2288
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

3. 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 purposes.
4. 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, or 2s. 6d. on third-class land.
5. (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 it free from noxious weeds.
   (d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
   (e.) 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.) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The lands to be sold or leased subject to reserve price or rental specified in each case.
2. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase (or lease) of Lot , Block , (No. in red). in sale plan No. 13.”
3. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee (£3 3s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any). NOTE.—Stamp duty will be 5s. if rent under £50 per annum, with an additional 2s. 6d. for each further £50 or fraction thereof; registration fee is uniformly 10s.
4. If any person desires to tender for more than one lot, a separate tender for each lot must be made.
5. The highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser or lessee, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.
6. The successful purchaser or lessee will require to make declaration of qualification under the Native Land Act, within thirty days, to the effect that he is not the owner or occupier of 3,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other classes of land.
7. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and purchasers and lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

Wharepuhunga Sections.—It shall be a condition of the lease that the lessee shall not assign the fishing rights over the land leased; but all such rights shall be reserved and shall remain vested in the Board, and the Board shall have the right at any time, and from time to time, to dispose of such rights in such manner and upon such conditions as it thinks fit, and without any compensation to the lessee.

The lands are described for the general information of intending selectors, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and at the post-offices in the locality of the land to be offered.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or at the office of the Board.

W. H. BOWLER,
President.

[The figures in colour on detail plans correspond with those in advertisement and on locality plan.]

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 13th July, 1911.

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 4 p.m. on Monday, 28th August, 1911, for leases of the several lands named in the Schedule hereto, for a term of twenty-two years and a half, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

SCHEDULE.

MOTATAU NO. 2 BLOCK.—KAWAKAWA AND MOTATAU SURVEY DISTRICTS.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Undulating to hilly land; soil very fair quality, of limestone formation; well watered, and situated alongside railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £150 for improvements thereon. The section contains about 1,228,446 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kahikatea.
8 | 201 2 0 | 28 17 6
There is about 30 acres of flat on this section, while the remainder is undulating; soil of first-class quality, limestone formation; well watered, and situated about 30 chains from railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £390 for improvements thereon. The section contains about 601,624 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kahikatea.
9 | 243 2 0 | 26 15 0
Undulating to hilly land of fair quality, limestone formation; well watered, and situated alongside railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £160 for improvements. The section contains about 820,542 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kahikatea and kauri.
15 | 315 0 0 | 31 10 0
This section contains about 100 acres of flat land, half of which is swamp; the remainder is undulating to hilly country of good quality, limestone formation; well watered; situated about 20 chains from railway-line. Would make a good dairy farm. Loaded with the sum of £190 for improvements thereon. The section contains about 387,894 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kahikatea.
17 | 253 2 0 | 25 15 0
This section contains about 40 acres of rich alluvial and swamp land, the remainder is hilly country; soil of good quality, resting on limestone; well watered; half a mile from railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £90 for improvements thereon.
18 | 65 0 0 | 7 15 0
There is about 8 acres of flat on this section, while the remainder is all rather broken; soil of a good quality, limestone formation; well watered and well situated. Loaded with the sum of £60 for improvements thereon.
39 | 800 0 0 | 95 0 0
Broken bush country; soil of good quality, resting on sandstone formation; well watered; excellent sheep-country; two miles from Motatau Railway-station. Loaded with the sum of £100 for improvements thereon. This section contains about 3,275,346 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kauri and rimu.
44 | 448 0 0 | 48 0 0
Broken to undulating forest land; soil of good quality, on limestone formation; well watered; about two miles from Motatau Railway-station. Loaded with the sum of £30 for fencing thereon. This section contains about 709,977 sup. ft. of milling-timber, principally kahikatea.
51 | 22 2 0 | 3 15 0
About 4 acres flat land, remainder hilly; soil of good quality, resting on limestone; well watered; adjoining railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £65 for improvements thereon.
52 | 323 0 0 | 32 5 0
About 40 acres level land covered with kahikatea, remainder mixed bush and open country; soil of a very fair quality, part limestone, part sandstone; well watered; adjoining railway-line. Loaded with the sum of £80