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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

Land for Sale.

1. Land is to be sold subject to reserve price as set out in the First Schedule.
2. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Block, as advertised in the newspaper of the , 1910,” and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in the prescribed form, and a fee of £5 5s. on account of the costs and expenses incidental to the purchase.
3. Highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser, but the Board reserves itself the right to refuse any tender.
4. Ten per cent. of the purchase-money to be lodged with tender. Balance to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments, the first of such instalments being payable on the 1st July, 1910.
5. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to date from the signing of contract of sale.
6. Residence and improvements to conform with sections 159 to 165 of “The Land Act, 1908,” so far as applicable, but on bush land residence will not be required within four years. Purchaser having complied with improvement conditions shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.
7. Land to be sold subject to the provisions of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907,” and the regulations made thereunder.

Land for Lease.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-four years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-four years.
2. The rental shall not be for less than the given upset rental for the first twenty-four years, and shall be computed at the rate of 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for the second term of twenty-four 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.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the value of the improvements (if any).
6. Term of lease commences on the 1st January, 1910. Lessee may enter into possession immediately upon acceptance of tender, and shall be entitled to a rebate of rent for the period from the 1st January to date of acceptance of tender.
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 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 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.
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 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 Settlement Act, 1907,” and the regulations made thereunder; and the 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.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS

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.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, at Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and at the post-offices in the locality of the land to be offered.

Copies of the regulations and full particulars may be obtained at the Board’s office.

A. G. HOLLAND,
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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that HUGH EDWARD JAMES REA, of 85 Lincoln Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, Commercial Traveller, and ELLEN REA, his Wife, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 4th day of March, 1910, at 2.30 p.m.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 22nd February, 1910.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES RUSCOE and GEORGE ADAMS, trading in partnership as “Ruscoe and Adams,” of Stratford, Tailors, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Stratford, in my office, on Friday, the 4th day of March, 1910, at 11 o’clock.

ALFRED COLEMAN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

23rd February, 1910.