Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3019

Lands in North Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 16th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands

MAORI LANDS NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, 18th December, 1924.

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 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 26th February, 1925, for the lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto, for a term of sixteen years and three months, with a right of renewal for a further term of sixteen years.

SCHEDULE.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kinohaku West K 2c 2 Blocks IX, X, XIII, and XIV, Kawhia South Survey District.

AREA, 605 acres 2 roods 21 perches; upset annual rental, £37 16s.

Limestone country mostly covered with rata, tawa, and other bush. Portion is open scrub bush, manuka, and fern. Well watered. Has no road access.

NOTE.—Intending lessees are notified that the Board does not undertake to provide road access.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be sixteen years and three months from the 1st April, 1925, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for one further term of sixteen 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, pastoral, household, roadmaking, 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 defined 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 improvements 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 shall 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 sections to be leased jointly and subject to reserve price or rental specified.

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 .”

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 with improvements.

NOTE.—Stamp duty will be 6s. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an additional 3s. for each further £50 or fraction thereof; registration 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 a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the lessee of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

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