3338

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PART Raetihi 3B 2B, being Section 12, Block I, Makotuku
Survey District, ; Area : 299 acres 3 roods. Upset rental per
acre per annum ls. 6d. Loading for improvements: fencing,
£61.

The above section is situated about 4 miles from Ohakune
Railway-station; access by Raetihi-Ohakune Road. Two
miles and a half of road metalled and in good order, balance
not metalled. Approximately 140 acres flat to undulating,
balance easy hills, Timber has been milled, but sufficient re-
mains for fencing purposes.

Note.-This section is loaded with a valuation of £61 for
fencing. This sum must be paid to the Board in the event of
the successful tenderer being other than the person recognized
by the Board to be equitably entitled to the value of the im-
provements.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF TENDER.

1. TENDERS must be written in the form provided for the
   purpose, and be forwarded in a sealed envelope, so as to be
   received at the Board's office, Wanganui, not later than
   3 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, 30th December, 1925.

2. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to
   six months' rent at the rate tendered.

3. Any tender not in conformity with these conditions is
   liable to rejection. The Board may, if it thinks fit, decline
   all tenders.

4. The successful tenderer will be entitled to possession on
   receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.

5. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be
   returned to the respective tenderers.

6. If the rental tendered by two or more tenderers is equal,
   and is higher than that offered by any other tenderer, the
   Board shall decide in such manner as it thinks fit which
   tender (if any) shall be accepted.

7. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable
   to grant a lease, the successful tenderer shall be entitled to a
   refund of his deposit, but shall have no claim for damages,
   compensation, or interest on the deposit.

8. The successful tenderer shall be required, within thirty
   days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to
   him, to sign same in triplicate. In the event of his failure to
   do so, the Board may forfeit the rent paid by him, and again
   offer the land for lease, freed from any obligation to the
   defaulting tenderer.

9. The successful tenderer on being advised that his tender
   is accepted must lodge a declaration to the effect that he is
   not prohibited under Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909
   (relating to limitation of area), from acquiring the area
   tendered for.

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

(a.) The terms of the lease will be fifteen years from 1st
January, 1926, at the rental tendered, with right of

renewal for one further term of sixteen and one-half
years at a rental assessed at 5 per cent. of the unim-
proved value of the land at the time of renewal,
such valuation, in the event of dispute, to be
determined by arbitration. Compensation for sub-
stantial improvements will be allowed to the lessee,
as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act,
1909.

(b.) Lessee will have no right to minerals without special
license, but he may use on the land any 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 from noxious weeds. Lessee shall
keep fences and buildings in repair.

(d.) Lessee will not be permitted to assign his lease until
after two years' 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.) The lessee will be entitled to possession on the accept-
ance of his tender.

(g.) It will be a condition of the lease that any contract
for the sale by the lessee of timber or timber-like trees must
be subject to the approval of the Board, and that one-half of
the royalty at rates current in the district, or one-half of the
consideration if the timber and trees are sold for a lump sum,
shall be paid to the Board for any timber cut and sold from
off the land.

11. The lease will be prepared by the Board at the cost of
    the lessee. The cost is £3 3s., together with the cost of
    stamping the same.

12. Forms of tender and declaration forms can be obtained
    at the post-offices at Ohakune, Raetihi, and at the Native
    Department Offices, Wellington and Wanganui.

INSTRUCTIONS 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.

Areas are liable to slight alterations.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Aotea District
Maori Land Board, Wanganui, and must be made on the pro-
per forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board and at the
post-offices in the locality of the land to be offered.

Full particulars may be obtained at the Head Office, Native
Department, Wellington, and at the office of the Aotea
District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President, Aotea District Maori Land Board.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that G. F. ROBINSON, of
Sheppherd's Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, Builder, was
this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting
of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 15th
day of December, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

20th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HENRY HALE,
late of Matamata, but now of Waihi, Miner, was this
day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting
of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 14th
day of December, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

26th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT PERCIVAL VIVIAN
VICTOR RUDOLPH BILLING, of Ohinepane, Farmer,
was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a
meeting of creditors to be holden at the Courthouse, Te
Puke, on Tuesday, the 15th day of December, 1925, at 11
o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

30th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that CLEMENT WESTBURY DEW,
of Te Kuiti, Labourer, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden
at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Thursday, the 10th day of
December, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

24th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that ANDREW AIKEN, of
Taumarunui, Engine-driver, was this day adjudged
bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to
be holden at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Monday, the
7th day of December, 1925, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

24th November, 1925.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of WILLIAM LINTS, of Wanganui, PRODUCER.

NOTICE is hereby given that a third and final dividend of
2s. 6d. in the pound (making in all 12s. 6d. in the
pound) is now payable on all accepted and proved claims, at
my office, 44 Maria Place, Wanganui.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

24th November, 1925.