Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3851

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Meeting of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

Auckland, 24th October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board will sit at Auckland on Friday, the 11th day of November, 1910, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, and such other matter as may be lawfully brought before it.

W. H. BOWLER, President.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR PRECEDENT CONSENT TO ALIENATION UNDER SECTION 209 OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909.

APPLICATIONS TO SUMMON MEETINGS OF OWNERS UNDER PART XVIII OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909.

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.

1 | 71 0 23 | 26 13 6

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, Tukemokihi 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, Opoiti 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.