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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 88

at 10 a.m. o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—
"That the said lands (reserving thereout 200 acres situate in the south-east corner of the block called Rangiwaea 4F 16 No. 4A) be leased to John Thomas Walker, of Wanganui, farmer, together with a right of way to the lessee over the said 200 acres for all legitimate purposes for the term of forty-two years, at the annual rental of 2s. per acre for the first twenty-one years, and for the next twenty-one years at a rental equal to 5 per cent. of the Government valuation of the unimproved value of the land at the commencement of the second period of twenty-one years, rent to be payable half-yearly in advance; and that the said lease shall contain all the usual covenants, including (a) a covenant on the part of the lessee that if the lessee shall mill timber growing on the said lands he shall pay to the Native owners one-half of the net profits to be derived from such milling; (b) a covenant that the lessee shall keep the lands free from noxious weeds; (c) a covenant that the lessee shall pay all rates and taxes except the land-tax; (d) a condition empowering the lessors to re-enter in the event of the rent being one calendar month in arrear, or in the event of there being any default on the part of the lessee in the observance, performance, or fulfilment of any covenant or agreement which shall continue for one calendar month."
Dated at Wanganui, this 23rd day of September, 1910.
J. B. JACK,
President.

Notice of Meeting of Owners under Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

REGULATION No. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Aotea Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Maraekowhai A No. 3 Block will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Taumarunui, on Friday, the 28th day of October, 1910, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—
"That an area of 3,000 acres of the Maraekowhai A No. 3 Block be sold to M. I. Russell at a price to be ascertained by Government valuation ; or, in the alternative, that an area of 3,000 acres of the said block be leased to M. I. Russell at a rental equal to 5 per centum on the Government valuation of the said land for a term of twenty-one years, with a right of renewal for a further twenty-one years, at a rental to be assessed at 5 per cent. on the unimproved value of the land as certified by the Government Valuer when the lease is renewed. Reserving to the lessors the right to mine, use, and sell all minerals in, under, or upon the said land."
Dated at Wanganui, this 23rd day of September, 1910.
J. B. JACK,
President.

Notice of Meeting of Owners under Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

REGULATION No. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Aotea Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Raetihi 4B will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Gammon's Hall, Raetihi, on Tuesday, the 11th day of October, 1910, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—
"That an offer made by the Crown to exchange Crown land for Raetihi No. 4B shall be accepted."
Dated at Wanganui, this 27th day of September, 1910.
J. B. JACK,
President.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.—10,914 Acres.

Office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, 14th September, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 12 o'clock noon on Monday, the 17th October, 1910, for leases of the several lands named in the Schedule hereto for a term of twenty-three years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

TE KARAE BLOCK.—MANGAMUKA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.