June 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2067

Maori Lands for Sale by Public Tender.

Office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 1st June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 5 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 22nd July, 1915, for the purchase of the several lands named in the First Schedule hereto, on the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULES.

MOHAKATINO-PARININIHI 1c WEST BLOCK.—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TAINUI AND MIMI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Flat and hilly pastoral country; part light scrub and open along sea-coast, balance forest-covered; probably 100 acres ploughable; principally sandstone formation. There is also a small grass clearing at the north-eastern corner. Access by Main Mokau Road.

| 2 | 4 | 975 0 0 | Third | 1 7 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 736 0 0 | " | 1 5 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 594 0 0 | " | 1 2 6 |

Hilly pastoral country, covered with fairly light forest. Access by Mohakatino Road. Some small flats generally covered with manuka and partly swampy along Mohakatino Road.

| 5 | 7 | 963 0 0 | Third | 1 0 0 |
| 6 | 8 | 744 0 0 | " | 1 0 0 |
| 7 | 9 | 433 0 0 | " | 1 0 0 |

Hilly pastoral country, covered with fairly light forest as above. Access by Hutiwai Road, which is available for horse traffic to within about half a mile of the south-western corners of Subdivisions 7 and 9.

General Description.

The Mohakatino-Parininihi 1c West Block (sections numbered 1 to 7 inclusive, in red) consists of hilly pastoral country close to the sea-coast, principally sandstone formation, forest-covered, except a strip of open land with tawhena and manuka scrub along the sea-coast.

The forest consists generally of tawa, kohekohe, karaka, tawhero, manuka, mahoe, with some black-birch and a little rata, rimu, &c., with usual undergrowth. The block is well watered everywhere.

The Main Mokau Road runs through the block. The road is not metalled, but there is a daily coach and mail service from Waitara (distant forty miles), and in the summer months a motor-car service runs as weather permits. The Mohakatino Road is formed 8 ft. wide up the Mohakatino Valley for the whole extent of the block.

The Mohakatino River is tidal up as far as the boundary between Sections 5 and 6, and is navigable for canoes and small-power boats for several miles. The north-west corner of the block is about four miles from Mokau (by the main road). There is a small wharf at Mokau, and a more or less regular steamer service from Waitara.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the price tendered, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. 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 date from the signing of contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £3 3s. to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any).

4. Purchasers 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.

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

General Instructions to Tenderers.

1. The lands to be sold subject to reserve price specified in each case.

2. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Lot , Block (No. , in red), in sale plan No. 30.”

3. If any person desires to tender for more than one lot, a separate tender for each lot must be made.

4. The highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.

5. The successful purchaser will require to make declaration of qualification under the Native Land Act, 1909, within thirty days, to the effect that he is not the owner or occupier of 5,000 acres of third-class land or its equivalent in other classes of land—every acre of first-class land being reckoned as 7½ acres, and every acre of second-class land being reckoned as 2½ acres.

6. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and purchasers shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The lands are 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.

Areas may be liable to slight alterations.

The figures in colour on detail plans correspond with those in the advertisement.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the 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 office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, and at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANK TAIT, of New Plymouth, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 7th day of June, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

31st May, 1915.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that RICHARD ROGERS, of Hastings, Photographer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Thursday, the 10th day of June, 1915, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

E. B. BURDEKIN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

1st June, 1915.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Napier.

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 the sitting of the said Court, to be held on Monday, the 28th day of June, 1915, at a quarter past 2 in the afternoon, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 7th day of June, 1915.

Bell, Frederick John, of Puketitiri, Labourer.
Brinson, Thomas Henry, of Hastings, Carpenter.
Cooper, Henry, of Havelock North, Veterinary Surgeon.
Davis, Alfred Knight, of Greenmeadows, Carpenter.
Davis, Henry, of Greenmeadows, Carpenter.
Duncan, Alexander Scott, of Hastings, Contractor.
Fail, Alfred Leon (trading as Fail Bros.), Coopers, Gisborne.
Fischbach, Paul, of Waipukurau, Motor Engineer.
Forster, Leonard George, of Hastings, Fruiterer.
Gelhor, Israel, of Hastings, Restaurant-keeper.
Hape Wao, of Omahu, Contractor (Aboriginal Native).
Henley, Patrick Joseph, of Napier, Motor Engineer.
Horsefield, Reuben Jenner, of Waipukurau, Hairdresser.