May 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1799

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Meeting of the South Island District Maori Land Board.

Wellington, 11th May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be considered at a meeting of the South Island District Maori Land Board to be held at Invercargill on Wednesday, the 26th day of May, 1915, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Board will allow.

T. A. TEUTENBERG,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS.

Maori Lands for Sale by Public Auction.

Office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board,
Rotorua, 30th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, that the land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for sale by public auction at the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, the 28th day of June, 1915.

The terms and conditions under which the land is offered are as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

TIHIOTONGA D BLOCK.

BLOCKS VII and VIII, Horohoro Survey District: Area, 557 acres 1 rood 13 perches; upset price per acre, 10s.

This block is situated to the south-west of Rotorua Town, and distant therefrom eight miles. Access is by the main Rotorua–Atiamuri Road, thence by a surveyed road over easy country for the balance of the distance. The block is partly forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, hinau, with the usual undergrowth, and also easy hilly country, and in a few places rough country. The block lies well to the sun, being sheltered from the southerly winds by the Parekarangi Range. The soil is very light in the open country, but improves to fair loam in the bush, the lot resting on pumice and rhyolite formation. It is fairly well watered by the tributaries of the Pareporepo and Pakaitu Streams.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH LAND IS OFFERED FOR SALE.

1. THE land is sold by public auction in accordance with the powers conferred by section 16 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and the purchaser shall be deemed to be acquainted with all the provisions thereof.

2. The highest qualified bidder shall become the purchaser.

3. If the land so offered is not sold the Board may at any time thereafter sell the same by private contract to any qualified purchaser at a price not less than the upset price.

4. The purchaser shall forthwith after the sale pay to the Board a deposit equal to 10 per centum of the purchase-money, and the sum of £3 3s. to cover the cost of the preparation of the contract of sale. The balance of the purchase-money shall be paid within fourteen days after the completion of the contract, and the purchaser shall also within the said period of fourteen days lodge with the Board a statutory declaration that he was on the day of the sale duly qualified under Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, to become the purchaser of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

5. If any purchaser makes default in completing the contract or in making the statutory declaration as aforesaid, the Board may cancel the sale and resell the land in the same manner as if it had not already been offered for sale. On any such cancellation the Board may forfeit all moneys already paid by the purchaser, or such part thereof as the Board thinks fit.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is 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.

Area may be liable to slight alteration.

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

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President, Waiariki District Maori Land Board.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board,
Rotorua, 30th April, 1915.

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 Monday, 28th June, 1915, for the lease of the land named in the First Schedule hereto, in the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROTOHOKAHOKA F SECTION 5 BLOCK.

BLOCK XVI, Rotorua Survey District: Area, 2 acres; upset annual rental, £25.

This section contains the beautiful “Fairy Spring,” which is well known to visitors to Rotorua, and is within easy walking distance of the township,