SEPT. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3477

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

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Tokerau Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Ounuwhao No. 1B No. 4 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Dargaville on Monday, the 28th day of September, 1914, at 7 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

"That the said land be sold to Donald Finlayson and Leslie Butler Mariner for the sum of £1 12s. 9d. per acre."

Dated at Auckland this 25th day of August, 1914.

T. H. WILSON,
President.

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

REGULATION NO. 48.

THE Maori Land Board for the Aotea Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Kauangaroa No. 3 Block will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Kauangaroa on Thursday, the 17th day of September, 1914, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of electing a committee of management or appointing a trustee for the said land under section 232 of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder.

Dated at Wanganui this 1st day of September, 1914.

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 Aotea Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Taurewa West 4D will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Tokaanu on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1914, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

That part of Taurewa West 4D, containing 45 acres or thereabouts (adjoining and on south and west of the Egmont Box Company's leasehold) be offered for sale by public auction on behalf of the owners thereof.

Dated at Wanganui this 1st day of September, 1914.

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 Aotea Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of

will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Tokaanu on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1914, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

"That the said owners do enter into a contract with the Wellington Industrial Development Company (Limited) to sell so much and such portions of the said blocks as may be determined on at such meeting to persons procured by the said company or its assigns who may lawfully acquire the same. The price to be paid to the Natives for the lands so sold to be such as may be determined at such meeting, and such sale to be subject to such terms and conditions as may be decided upon at such meeting or as may be agreed upon between the Board, on behalf of the owners, and the company."

In the event of the foregoing resolution being passed a further resolution will be proposed that, in order to enable the said contract to be given effect to, the said lands be transferred by the Board, acting on behalf of the owners, to the Public Trustee, to be held by him upon trust for the owners, but subject to the performance of the said contract.

Dated at Wanganui this 1st day of September, 1914.

J. B. JACK,
President.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board,
Rotorua, 25th August, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, up to 5 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 6th day of October, 1914, for the lease of the land named in the First and Second Schedules hereto, in the terms and conditions set out in the Third Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULES.
WAIARIKI NATIVE LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Paengaroa North A No. 1 Section 2 Block.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
Conditions under which Lot 1 is offered for selection.

1. The land is offered at the upset rental stated.

2. The highest tenderer shall be the lessee. In the event of no tender being received, the lot shall remain open for selection at the upset rental.

3. Every tender must be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the President of the Maori Land Board, Waiariki District, Rotorua, and marked "Tender for the lease of Lot .......... of Paengaroa North A No. 1 Section 2 Block," and must be accompanied by half-year's rent and the sum of £3 3s. to cover the cost of the preparation of the lease, and an amount sufficient to cover the stamping and registering of the lease.

4. The lease will be prepared by the Board.

5. The successful tenderer will be required, within thirty days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him by the Board for execution, to sign the same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the deposit paid by him, and again offer the land at the upset price freed from any obligations to the defaulting lessee.

6. The Board reserves the right to withdraw from lease the lot at any time prior to the time for receiving the tenders.

7. The lessee shall be required, before obtaining his 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 5,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other classes of land.

8. The land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the regulations made thereunder. The lessee shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.

9. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from the 1st day of January, 1915, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one years at a rental assessed at 5 per centum 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.

10. 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.