Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2121

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th October, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 11th November, 1932, for the lease, for a term of five years, of the undermentioned land under the provisions of section 15 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Malvern County.—Hawkins Survey District.—Darfield Township.

Reserve 3606, Section 8, Block III: Area, 1 rood.
Reserve 3607, Section 16, Block III: Area, 1 rood.

The sections are situated in Darfield Township, which is located on the Christchurch–West Coast Railway line, about twenty-eight miles from Christchurch.

Reserve 3606 has frontage to Thornton Street, and is fenced on the front and side boundaries.

Reserve 3607 has frontage to Russell Street, and is fenced on the south boundary.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 6/1/169.)

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Tenders for Leases in the Otorohanga Native Township.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board Office,
Auckland, 4th October, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Townships Act, 1910, 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 in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 15th day of November, 1932, for leases of the undermentioned sections, for terms of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—OTOROHANGA TOWNSHIP.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—OTOROHANGA TOWNSHIP—continued.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from the 1st December, 1932, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal of the lease for further terms of twenty-one years, at fair annual ground rents, to be fixed in accordance with the terms of the lease.

2. The lessee will pay all rates, taxes, &c.

3. The lessee will keep the land free from noxious weeds.

4. The lessee will keep all buildings, drains, and fences in good order and repair.

5. The lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

6. The lessee will not assign or sublet without the previous consent in writing of the lessor.

7. The successful tenderer shall pay to the Board the value of the improvements with which any section is loaded.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

The sections will be leased subject to the upset rental specified in each case.

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 Section , Block , Otorohanga Township.”

Tenders must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee, £4 4s.; stamp duty, 6s. 6d.; and registration fee, 10s. If any person desires to tender for more than one section, a separate tender for each section to be made. In the event of two or more sections being included in the one lease, the excess fees will be refunded.

The highest tenderer to be declared the lessee, but the Board reserves the right to decline to accept any tender.

Plans of the sections and forms of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.

CHAS. E. MacCORMICK,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.