SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3609

Heavy mixed-forest land; one-third undulating; good soil on sandstone formation, and well watered. Situated about fourteen miles from Kohukohu and six miles from tidal water.

57 | 124 2 0 | 10 5 0
Mixed bush; mostly undulating; fair depth of loam on clay subsoil. This section is loaded with the sum of £8 for improvements.

60 | 141 2 0 | 10 15 0
Generally bush country; fair soil of a sandstone formation. Situated about six miles from Kohukohu, and touched by tidal water.

61 | 324 0 0 | 26 15 0
Mixed-forest land; all undulating; fair depth of good loam on strong slay subsoil; well watered. Situated about six miles from Kohukohu and partly bounded by the Hokianga River.

63 | 220 0 0 | 16 10 0
Fifteen acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush.

64 | 381 0 0 | 29 10 0
One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; good soil; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

65 | 378 0 0 | 41 15 0
Eighty acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; soil of good quality; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water. This section is estimated to contain 1,749,060 sup. feet of milling-timber.

68 | 343 0 0 | 33 5 0
One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; fair soil of sandstone formation. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water. This section is estimated to contain 1,304,875 sup. feet of milling-timber.

69 | 395 0 0 | 31 15 0
Forty acres mixed fern and bush, balance all heavy bush; good soil of a sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

71 | 324 0 0 | 22 15 0
All heavy-forest land; good limestone land; fine sheep-country.

73 | 432 0 0 | 37 0
Fifty acres partly open, balance mixed bush; all undulating; strong limestone land; well watered. Very suitable for dairying. Situated about twelve miles from Kohukohu.

74 | 430 0 0 | 26 15 0
Heavy mixed-forest land; fair limestone land; good sheep-country; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Kohukohu.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Te Karae Block.

This block is bounded by the Mangamuka River, which is navigable by vessels drawing up to, say, 7 ft., giving an extensive frontage (apart from several tidal creeks which intersect the block) for easy delivery and receipt of settlers’ products or exports.

The communication from Auckland is by steamer from Onehunga direct to Kohukohu, or by steamer from Auckland to Russell, thence overland from Opua to Horeke, where a steamer meets the coach. The settlers get their supplies via Onehunga.

There is a fairly good road from Kohukohu (the steamer terminus) to Broadwood, which road bounds the upper portion of the block and gives a main-road access.

The land is generally of good quality, having a north-eastern aspect and undulating from the Kohukohu-Broadwood Road to the Mangamuka River (practically the main river of Hokianga).

A butter-factory has been established at Wairupe (Motukaraka), distant about seven miles by the Broadwood-Kohukohu Road, a complete service with the Broadwood and outlying and over-river districts having been established by launches and by horse-carriage from Kohukohu to Broadwood.

There is a good service by ferry from Kohukohu to Rawene.

The butter-factory is opposite, direct from Rawene, where the police-station and chief post-office are situate.

The sections up the Karae Valley are extremely good, being river-flats with good soil, while the land at the northern end is particularly adapted for sheep-grazing, and the bulk of the land is favourable for carrying on the dairy industry.

For the growing of fruit, the Karae Block has one of the best positions on the Hokianga River. Grapes ("Isabella"), peaches, quinces, lemons, and figs grow in wild luxuriance. At Te Mataa (which is about the middle of the block), at Hauai (the south-eastern end), and at Mangataipa (the northern end), there are ideal places for the cultivation of any fruit (as a specialty grapes, peaches, and apples).

Some years ago a viticulturist, speaking at a meeting of the Settlers’ Association at Hokianga, said that “the land was equal to if not better than the land in Italy for fruit-cultivation, and all that was required was to plant the seed—the soil and climate would do the rest.”

The sum of £6,000 is now being expended in forming the internal roads of the block.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

Land for 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. 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, 1911. 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 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 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 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 Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington.

WALTER DINNIE,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

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