1848
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

5. The successful bidder will be required, within fourteen days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him by the Board for execution, sign the lease in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent and lease fee paid by him, and again offer the lease for sale at the upset rent, freed from any obligations to the defaulting purchaser.

6. The bidding shall be advanced by such sum as the auctioneer may agree to accept, and no bidding shall be retracted.

7. The purchaser of a lease of any lot on which a valuation for improvements is payable, being the amount set opposite such lot in the seventh column of the First Schedule hereto, shall pay the amount of such valuation to the Board before obtaining his lease. The Board may forego this provision in the event of the purchaser being the person recognized by the Board as having an equitable claim to such improvements, or in the event of the person recognized by the Board as being the equitable owner of such improvements removing the same within one month from the date of sale.

Nothing in this clause shall operate or be construed as conferring on any present occupier a right to set up title as against the Board or any lessee of the Board.

No occupier or any other person shall, unless the section now in occupation by him is leased within one month from the date of sale, have any right to any improvements thereon.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE (ABRIDGED).

8. The term of the lease shall be twenty-three years from 1st July, 1911, at the rent bid, with a right of renewal for one further term of twenty-three years at a rental assessed at five per centum on the unimproved value of the land at the time of renewal, such valuation in the event of dispute to be determined by arbitration. Compensation for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee at the expiration of the second term of the lease, as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

9. (a.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
   (b.) Lessee will not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.
   (c.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner and keep the land free of noxious weeds.
   (d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
   (e.) The lessee will fence, without any right of resort to the Board for contribution on account of the Board owning or occupying adjacent land; but this provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier (other than the Board) of such adjacent land.
   (f.) The lease of Section 6, Block VI, and Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, Block V, shall be subject to the right of the Board or its lessee or agents to use and occupy the tramway running through the said sections (subject to the conditions now affecting the users of the said tramway) so long as it shall be required for the transmission of timber or logs or any kindred purpose.
   (g.) The lessee and his assigns must make the declaration required from a lessee of Native land that he is not the owner or occupier of 3,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other classes of land.
   (h.) A copy of the lease can be inspected at the post-offices, Ohakune East, Ohakune West, and Raetihi, at the office of the Under-Secretary, Native Department, Wellington, and at the Board’s office, Wanganui.

J. B. JACK,
President.

Aotea Maori Land Board Office,
Wanganui, 17th May, 1911.

Sale of 8,753,550 Superficial Feet of Milling-timber on Native Land by Public Tender.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, New Zealand, up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, the 12th day of July, 1911, for the purchase in two lots of the milling-timber (estimated measurement) set out in the Schedule hereto, and standing on the undermentioned block of Native land.

SCHEDULE.

PAREMATA-MOKAU BLOCK.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—RUSSELL AND HUKERENUl SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Lot No. 1.

Timber on Western Watershed of Paremata-Mokau Block.

2,004 KAURI-TREES, containing by estimation 5,230,400 sup. ft.
538 rimu-trees, containing by estimation 837,200 sup. ft.
1,356 totara-trees, containing by estimation 805,100 sup. ft.
25 kahikatea-trees, containing by estimation 55,300 sup. ft.
22 matai-trees, containing by estimation 11,000 sup. ft.

Lot No. 2.

Timber on Eastern Watershed of Paremata-Mokau Block.

747 kauri-trees, containing by estimation 1,549,300 sup. ft.
132 rimu-trees, containing by estimation 132,000 sup. ft.
244 totara-trees, containing by estimation 122,000 sup. ft.
4 kahikatea-trees, containing by estimation 9,000 sup. ft.
4 matai-trees, containing by estimation 2,250 sup. ft.

The total upset price for the timber on Lot 1 (western watershed of Paremata-Mokau Block), £6,062 17s.; and on Lot 2 (eastern watershed of Paremata-Mokau Block), £1,677 3s. 6d.; assessed at the undermentioned prices:—

Per 100 Sup. Ft.
s. d.
Kahikatea (white-pine) ... ... ... 0 6
Kauri ... ... ... 2 0
Rimu ... ... ... 0 6
Matai ... ... ... 1 0
Totara ... ... ... 1 6

Time for removal of timber: Three (3) years. Any timber which has been felled and not removed at the end of the term, owing to there being no fresh, or for any other valid reason, may be removed at any time within six months from such date; provided that the consent of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board is obtained, it being satisfied that the non-removal of the timber is not due to any negligence or fault on the part of the purchaser.

DESCRIPTION OF TIMBER.

The block is divided into two divisions, the dividing line being a high dividing-range running north and south of the block, thus putting the timber in the Paremata and Taparahae Watersheds into the western section, and all the timber in the Mokau Watershed into the eastern section.

The major portion of the timber on the western section is situated along the banks of the Paremata Stream and its numerous tributaries. The remainder is situated on the banks of the Taparahae Stream and its small tributaries. The best way of working this timber is by the erection of a large timber dam on the Taparahae Stream above the junction of the Paremata Stream, and driving by the aid of freshes. Where the timber is situated in small branches it will in all cases be necessary to drive to the main stream by small dams, which, owing to the nature of the country and the rocky formation of the creeks, will be of moderate expense. The main stream is free from falls with one exception, but as this is a series of large boulders for about half a mile the timber can be brought safely over if the large dam on the Taparahae Stream is erected.

The whole of the timber on the eastern section is situated on the two branches of the Mokau Stream, and will be drawn out to the coast, a distance of about five miles, by the aid of dams and freshes. The country on which this timber stands is rough, but the creeks are all well adapted for driving purposes.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves on all matters relating to their tender.

2. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kind as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful tenderer be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Tokerau District Maori Land Board if for any reason the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

3. No tender will be considered wherein a less royalty is offered for the timber than the upset prices stated herein.

4. The licensee shall make and deliver, on a date to be fixed by the President, a statement of the number and contents of trees felled during the preceding period, together with total quantity of timber felled as from the commencement of the term of his timber-cutting license, and such statement shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration as to the correctness thereof.

5. The quantities stated are estimated measurement only.

6. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries, the decision of the President of the said Maori Land Board shall be final.