FEB. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 425

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, 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 Nursery series.

Sections 12 and 15 are also good level sections, having a frontage of 82½ ft. to Froude Street, which is the main entrance to Whakarewarewa.

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 Pukututua 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 19: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £10.

Locality and Description.—This section is an admirable level building-site situated on the southern side of 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.

10. The lessee has no right to assign or sublet without the previous consent in writing of the Board.

11. The Board may re-enter on land for breach of covenant or default in payment of rent after thirty (30) days, whether legally demanded or not.

12. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and assessments other than landlord’s land-tax.

13. The lessee will keep the land free and clear from noxious weeds, growths, &c.

14. The lessee will keep in good and tenantable order and repair all fences and buildings, &c.

15. The 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.

16. The highest or any tender shall not necessarily be accepted. In the event of no tender being received the sections shall remain open for selection for any period fixed by the Board at the upset rental.

17. A copy of the form of lease may be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or at the office of the Board.

Instructions to Applicants.

The sections are described for the general information only of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board will not be held responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

The highest or any tender shall not necessarily be accepted. Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.

Full particulars may be obtained at the head office of the Native Department, Wellington, and at the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua.

A. G. HOLLAND,

President,

Waiariki District Maori Land Board.

Office of the Waiariki District Maori

Land Board, Rotorua.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,

Palmerston North, 12th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at 4 o'clock p.m., on Friday, 28th February, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

All the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 311 acres, portion of Section 6, Block VII, Kaitieke Survey District (Provisional State Forest No. 66), about nineteen miles south of Taumarunui.

The total estimated quantity in cubic feet is 395,160 ; or in board feet 2,742,220; made up as follows:—

Upset price: £3,606.

Ground rent: £15 lis. per annum.

Time for removal of timber: Two years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-eighth of the price tendered, together with half-year's ground-rent and £1 ls. (license fee),