APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1045

8. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent.
   on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-
   office order, the balance of the first instalment to be paid
   (if tender accepted) within thirty days of date of accepting of
   tender.

9. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be addressed “Commissioner of Crown Lands,”
and envelopes to be marked “Tender for Timber.”

Sale plans and conditions of sale may be seen at the Mamaku
and Rotorua Post-offices, or at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Auckland.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 15th April, 1921.

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
Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Thursday, 16th June, 1921, for the lease of the several
lands named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—
THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Te Tio A 2, B 2, C 1, C 2, and D; Mangawhero I, J, K,
L, N, P, Q, and R.

Blocks XV, Manganuka, and III, Waoku Survey Districts :
Area, 160 acres ; upset annual rental, £12.

Covered with heavy manuka and other bush ; watered
by the Mangatete Stream. Access is by road.

Blocks XV, Manganuka, and III, Waoku Survey Districts :
Area, 148 acres 2 roods ; upset annual rental, £11 5s.

Mostly covered with mixed bush ; about 40 acres cleared,
small portion of which is swamp. Access is by the Waima
River.

Block XV, Manganuka Survey District : Area, 100 acres ;
upset annual rental, £7 10s.

Mostly covered with manuka and other bush ; about
15 acres is raupo swamp. Access is by the Waima River.

Blocks XV, Manganuka, and III, Waoku Survey Districts :
Area, 100 acres ; upset annual rental, £7 10s.

Mostly covered with manuka and other bush ; about
15 acres is raupo swamp. Access is by the Waima River.

Blocks II and III, Waoku Survey District : Area, 48 acres
3 roods 14 perches ; upset annual rental, £3 15s.

Covered with mixed bush. Access is by the Kawitu Stream,
which is a branch of the Waima River.

Block II, Waoku Survey District : Area, 93 acres 3 roods
14 perches ; upset annual rental, £11 15s.

Running from easy slope to flat, and covered with fern
and manuka. Access is by road.

Block II, Waoku Survey District : Area, 93 acres 3 roods
14 perches ; upset annual rental, £11 15s.

Mostly covered with fern and manuka, and running from
easy slope to flat ; small portion near Punui Stream cleared
and in grass ; well watered. Access is by road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 60 acres 3 roods
38 perches ; upset annual rental, £4 15s.

Steep and broken, covered with heavy mixed bush ; well
watered. Access is by road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 67 acres 2 roods
10 perches ; upset annual rental, £5 5s.

Steep and broken, covered with heavy mixed bush ; well
watered. Access is by road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 55 acres 1 rood
18 perches ; upset annual rental, £4 5s.

Steep and broken, mostly covered with heavy mixed bush ;
small portion cleared and in grass ; well watered. Access is
by road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 79 acres 2 roods
38 perches ; upset annual rental, £6.

Steep and broken, mostly covered with heavy mixed bush ;
small portion in fern and manuka ; well watered. Access
is by road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 46 acres 3 roods
27 perches ; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

Steep and broken, mostly covered with heavy mixed bush ;
portion in fern and manuka ; well watered. Access is by
road.

Block VI, Waoku Survey District : Area, 112 acres 2 roods
16 perches ; upset annual rental, £8 10s.

Steep and broken, mostly covered with heavy mixed bush ;
portion in fern and manuka ; well watered. Access is by
road.

LAND FOR LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be eighteen years from the
   1st July, 1921, at the rental tendered, with right of re-
   newal for one further term of eighteen years at a rental
   assessed at 5 per cent. on the unimproved value of the land
   at the time of the renewal, such valuation, in the event of
   a dispute, to be determined by arbitration. Compensation
   for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee
   at the expiration of the second term of the lease, as provided
   in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

2. Residence to commence within four years in bush lands
   or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open
   lands, and to be continuous for six years.

3. Lessee has no right to minerals without license, but he
   may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pas-
   toral, household, road-making, or building purposes.

4. Every lessee shall bring into cultivation,—

(a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, not less
than one-twentieth of the land leased by him ;

(b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, not less
than one-tenth of the land leased by him ;

(c.) Within four years from the date of his lease, not less
than one-fifth of the land leased by him ;

and shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in
addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put
substantial improvements of a permanent character (as de-
fined by the Land Act, 1908) on first-class land to the value
of £1 for every acre of such land, and on second-class land
to an amount equal to the net price of every acre of such
land : Provided that in no case shall the additional improve-
ments required on second-class land be more than 10s. per
acre, or 2s 6d. on third-class land.

5. (a.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

(b.) Lessee will not assign the lease without the consent of
the Board.

(c.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner,
and keep it free from noxious weeds.

(d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.

(e.) Lessee will fence without any right of resort to the
Board for contribution on account of the Board owning or
occupying adjacent land ; but this 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.) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the
office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington,
or the office of the Board.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The land to be leased subject to reserve price or rental
   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 lease of , Block
   (No. , in red), in sale plan No. 46.”

3. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’
   rent, lease fee (£4 4s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp
   duty and registration fee, and the amount with which the
   section is loaded for improvements (if any). NOTE.—Stamp
   duty will be 6s. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an
   additional 3s. for each further £50 or fraction thereof ; regis-
   ration fee is uniformly 10s.

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

5. The successful lessee 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
   3,000 acres of third-class land, or its equivalent in other
   classes of land.

6. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909,
   and the regulations made thereunder, and lessees 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 tenderers, 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 and on locality plan.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tokerau District
Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the
proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and
at any 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 Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.