Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 189

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Notice of Meeting of Owners under Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

REGULATION No. 52.

THE Maori Land Board for the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land District hereby notifies that a meeting of the owners of Te Kauanga Whenuakite No. 4 will be held, in pursuance of Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1909, at Auckland on Thursday, the 5th day of February, 1920, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following proposed resolution:—

“That the land be sold to George G. Shierlaw and Eleanor Grace Shierlaw for the amount of the Government valuation.”

Dated at Auckland this 12th day of January, 1920.

C. E. MacCORMICK,
President.

Maori Land for Lease by Public Auction.

Office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
Gisborne, 29th November, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and amendments, and the regulations thereunder, that the lands described in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction by Messrs. Williams and Kettle, at the Wool Store, Gisborne, at 11.30 o’clock a.m., on the 31st January, 1920, on the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

HAUOMATUKU 2A and 2B Blocks: Area, 200 acres 3 roods 34 perches; upset annual rental, £140.

This area is situated on the right bank of the Waihora Stream; soil good, and land in grass. The Kanakanaia Settlement road runs through the front of the block from the Waihora Stream bridge, a distance of about twenty-five chains. Distance from Te Karaka about two miles and a half.

Pukeamuri 6B Block: Area, 186 acres; upset annual rental, £24 10s.

This area is situated on the Wairanga Stream, and is without access by road or right-of-way. Rough and broken country, rising to 1,168 ft.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF SALE OF LEASE.

1. THE lands are offered at the upset-rental prices shown opposite to each section described in the First Schedule hereto. The terms of the leases are summarized in clause 10 hereof.

2. The highest bidder shall be the lessee of each lot. Any lot not disposed of at the auction sale shall remain open for selection at the upset rental.

3. In the event of any disputed bid the lot in dispute may be put up again at the last undisputed bid.

4. Each purchaser lessee, immediately after the sale, shall sign an agreement to complete his lease according to the conditions, and shall pay to the Board’s representative a sum of £3 3s. for the preparation of his lease, together with the cost of stamping and registering his lease. The lease will be prepared by the Board. One or more sections may, at the option of the lessee, be included in one lease.

5. The successful bidder will be required, within fourteen days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him by the Board for execution, to sign the same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so the Board may forfeit the rent and lease fee paid by him, and again offer the land for sale at the upset price, freed from any obligations to the defaulting purchaser.

6. The bidding shall be advanced by such sums as the auctioneer may agree to accept, and no bidding shall be retracted.

7. The Board reserves the right to withdraw from sale any lot or lots at any time prior to the auction, or thereafter if not disposed of at the auction.

8. The lands are offered under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and amendments. Lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof and be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

9. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable to give the purchaser possession of the land purchased, the purchaser shall be entitled to a refund of the deposit paid by him, but without interest, and no damages shall be claimed by him for the Board’s failure to give possession.

10. The leases of the lands will be issued subject to the provisions of Part XIV of the Native Land Acts and the regulations thereunder, and will contain, inter alia, the following provisions:—

(a.) The terms of the leases will be twenty-one years from the 1st February, 1920, at the rental bid. Compensation for substantial improvements will be allowed to the lessee as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909. Improvements to the value of £766 already exist on Hauomatuku 2A and 2B Blocks.

(b.) The lessee will have no right to timber or minerals without special license, but he may use on the land any timber or minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, roadmaking, 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 year’s 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.

(f.) Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments, except landlord’s tax.

(g.) Title being Land Transfer, no objection to be taken.

(h.) Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

(i.) Lots to be taken as correctly described.

11. Applicants to be seventeen years and upwards.

12. Including all other land already owned, held, or occupied, no person may hold more than 5,000 acres as computed by the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913. Before a lease is granted lessees will be required to make a declaration of qualification.

A copy of the lease may be inspected at the Te Karaka Post-office, at the office of the Under-Secretary, Native Department, Wellington, and at the Board’s Office, Gisborne.

INSTRUCTION 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.

Full particulars may be obtained at the head office of the Native Department, Wellington, and at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, Gisborne.

M. GILFEDDER,
President, Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of CHARLES NEAL, of Matawai, Storekeeper.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Redstone’s Buildings, Lowe Street.

A. G. BEERE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Gisborne, 10th January, 1920.

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

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 next sitting of the said Court to be held on Monday, the 9th day of February, 1920, at 11 a.m., or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to