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(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 TENDERER.

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 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 personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
Areas may be liable to slight alterations.
Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.
Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.
C. E. MACCORMICK, President,
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

Tenders for lease of Lands.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 31st October, 1928, for the lease of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, on the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA TOWN SECTIONS.

Block LI, Town of Rotorua.

SECTION 2: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £6 12s.
Locality and Description.—This section is a very good level section, next to the corner section on Fenton Street and Froude Street. It has a frontage of 66 ft. to Fenton Street.

Block LII, Town of Rotorua.

Locality and Description.—Section 1 is situated at the corner of Fenton and Sala Streets, having a frontage of 66 ft. to Fenton Street and 165 ft. to Sala Street. It is a good level section, and very useful building-site.
Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 are all good level sections, each having a frontage of 82½ ft. to Sala Street, which is formed and constitutes the main roadway to the Government Nurseries.
Section 12 is also a good level section, having a frontage of 82½ ft. to Froude Street, which is the main entrance to Whakarewarewa.

Block LXII, Town of Rotorua.

Section 1: Area, 5 acres 3 roods. Upset annual rental, £21 10s.
Locality and Description.—This is good level land in gorse and scrub, bounded on the north-west by Tarewa Road, on the south by Pukuatua Street, and on the west by the railway-line. It is suitable for a small farmlet or for subdivision purposes.

Block LXIX, Town of Rotorua.

Locality and Description.—These are all level, but rather low-lying sections, each having a frontage of 82½ ft. to Pukuatua Street. Section 24 has a frontage of 132 ft. to Tawa Street, which at present is unformed.

Block LXXI, Town of Rotorua Extension.

Section 1: Area, 1 rood 39 perches. Upset annual rental, £3.
Locality and Description.—This is a level section in manuka, close to Whakarewarewa, with a frontage to Froude and Nelson Streets, both of which are unformed. The section is bounded on the west by the Puarenga Stream.

ROTORUA SUBURBAN SECTIONS.

Suburban Section 22 of the Suburbs of Rotorua.

Lot 3: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £15.
Locality and Description.—This section is only about half a mile from the town, and is an admirable level building-site situated at the corner of Fenton Street and Ti Street.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of Lease: Fifty years.
2. Rental: The rental shall not be less than the given upset annual rental, and shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
3. Every tender must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President, Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, and marked “Tender for the lease of Section ,” and must be accompanied by a half-year’s rent and the sum of three pounds three shillings (£3 3s.) to cover the cost of the preparation of the lease, and an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the stamping and the registration of the lease.
4. The lease will be prepared by the Board.
5. A successful tenderer will be required, within thirty (30) 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 deposit paid by him and again offer the land at the upset rental, freed from any obligations to the defaulting lessee.
6. The Board reserves the right to withdraw any section or lot at any time prior to the time for receiving the tenders.
7. The lessee shall be required, before obtaining his lease, to make a declaration against aggregation of area in accordance with the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909.
8. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, The lessee shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof and be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.
9. The lessee has no right to minerals without license.