Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3771

Application under Section 39 of the Native Land Court Act, 1894, dismissed.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 8th October, 1910.

IT is hereby notified that the application of Hinureina Enoka and Katipa Te Poto, under section 39 of the Native Land Court Act, 1894, in respect of the partition of Awaroa A Block, has been dismissed.

JACKSON PALMER,
Chief Judge.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.—988 Acres.

Office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
Gisborne, 7th October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, that written tenders will be received by the President at Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, the 16th day of November, 1910, for leases of the several lands named in the Schedule hereto, for a term of twenty-one years, with a right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE.

RUARAKAIPUTARA NO. 1 BLOCK.—BLOCK II, CLYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

About 25 acres of rich well-grassed flat; balance low ridges, mixed scrub and grass. Soil good, well watered. About one mile and a half from Wairoa Dairy Factory. There is a road laid off through the block connecting with the main Wairoa—Nuhaka Road.

KOPUA D BLOCK.—BLOCK II, CLYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

2 | 47 1 13 | 10 13 0

This block is bounded by the Kairangi No. 2, Tukemokihī No. 2, Ohuia No. 1, and Kapua B Blocks. It is suitable for grazing purposes only. There is no road access to the block. It is subject to a lease for flax-cutting rights for the term of twenty-one years from 1st July, 1908.

KAHAATUREIA A BLOCK.—BLOCKS I AND IV, NUHAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

3 | 196 3 0 | 17 4 6

Steep hilly land; soil fair; covered with light bush and scrub. Access by road not guaranteed. It adjoins Section 2, Block 20, Ōpoiti Survey District.

4 | 280 0 0 | 31 10 0

About 10 acres of flat; balance low hills, covered with fern, grass, and scrub. Soil good. Access by road not guaranteed. It adjoins Kahaatureia Nos. 2 and 7 Blocks.

MATAKUHIA BLOCK.—BLOCK XIV, TUAHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Third-class Land.

5 | 393 1 0 | 19 14 0

High hilly land covered with light bush scrub. Situated between S.G.R. 80 and 81. It has an altitude of about 1,500 ft. above sea-level. About thirty-three miles from Wairoa—twenty-two miles by coach-road, balance graded bridle-track.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

2. The rental shall not be 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 the second 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.), 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. 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.

13. On expiry of term of lease, lessee’s improvements will be valued and protected.

14. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

15. 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 effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, Gisborne.

ALEX. KEEFER,
President, Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board.

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

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Tairawhiti Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Waipaoa No. 5 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Wairoa, on Wednesday, the 16th day of November, 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 purchase the land or any part thereof shall be accepted.”

Dated at Gisborne, this 18th day of October, 1910.

ALEX. KEEFER,
President.

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

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Waikato-Maniopoto Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Kinohaku East No. 3B Block (252 acres) will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at the Board’s office, in the Magistrate’s Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Friday, the 4th day of November, 1910, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the said land be leased to A. C. Tarrant for a term of forty-two years, at a yearly rental of 2s. per acre for the first ten years, 3s. per acre for the next eleven years, and 5s. per acre for the balance of the term; the lease to contain no provision for payment of compensation for improvements.”

Dated at Auckland, this 10th day of October, 1910.

W. H. BOWLER,
President.