2470
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

The distance of this block from Opua, the nearest sea-port, is about eleven miles. The Whangarei-Opua Railway line runs through the block, and as a daily time-table is maintained settlers will thus find a quick means of transit for shipping goods to a market via either Opua or Whangarei. From the former port there is a bi-weekly steamer service, and from the latter a daily service. The country on the Kawakawa-Towai Road is poor pipeclay. Along the railway-line the majority of the land is kahikatea swamp. The soil is very good; and when properly drained will make excellent country. The sections containing bush are all well adapted for dairying, and the higher country is excellent sheep-country, the soil resting mostly on a limestone formation. All the sections are very well watered.

Access to the block from Auckland is by steamer to Whangarei or Opua, and thence by train to Motatau Railway-station.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-two and a half years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

2. The rental shall not be for less than the given upset rental for the first twenty-two and a half years, and shall be computed at the rate of 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for the second term of twenty-three 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 .”

4. If any person desires to tender for more than one lot a separate tender for each lot must be made.

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 July, 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 July to the 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. Every lessee shall, before executing the memorandum of lease, make and lodge with the Board a declaration of qualification in the prescribed form.

12. A separate declaration as required by the last preceding condition must be lodged for each tender.

13. Lessee to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

14. Residence to commence within four years in bush or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open lands, and to be continuous for six years.

15. 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.

16. 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 thereon 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, and on third-class land 2s. 6d. per acre.

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

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

19. 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.

20. Sections 46, 47, 60, 61, and 63 are subject to a license, which has been issued, to prospect for coal and other minerals.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

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.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington.

WALTER DINNIE,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

Kauri and other Timbers for Sale 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 are invited and will be received at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 11th September, 1911, for the purchase in separate lots of the milling-timber (part measured and part estimated measurement) set out in the Schedule hereto, and standing on the undermentioned sections of Motatau No. 2 Block.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 14.
Marked III.

Sup. Ft.
493 kahikatea-trees, containing … 529,535
140 rimu-trees, containing … 135,272
125 matai-trees, containing … 63,814
40 totara-trees, containing … 24,032
8 green kauri-trees, containing … 14,137
14 dry kauri-trees, containing … 28,653

Upset price, £258 18s. 6d.

The kahikatea on this section stands on both sides of the railway-line and is within easy working-distance thereof, and can be worked to same by winding-engine. The other timbers are scattered over back portions of section. All the timber on this section is of fair quality.

SECTION 16.
Marked V.

Sup. Ft.
1,679 kahikatea-trees, containing … 2,103,147
73 matai-trees, containing … 32,526
37 rimu-trees, containing … 30,236
4 totara-trees, containing … 1,537

Upset price, £550 15s. 1d.

This timber is situated within easy working-distance of railway-line, on swampy ground. Timber all of fair quality.

SECTION 29.
Marked I.

Sup. Ft.
142 dry kauri-trees, containing … 264,464
42 green kauri-trees, containing … 111,381
276 kahikatea-trees, containing … 423,674
158 rimu-trees, containing … 126,360
194 matai-trees, containing … 99,098
86 totara-trees, containing … 45,466

Upset price, £597 0s. 1d.

The major portion of this timber stands within easy working-distance of the railway-line, and will work well in conjunction with that on Section No. 32. The farthest distant stands about three-quarters of a mile from railway-line. This timber is of good quality.

SECTION 30.
Marked V.

Sup. Ft.
2,192 kahikatea-trees, containing … 2,316,547
173 rimu-trees, containing … 122,916
153 matai-trees, containing … 66,512
14 dry kauri-trees, containing … 18,876
2 green kauri-trees, containing … 4,578
16 totara-trees, containing … 6,885

Upset price, £671 13s. 11d.

All the timber on this section is of good quality and easily worked. Kahikatea on this section is some of the best on the block.