If the lessee for his own purposes erects any buildings
   on the land during the currency of the lease he shall be
   entitled to remove them at the end of the term of the lease.
5. The Board reserves the right to lay off and proclaim a
   road or roads through the block at any time during the
   currency of the lease.

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.

Maps and further particulars may be obtained on application to the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, and at the office of the Under-Secretary for
Native Affairs, Wellington.

THOS. W. FISHER,
President.

Maori Lands open for Sale and Lease, and Timber-cutting
Rights on Maori Lands for Sale.

Wellington, 22nd February, 1910.

MAORI lands open for sale and lease, and timber-cutting rights on Maori lands for sale by public
tender. Tenders close between 15th and 23rd March, 1910.

A. 1,984 acres for sale, in one lot.
B. 1,771 acres for sale, in seven lots.
C. 1,726 acres for lease, in seven lots.
D. 1,348 acres for lease, in three lots.
E. 4,362 acres for lease, in seventeen lots.
F. 13,507 acres for lease, in forty-three lots.
G. 60,439,294 sup. ft. milling-timber (Motatau No. 2
Block, Bay of Islands District) for sale, in one lot.
H. 10,662,541 sup. ft. milling-timber (Te Karae Block,
Hokianga District) for sale, in one lot.

For information apply as under:—
A. Ikaroa Maori Land Board, Wellington.
B and C. Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board,
Auckland.
D. Aotea Maori Land Board, Wanganui.
E. Waiariki Maori Land Board, Rotorua.
F, G, and H. Tokerau Maori Land Board, Auckland.

Or general information may be obtained at the office of
the Native Department, Government Buildings, Wellington.

THOS. W. FISHER,
Under-Secretary.