Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 491

APPLICATION TO RECOMMEND HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO ISSUE AN ORDER IN COUNCIL AUTHORIZING SALE BY BOARD.

ADJOURNED APPLICATION.

APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 23 OF THE NATIVE TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1909.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
Gisborne, 11th January, 1911.

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 15th day of February, 1911, for a lease of the land 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.

HINEWHAKI NO. 2 BLOCK, BLOCK II, CLYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

The section adjoins the main Wairoa-Nuhaka Road, and is also bounded on the west by the Awatere Creek. There is a cottage, wool-shed, and yards on the section.

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. 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).
5. 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.
6. Rental to be paid half-yearly, in advance, on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
7. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments (land-tax excepted).
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Lessee to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
11. 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.
12. On expiry of term of lease, lessee’s improvements will be valued and protected.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
14. The lease shall conform to the requirements of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder; and the lessee shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and to be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.
15. Residence is to commence within one year from the acceptance of the lease.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, Gisborne.

ALEX. KEEFER,
President, Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board.

Notice of Meeting of Owners under Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Ikaroa Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Rakautatahi 1b No. 1 Block will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at the Courthouse, Waipawa, on Friday, the 17th day of February, 1911, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the Governor in Council be asked to revoke the Order in Council under Part II of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, in order that the said block of land, containing 400 acres, may be dealt with, either by sale or lease, under Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909, or, in the alternative, by the owners themselves.”

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1911.

J. B. JACK,
President.

Notice of Meeting of Owners under Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land District hereby notifies that the adjourned meeting of the owners of Mokau-Mohakatino No. 1f will be held, in pursuance of part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Te Kuiti, on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1911, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That a proposed alienation (by way of sale) of the land, at a price to be decided at the meeting, be agreed to.”

Dated at Auckland, this 31st day of January, 1911.

W. H. BOWLER,
President.