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3. 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.

4. 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 bid, 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 date on which the section is allotted to him and the 1st January, 1912.

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 of Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO SELECTORS.

1. The lands to be sold or leased subject to reserve price or rental specified in each case.

2. Successful lessees, on fall of hammer, to deposit 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.

3. The highest bidder to be declared the purchaser or lessee, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any bid.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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 Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, and at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

W. H. BOWLER,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto 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 Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 351, Section 3B No. 2, will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Otorohanga, on Thursday, the 21st day of December, 1911, at 11.30 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—

“That the said land be leased to F. Baker for forty-two years at an annual rental of 1s. per acre during the first eleven years, 1s. 3d. per acre during the next ten years, and 2s. 6d. per acre during the last twenty-one years. No compensation for improvements. Lessee to pay survey costs.”

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of November, 1911.

W. H. BOWLER,
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 a meeting of the owners of Waitakaruru No. 2c will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Shortland, Thames, on Thursday, the 14th day of December, 1911, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—

“That the said land be sold to Thomas Albert Coxhead, of Miranda, for the sum of £3 per acre.”

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of November, 1911.

W. H. BOWLER,
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 a meeting of the owners of Horahia Opou No. 5b will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Shortland, Thames, on Thursday, the 14th day of December, 1911, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed alternative resolutions :—

“(a.) That the said land be sold to Thomas John Craig for the sum of £4 per acre.

“(b.) That the said land be sold to Victor Lemuel Bag-nall for the sum of £4 per acre.”

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of November, 1911.

W. H. BOWLER,
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 a meeting of the owners of Tapapakanga No. 1c will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Shortland, Thames, on Thursday, the 14th day of December, 1911, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution :—

“That the said land be sold to James Ashby for the sum of £1 per acre.”

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of November, 1911.

W. H. BOWLER,
President.