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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

II, III, and IV, Tuhingamata West Survey District, Blocks VI and IX, Ngongotaha Survey District, Blocks I and IX, Tatura Survey District, Block I, Tuhingamata East Survey District, Block XVI, Whakamaru Survey District, and Block IV, Marotiri Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the junction of the left bank of the Waikato River with the south-eastern boundary of Tatura East Block; thence towards the south-east by the south-eastern boundary of Tatura East Block; towards the south by a line bearing due west to a point on the western side of the Taupo-Atiamuri Road 25 chains south-east from the Hauwai Stream; towards the east by the said road; again towards the south-east by the overlap of the Tatura East and Tihi-o-Tonga Blocks; again towards the south-east and east by the Tihi-o-Tonga Block; again towards the south-east by Sections 2 and 3, Block V, Tatura Survey District, and Oruanui C, B, and A Blocks; towards the north-east by Oruanui A Block; again towards the south-east and south by part of Oruanui No. 6 Block; towards the south-west by Whangamata 2E 1B, 2B 2B 1, and 2B 2A 1 Blocks; again towards the south-east by Whangamata Nos. 2B 2A 1 and 2B 2A 2 Blocks for a distance of approximately three-quarters of a mile to a bush tramway; again towards the south and south-west by the said tramway to a public road; towards the west by the said road to its junction with the Oruanui-Mokai Road, by a right line across the latter road to the southern corner of Pouakani B 6F 4C Block and by Pouakani B 6F 4C and B 6F 4H Blocks; towards the north and west by Pouakani B 6F 4H Block; again towards the west by Pouakani B 6F 5 Block; towards the north-east by Section 1, Block XII, Te Atiamuri Survey District, for a distance of 40 chains; again towards the west by a line bearing due north to and across the Atiamuri-Mokai Road and by the western side of that road; again towards the south-west by the south-western side of a road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Te Atiamuri Survey District, to its junction with another road; again towards the west by a line bearing due north across the last-mentioned road to the Waikato River; and again towards the north-west and north-east by the left bank of the Waikato River to the point of commencement.

Tahorakuri Fire District.

All that area in the Taupo County, containing approximately 47,500 acres, situated in Blocks I, II, V, VI, and IX, Takapau Survey District, and Blocks II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII, Tatura Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the confluence of the Orakonui Stream and the Waikato River; thence towards the north, north-west, east, and south by the left bank of the Waikato River; towards the south-west and south-east by Tahorakuri No. 2 Block; again towards the south-west by roads and by a track through Section 6, Block X, and Section 7, Block IX, Tatura Survey District, to a public road passing through Section 7 aforesaid, and by that road to Puketarata; again towards the north-west by a track through the Tihi-o-Tonga Block and the overlap of the Tihi-o-Tonga and Tatura East Blocks to the south-western boundary of Tutukau East B Block; again towards the north-east by Tutukau East B Block; again towards the north by a right line through Tutukau East A Block from the southern corner of Tutukau East B Block to Mapoura at the north-eastern corner of Te Hukui Block, by a right line through Tahorakuri Block to Trig. Station Whakapapataringa, and by another right line from the aforesaid trig. station to the confluence of the Orakonui Stream and the Waikato River, the point of commencement.

As the same are more particularly delineated on plans Nos. 37/3 and 46/25, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered blue.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 24th January, 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 Wednesday, 26th February, 1936, for the lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto, for a term of twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE.
TAUMARUNUI COUNTY.

SECTION 6, Block VI, Tuhua Survey District, being part of Rangitoto-Tuhua 74B 5: Area, 13 acres (approx.). Upset annual rental, £3.

This section is situated about three miles and a half from Ongarue Railway-station.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from 1st July, 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. 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, 1924) 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 improvements 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.

General Instructions to Tenderer.

1. The sections to be leased are 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 lands are 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 each section is loaded.

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.