SEPT. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2475
District Land Registrar
Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under
the Mining Act, 1926.
Mining Registrar’s Office,
Hokitika, 30th August, 1929.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the provisions
of section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926, that, unless
sufficient cause to the contrary be shown to the Minister
within three months from the date hereof, the mining
privileges specified in the Schedule hereto will be struck
off the Register.
C. W. CARVER, Mining Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
GOLDSBOROUGH REGISTRY.
No. 39772. Date: 26/8/92. Nature of privilege : Dam.
Locality: Left hand branch Waimea Creek. Registered
holder: Albert Edward Biddington.
No. 57516. Date: 29/8/94. Nature of privilege : Branch
race. Locality: Stewart’s Terrace. Registered holder:
Albert Edward Biddington.
CROWN LANDS NOTICE.
Land in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th September, 1929.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act,
1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on
Thursday, 10th October, 1929.
The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased
for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable
lease.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Wallace County.—Aparima Hundred.
SECTION 41, Block I: Area, 316 acres 1 rood 36 perches.
Capital value, £395. Deposit on deferred payments, £25;
half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £12 0s. 6d.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 18s.
Situated three miles from Otauatau Railway-station and
school, two miles and a half being metalled road, the balance
formed road. All in mixed bush, from which milling-timber
has been cut. The soil is of medium quality. Altitude,
from 400 ft. to 730 ft. above sea-level.
Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, Invercargill.
N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
MAORI LAND NOTICE.
Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 31st 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, 15th October, 1929, for the
lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto, for a term
of fourteen years, with a right of renewal for a further term
of fourteen years.
SCHEDULE.
WAITOMO COUNTY.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
MARAETAUA GG., Block VII, Otanake Survey District: Area,
197 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Upset annual rental, £44 2s.
Loaded with £345 for improvements. The property is
situated on the main Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, about seven
miles from Te Kuiti. The soil is dark loam on papa formation;
mostly ploughable. The land is well watered, and 45 acres
have been cleared and grassed. There are 100 chains of
post-and-wire fencing.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be fourteen years from the
   1st November, 1929, at the rental tendered, with right of
   renewal for one further term of fourteen 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, pas-
   toral, 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 improve-
   ments 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.
   (g) The successful tenderer shall pay to the Board the value
   of the improvements with which the section is loaded.
   GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERER.
6. The sections to be leased jointly and subject to reserve
   price or rental specified.
7. 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 Maraetaua GG.”
8. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’
   rent, lease fee (£4 4s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp
   duty and registration fee.
   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.
9. Subject to restrictions and qualifications prescribed by
   Act or by regulation, the land will be leased to highest
   qualified tenderer.
10. 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.
11. 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 effectually as if such provisions were em-
    bodied 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.