370
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

The upset annual rental herein stated is subject to a reduction of £120 per annum until a period of four years has elapsed after the opening of any railway extension to Taupo; thereafter the full upset annual rental of £566 will become payable.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands are offered at the upset annual rental shown in the First Schedule hereto. The terms of the lease of the lands are summarized in clause 9 hereof.
2. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.
3. Any tender not in conformity with these Conditions is liable to rejection. The Board may, if it thinks fit, decline all tenders for any lot.
4. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be returned to the respective tenderers.
5. If the rental tendered by two or more tenderers is equal, and is higher than that offered by any other tenderer, the Board shall decide by lot which tender (if any) shall be accepted.
6. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable to grant a lease of any lot tendered for, the successful tenderer shall be entitled to a refund of his deposit, but shall have no claim for damages, compensation, or interest on the deposit.
7. Each successful tenderer shall be required, within fourteen days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him, to sign same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent paid by him, and again offer the land for lease, freed from any obligations to the defaulting tenderer.
8. Each successful tenderer, on being advised that his tender is accepted, must lodge a declaration to the effect that he is not prohibited under Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909 (relating to limitation of area), as modified by the terms of section 200 of the Act, from acquiring the area tendered for.
9. The lease will be issued subject to the provisions of the Native Land Acts and the regulations thereunder, and will contain, inter alia, the following provisions:—

(a.) The term of the lease will be twenty-one years from 31st March, 1915, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one years at a rental assessed at 5 per cent. of the unimproved value of the land at the time of renewal, such valuation, in the event of dispute, to be determined by arbitration. Compensation for substantial improvement will be allowed to the lessee, as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.
(b.) Lessee will have 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.
(c.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance. Lessee shall not assign the lease without the Board’s consent. Lessee shall cultivate in a husbandlike manner and keep land free of noxious weeds. Lessee shall keep fences and buildings in repair.
(d.) Lessee will not be permitted to assign his lease until after two years’ occupation of the land.
(e.) Lessee will fence without any right of resort to the Board for contribution on account of the Board owning adjacent land; but the provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier, other than the Board, of such adjacent land.

10. The lease will be prepared by the Board at the cost of the lessee. The cost is £3 3s., together with the cost of stamping the same.
11. Forms of tender and declaration forms can be obtained at the post-offices at Napier, Taupo, and Rangitaiki, and at the Native Department Offices, Wellington and Wanganui.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, and must be made on proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and at the post-offices in the locality of the land to be offered.

Full particulars may be obtained at the Head Office of the Native Department, Wellington, and at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.

J. B. JACK,
President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOSEPH DOBIAS, of Rotorua, Cook, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 5th day of February, 1915, at 10 o’clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 20th January, 1915.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at a sitting of the said Court to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of February, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the above estates.

Wadey, Walter, Confectioner, of Eltham.
Ornstien, Deborah, of Stratford, Baker.
Brooking, Margaret Harrison, of Stratford, Baker and Confectioner.
Bourke, John Joseph, of Stratford, Baker.
Nicholls, William Edmond, of Opunake, Saddler.
Onions, Amos, of Eltham, Labourer.
Franzen, Elias Fredrick, of Midhirst, Grocer.
Cox, Esther Maria, of Stratford, Married Woman.
Potts, W., of Eltham, Motor-garage Proprietor.
Revell, Lewis, of Stratford, Carrier.
Bianchi, George, of Stratford, Groom.
Hodge, James, of Stratford, Land Agent.
Burgess, Albert Edward, of Stratford, Boot and Shoe Importer.
Fitzsimons, Joseph William, of Stratford, Butchers’ Assistant.

Brew, Denis, of Eltham, Labourer.
Johnson, Frederick William, of Te Wera, Farmer.
Reader, Guy Osborne, of Stratford, Painter.
McMahon, Gordon, of Midhirst, Saddler.
Duncan, David, of Opunake, Stationer.
Jakes, Henry, of Whangamomona, Livery-stable Proprietor.
McDonald, Alfred Ewan, formerly of Midhirst, Saddler, but now of Eltham, Labourer.
Towler, Harry, of Whangamomona, Tailor.
Derby, George Henry, and William, both of Stratford, Sawmillers, trading together under the name of “Derby Bros.”
Derby, George Henry, of Stratford, Sawmiller.
Derby, William, of Stratford, Sawmiller.
Christensen, Johanes, of Stratford, Creamery Manager.
McLeod, Donald, of Awatuna East, Contractor.
Moir, James Taylor, of Eltham, Labourer.
Barker, George, of Rawhitiroa Road, Eltham, Butcher.
Cooper, Edward David John, of Opunake, Builder.
Gooch, Frederick, of Stratford, Stablekeeper.
Phillips, Richard Joseph, of Eltham, Labourer.
McPhee, Charles, of Toko, Contractor.
Payton, William Robert, of Stratford, Grocers’ Assistant and Confectioner.
Savage, James, of Tututawa, Labourer.
Thompson, James Adam, of Stratford, Carrier.
Smith, George, of Awatuna, Farmer.
Vincent, William, of Stratford, Labourer.

Supplementary Accounts.

Fitzsimons, Joseph William, of Stratford, Butchers’ Assistant.
Reader, Guy Osborne, of Stratford, Painter.
McDonald, Alfred Ewan, formerly of Midhirst, Saddler, but now of Eltham, Labourer.

ALFRED COLEMAN,
Deputy Official Assignee,
Stratford, 20th January, 1915.