24
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 1]

Native Land for Lease by Public Tender

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1931, and its amendments, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th day of January, 1945, for lease of the land described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION: Rakautaua 1A 2A Block, situated in Block XIV, Ikitara Survey District.

Area: Three (3) acres.

Upset Annual Rental: Three pounds (£3) per acre.

Location and General Description: The land is situated opposite the northern portion of the railway-station grounds at Wangaehu and has a frontage of approximately 6¼ chains to the Wangaehu Beach Road and 4⁹⁄₁₀ chains to the main north and south railway-line. Soil is black loamy superimposed at the northern end with river deposits. There are no buildings.

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. TENDERS must be written in the form provided for the purpose, and be forwarded in a sealed envelope marked “Tender for Lease” so as to be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, not later than 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th day of January, 1945.

2. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.

3. Any tender not in conformity with this condition is liable to rejection. The Board may, if it thinks fit, decline all tenders.

4. The successful tenderer will be entitled to possession on receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.

5. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be returned to the respective tenderers.

6. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the Board reserves the right to accept or reject any tender. If the rental tendered by two or more tenderers is equal and is higher than that offered by any other tenderer, the Board shall decide in such manner as it thinks fit which tender (if any) shall be accepted.

7. If from any cause whatever the Board shall be unable to grant a lease, the successful tenderer shall be entitled to a refund of his deposit, but shall have no claim for damages, compensation, or interest on the deposit.

8. The successful tenderer shall be required, within thirty days from the date on which the lease shall be tendered to him, to sign the lease in triplicate. In the event of his failure to do so, the Board may forfeit the rent paid by him and again offer the land for lease, freed from any obligation to the defaulting tenderer.

9. The successful tenderer, within thirty days of being advised that his tender is accepted, must lodge a declaration to the effect that he is not prohibited, under Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1931 (relating to limitation of area), from acquiring the area tendered for.

10. The lease will be issued subject to the provisions of Part I of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, and its amendments, and the regulations thereunder, and will contain, inter alia, the following provisions:—

(a) The term of the lease will be ten years from the 1st day of January, 1945, at the rent tendered with no right of renewal.

(b) Rent will be payable half-yearly in advance. Lessee will pay rates, and will not assign or sublet without the Board’s consent. Lessee will keep the land clear of noxious weeds.

(c) Lessee will fence the boundaries and will repair existing fences forthwith.

(d) Lessee to keep premises in repair, and will cultivate in a proper and husbandlike manner.

(e) Whole area to be ploughed up within two years and, after cropping, sown down with approved English grasses and clover at not less than 42 lb. to the acre.

(f) Ten (10) hundredweight of lime per acre to be put on the land every five years.

(g) The land is to be top-dressed with at least one (1) hundredweight of phosphatic manure each year.

The lease will be prepared by the Board at the cost of the lessee. The cost is £3 3s., together with cost of stamping and registering same.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS

The land is described for general information only. Intending tenderers are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of description.

Forms of tender and full particulars may be obtained and sketch-plan may be inspected at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, and at the post-offices at Turakina and Wangaehu.

ROBERT PRESHAW DYKES,
President, Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui,
14th December, 1944.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th January, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE

(L. and S. 26/6090.)

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th January, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

(L. and S. 8/9/103.)

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.