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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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About one-third bush of same class as on preceding section; balance in fern. Pumice land; spurs and valleys. Well watered.

2 | IX | Tangitu .. | 295 2 0 | 0 1 9
About half bush. Same as in preceding two sections.

3 | IX | Tangitu .. | 184 2 0 | 0 1 3
4 | " | " .. | 346 3 24| 0 1 0
Few acres bush; balance fern and tutu. Principally pumice land; patches of good soil. Well rounded spurs and ridges. Watered by small creeks.

2 | XI | Tangitu .. | 338 0 32| 0 1 0
Few acres bush; balance fern and tutu. Ridges and spurs; broken country. Small creeks.

1 | XII| Tangitu .. | 209 3 8 | 0 1 3
About one-third bush; balance fern and tutu. Pumice land; patches good soil. Valley and spurs. Well watered.

2 | XII| Tangitu .. | 420 2 32| 0 1 0
3 | " | " .. | 408 1 8 | 0 1 0
Few acres bush; balance fern and tutu. Pumice land. Ridges and spurs; broken country. Small creeks.

4 | XII| Tangitu .. | 524 1 28| 0 1 6
About two-thirds bush—tawa, matai, rimu, and totara; balance fern and tutu. Soil good. Flat-topped ridges and spurs. Well watered.

5 | XII| Tangitu .. | 436 0 8 | 0 1 9
All bush—tawa, matai, rimu, totara, &c. Flat-topped ridge and spurs. Soil good. Small creeks.

6 | XII| Tangitu .. | 214 0 8 | 0 1 0
Few acres bush; balance fern and tutu. Ridges and spurs; broken country. Small creeks.

MARAE TAU A NOS. 9C AND 10.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

.. | HH | Otanake .. | 258 2 28 | 0 5 0

About 185 acres of this section is covered with heavy mixed bush, and the balance with fern, scrub, and patches of light bush. The back portion is rather steep, but near the road-frontage the country becomes undulating, and is ploughable. Well watered; fair soil. Distant from Te Kuiti about six miles and three-quarters by a good metalled road.

WHAREPUHUNGA NO. 14B.—MAUNGATAUTARI, WHAREPUHUNGA, AND PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICTS.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Third-class Land.

2 | .. | .. | 1,338 0 0 | 0 1 0
3 | .. | .. | 1,171 0 0 | 0 1 0
Undulating hilly country. Mostly manuka land; portion high fern and tutu. South-western portion of Section 2 sandstone formation. Weighted with £50 for improvements.

4 | .. | .. | 540 0 0 | 0 1 0
5 | .. | .. | 843 0 0 | 0 1 0
Easy fern land. Old Maori cultivations; north-east end rather broken. A formed wagon-track runs through these sections, and connects with the Kihikihi—Tautari Road.

6 | .. | .. | 581 0 0 | 0 1 0
North-east end broken country; good soil. South-west end flat manuka-scrub land; fair soil. Bounded on two sides by a surveyed road and formed wagon-track.

8 | .. | .. | 1,291 0 0 | 0 1 0
Hilly fern and manuka-scrub country. Good soil in gullies; light soil on ridges. Fronting formed wagon-track and surveyed road.

10 | .. | .. | 595 0 0 | 0 1 3
Fern and manuka land. Some easily drained swamp, partly improved. Loaded with £230 for improvements.

11 | .. | .. | 283 0 0 | 0 1 3
Fern country. Small portion swamp; 8 to 10 acres grass; patches of manuka. Access by surveyed road and formed wagon-track. Weighted with £10 for improvements.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

Land for Sale.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the upset price, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to date from the signing of contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £3 3s. to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any).

4. Purchaser shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

5. Residence and improvements to conform with sections 250 to 257 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

Land for Lease.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE (ABRIDGED).

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-three years from the 1st July, 1911, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-three years, at a rental assessed at 5 per cent. on the unimproved value of the land at the time of the 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. Lessee shall be entitled to a rebate of rent for the period intervening between the 1st July, 1911, and the date of acceptance of his tender.

2. 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.

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.