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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Maori Lands for Sale and Lease by Public Auction.

Office of the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that the lands described in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for sale by public auction, and that the land described in the Second Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction, at Pahiatua, on Tuesday, 27th February, 1912, on the terms and conditions set out in the Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LANDS FOR SALE.

Pahiatua County.—Block VII, Mangahao Survey District

These lands are situated immediately opposite to the Pahiatua Railway-station. They are cleared and grassed, and are especially valuable for residential purposes or as accommodation-paddocks. Classified as first-class land.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

LAND FOR LEASE.

Akitio County.—Aohanga Survey District.

These sections are situated on the Waihoki Valley Road, about seven miles from Rakaunui; unimproved, in light bush; soil good. Classified as second-class land.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The lands are offered at the upset prices shown opposite to each section described in the First and Second Schedules hereto. The terms of the contract for sale of the lands being sold are summarized in clause 10 hereof, and the terms of the lands being leased are summarized in clause 11 hereof.

2. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser of each lot. In the event of any lots not being disposed of at first offering, the Board may put any of them up again either separately or in groups. Any lot not disposed of at the auction sale shall remain open for selection at the upset price.

3. In the event of any disputed bid, the lot in dispute may be put up again at the last undisputed bid.

4. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale, shall sign an agreement hereon to complete his contract for purchase or lease respectively according to these conditions, and shall pay to the Board’s representative a fee of £3 3s. for the preparation of his contract of purchase or lease, together with the cost of stamping and registering the same. The contract of sale or lease will be prepared by the Board. One or more sections may, at the option of the purchaser, be included in one contract of sale.

5. The successful bidder will be required, within fourteen days from the date on which the contract of sale or lease shall be tendered to him by the Board for execution, sign the same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the purchase-money or rent and lease fee paid by him, and again offer the land for sale at the upset price, freed from any obligations to the defaulting purchaser.

6. The bidding shall be advanced by such sum as the auctioneer may agree to accept, and no bidding shall be retracted.

7. The Board reserves the right to withdraw from sale any lot or lots at any time prior to the auction.

8. The purchaser shall be required, before obtaining his contract of sale or lease, to make a declaration as required by Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, that he is not the owner or occupier of 3,000 acres of third-class land or its equivalent in other classes of land.

9. 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.

LAND FOR SALE.

Summary of Conditions of Contract of Purchase.

10. (a.) The purchaser shall, immediately after the sale, pay to the representative of the Board a sum equal to 10 per cent. of the purchase-money as part payment thereof. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

(b.) 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 run from the signing of contract of sale or date when possession given.

(c.) 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.

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

(e.) A copy of the contract for sale can be inspected at the Post-office, Pahiatua, and at the Board’s office, Native Department, Wellington.

LAND FOR LEASE.

Conditions of Lease (abridged).

11. (a.) The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from the 1st April, 1912, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one 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.

(b.) The lessee shall, immediately after the sale, pay to the Board a sum equal to six months’ rent at the rate bid.

(c.) Lessee has no right to minerals without special license, but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, road-making, or building purposes.

(d.) (i.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

(ii.) Lessee will not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.

(iii.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husband-like manner, and keep it free from noxious weeds.

(iv.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.

(e.) Lessee shall not be permitted to assign his lease except after two years’ occupation of the land.

(f.) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the Post-office, Pahiatua, at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.

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

J. B. JACK,
President, Ikaroa 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 Wairariki Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Paengaroa North B No. 5 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Maketu, on Tuesday, the 5th day of March, 1912, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That a proposed sale of the said land to Trevor A. Benner shall be agreed to.”

Dated at Rotorua, this 9th day of February, 1912.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President.