JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2161

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS—continued.

APPLICATIONS TO RECOMMEND HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO CONSENT TO MORTGAGE UNDER SECTION 230 OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909.

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.

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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. 30A.”

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