Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 341 OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909, THAT MEETINGS OF ASSEMBLED OWNERS BE SUMMONED.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1909.

Native Land Court Office,
Wanganui, 3rd February, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption, as set out in the Schedule hereunder, have been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909.

A. H. MACKAY,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Adopting Parent. Adopted Child.
James Harrison .. Vernon Douglas Harrison.
Hori Teira.. Perere Kahua Kupe.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.—24 Acres.

Office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
Gisborne, 27th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board at Gisborne, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 4th day of May, 1915, for lease of the undermentioned land for a period of twenty-one years, with a right to a renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.
Lot 1, portion of Kahaatureia A Block, Block IV, Nuhaka Survey District, C.T. Vol. 34, folio 166, H.B. Registry: Arca, 24 acres; upset annual rental, £3.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Land to be leased by the Board under the provisions of Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and all leases to conform to the requirements of the said Act and regulations.

2. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

4. The rental shall not be less than the given upset annual rental for the first term of twenty-one years, and shall be not less than 5 per cent. on the then unimproved value for the second term of twenty-one years; and in no case shall the rent for the second term be less than the rent for the first term.

5. 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. 1, as advertised in the New Zealand Gazette of the day of , 1915.”

6. Each tender must be accompanied by six months’ rent at the rate tendered, together with lease fee of £3 3s., registration fee of 10s., and an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty.

7. Subject to the upset annual rental, the highest qualified tenderer to be declared the lessee.

8. Successful applicant to sign agreement to lease after being notified of acceptance of tender.

9. Lessee to make necessary declaration and execute lease within thirty days after signing agreement to lease.

10. In case of default, deposit may be forfeited and lots re-leased.

11. Applicant to be prepared to make declaration of qualification.

12. Rent to be paid in advance on the 1st days of January and July.

13. Transfer not allowed until after one year of continuous residence.

14. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

15. Lessee has no right to timber or minerals without license.

16. On expiry of lease, lessee’s improvements will be valued and protected.

17. Title being Land Transfer, no objection to be taken.

18. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

19. No road access can be assured to the lot in question, and the successful applicant must take it at his own risk.

20. Lot to be taken as correctly described.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, at Gisborne, and must be on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the said Board. Full particulars may be obtained on application at the office of the said Board at Gisborne.

R. N. JONES,
President.

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 Otamatea F No. 1 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Batley on Thursday, the 4th day of March, 1915, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the said block be leased to Arthur Trewin at a rental of 5 per cent. on the Government valuation.”

Dated at Auckland this 5th day of February, 1915.

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 Tokerau Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Tuhirangi A No. 2 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Helensville on Friday, the 5th day of March, 1915, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the said land be revested in the Native owners thereof.”

Dated at Auckland this 6th day of February, 1915.

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 Tokerau Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Kaitara No. 2c will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Helensville on Friday, the 5th day of March, 1915, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the land be sold to G. F. Linnell, the younger, being 224 acres, more or less, for the price of £1 per acre.”

Dated at Auckland this 6th day of February, 1915.

T. H. WILSON,
President.