2046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Situated on the right bank of the Retaruke River, with a frontage to the Upper Retaruke Valley Road, and bounded at the back by the Erua Road. Access is from Raurimu Railway-station—twelve miles by metalled road and eight miles by formed dray-road. Retaruke Valley School is four miles distant. 1,200 acres is in standing bush, 132 acres reverted, and 650 acres in grass. About 200 acres undulating, balance running to steep, broken, hilly country. Medium quality soil resting on pumice and papa formation. Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 2,450 ft.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Three Years.)

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 940 acres. Capital value, £235. Half-yearly rent, £9 12s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years. Weighted with £245, value of improvements comprising 70 chains fencing, bridge, and about 80 acres in grass. This sum is either payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £25, the balance being left on instalment mortgage under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act.

Situated on the right bank of the Raetihi-Ohura Stream, with a frontage to the Raetihi-Ohura Road, about thirty-eight miles from Raetihi Railway-station—sixteen miles metalled and balance formed dray road. Undulating land on frontage, running back to rough and broken ridges. Section lies away from sun. About 80 acres in grass, 210 acres reverted to undergrowth, and balance standing bush. Elevation, 1,400 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Maori Land for Sale by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 2nd August, 1929.

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 Tuesday, 17th September, 1929, for the purchase of the land named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

KAWHIA COUNTY.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Block III, Kawhia South Survey District.

SECTION 5: Area, 573 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Upset price, £360.

Mostly heavy bush, undulating to broken. Soil of loamy nature on limestone formation. Well watered. Road access.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the price tendered, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to date from the signing of the contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £4 4s. to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any), and also an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty (10s. for every £50 or portion thereof) and 10s. for registration fee.

4. The purchaser shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

5. Residence and improvements to conform with sections 250 and 256 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The land to be sold subject to reserve price specified.

2. Each tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Section 5, Block III, Kawhia South Survey District.”

3. Subject to restrictions and qualifications presented by Act or by regulation, the land will be sold to highest qualified tenderer.

4. The successful purchaser will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the purchaser 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.

5. The land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and the purchaser 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 land is 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.

The area 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.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HOUSTON, Boilermaker, of Auckland, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 12th day of August, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 2nd day of August, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that BRIAN D. NICHOLSON, of Wright’s Building, Fort Street, Auckland, Indent Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 13th day of August, 1929, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 2nd day of August, 1929.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Deputy Official Assignee.