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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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kept for such purpose, and every quarter such Komiti Marae
shall forward a return of receipts and disbursements to the
Te Arawa Council through the local member of that Council.
8. The Komiti Marae is empowered to expend on repairs,
maintenance, &c., any money in hand to ensure efficiency
in the water services.
9. Applications for connections must be made to the
Komiti Marae (Chairman) accompanied by the annual fee
or part thereof to accord with what would be due to the
31st of December next ensuing.
10. All material required to be placed on the ground by
the applicant free of cost to the Komiti Marae. The con-
nections to be performed by the Komiti Marae, the appli-
cants for such connections to bear full cost of such work.

These by-laws were made at a full meeting of the Te Arawa
Maori Council held at Maketu this 19th day of January,
1924.

WIKIRIWHI TE TUAHU, Chairman.

BY-LAWS OF THE TE ARAWA MAORI COUNCIL UNDER THE
MAORI COUNCILS ACT, 1900, APPROVED.

It is hereby notified that I, Director of Maori Hygiene, have
been pleased to approve of the foregoing by-laws as submitted
by the Te Arawa Maori Council.

Dated at Auckland this 6th day of February, 1924.

TE RANGI HIROA,
Director of Maori Hygiene.

Division of Maori Hygiene,
Department of Health, Auckland.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby
reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act,
1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 31, Block I, Akatore Survey District: Tenure,
occupation with right of purchase. Lease No. 542. Lessee,
Nathaniel Lutha James Cowie. Reason for forfeiture, non-
payment f rent.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby
reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act,
1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 27, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District: Tenure,
renewable lease (ordinary). Lease No. 200. Lessee, Robert
William Lemm. Reason for forfeiture, non-payment of rent.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Lands in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or
on deferred payments, at the North Auckland District Lands
and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednes-
day, the 26th day of March, 1924, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Mangonui County.—Takahuе Survey District.—Rural Land.
SECTION 9, Block IV: Area, 8 acres 1 rood; upset price, £100.
Steep broken country, all in grass; well watered by per-
manent stream. Access is from Fairburn Post-office, about
four miles distant by formed road.

Hokianga County.—Mamari Village.
Section 1: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 4 perches; upset price,
£30.
Village lots on main road Takahue to Kohukohu and
Rawene. Two miles from Broadwood and seventeen miles
from Kohukohu. Steep section, in fern.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred
payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The
terms are—
(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1),
within thirty days thereafter.
(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money
and license fee (£1 ls.) on the fall of hammer; balance by
equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years;
interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with the right
to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the out-
standing amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the
prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money
or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and
the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in North Auckland Land District opened for Lease by Public Tender.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
leases of the undermentioned education reserves for
terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal
for further similar terms, will be received at this office up to
4 o’clock p.m., Thursday, 27th March, 1924, under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the
Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

Envelopes should be marked on the outside “Tender for
Lease of Education Reserves.”

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Otamatea County.—Omaru Parish.
SECTION 30: Area, 109 acres 1 rood 33 perches; minimum
annual rental, £12 5s.
The elevation ranges from 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-
level. The section comprises level to easy undulating land
in manuka and ti-tree scrub. Soil is good on the flats,
balance pipeclay and clay resting on clay formation. The
forest is light, comprising one small dry and two small green
kauri-trees, two kahikatea-trees, and about 18 acres manuka
bush. Section is fairly well watered by spring and good
creek. Situated on the main Raupo-Parahi Road. Access
is from Ruawai, which is about seven miles distant by cart-
road metalled to within one mile.

Hokianga County.—Omanaia Parish.
Sections 14 and 18: Area, 120 acres; minimum annual
rental, £6.
Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements, consisting
of 24 acres manuka, cut and sown.
Undulating to broken land in manuka and fern, carrying
rough feed in places—rat-tail, dianthonia, and paspalum.
There is no permanent water on the section. Distant about
half a mile from Rawene.

Franklin County.—Opaheke Parish.
Section 205: Area, 101 acres; minimum annual rental,
£5.
The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 650 ft. above
sea-level. The section comprises undulating to broken
country in fern, blackberry, and bush, which has been burnt.
About three-quarters more or less ploughable. Soil is of-