SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1763

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Maori Land for Lease by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 8th September, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Land Act, 1931, 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 Thursday, the 15th October, 1936, for the lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto for a term of twenty-one years.

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SCHEDULE.

TAUMARUNUI COUNTY.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

SECTION 3, Block VI, Tuhua Survey District, being part of Rangitoto-Tuhua 74B 5B : Area, 1,135 acres 3 roods 1 perch. Upset annual rental, £16 12s.

Weighted with improvements valued at £849 consisting of house, wool-shed, 530 chains fencing, 180 acres cleared and grassed, sheep-yards, dip, &c. Undulating to broken country, soil fair to good ; access is from Ongarue Railway-station, about two miles and a quarter distant.

Amount of loading for improvements is payable in cash or payment may be, with the consent of the outgoing tenant, secured by a mortgage, for the whole or part of the amount thereof, for a period of five years at 5 per cent. interest.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from 1st November, 1936, at the rental tendered. Compensation for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee at the expiration of the term of the lease, as provided in section 327 of the Native Land Act, 1931.

2. Residence to commence within one year 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, pastoral, household, roadmaking, or building purposes.

4. (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.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The section to be leased is subject to 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.”

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. 6d. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an additional 3s. 6d. 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 land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1931, 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 therein.

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

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INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is 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.

Area may be liable to slight alteration.

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.

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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CLAUDE REGINALD VALENTINE BEASLEY, of Parua Bay, Farm Hand, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Magistrates’ Court, Whangarei, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September, 1936, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Whangarei, this 11th day of September, 1936.

A. J. CHING,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that statement of accounts and balance-sheet in respect of the undermentioned estate, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court at Auckland, and I hereby give notice that at the next sittings of the said Court, to be held on Friday, the 25th day of September, 1936, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as the application may be heard, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estate :—

Giles, John Mayo, of Kamo, Miner.

Dated at Whangarei, this 12th day of September, 1936.

A. J. CHING,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN EDWYN RIGDEN, of Te Aroha, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Aroha, on Monday, the 14th day of September, 1936, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 7th day of September, 1936.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER LIONEL LINCOLN and WILLIAM JAMES NOBLE HITCHCOCK, trading as “Lincoln and Hitchcock,” of Te Kuiti, Builders and Contractors, were this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Thursday, the 17th day of September, 1936, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 7th day of September, 1936.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD BOMFORD, of Egmont Box Company, National Park, Bushman, was this day adjudged bankrupt ; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Taumarunui, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September, 1936, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Hamilton, this 9th day of September, 1936.

V. R. CROWHURST,
Official Assignee.