Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931
Waiariki Native Land Court Office,
Rotorua, 5th June, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Waiariki,
Rotorua, te 5 o nga ra o Hune, 1945.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hanga e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

TE POTAMA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Adopting Parents
(Nga matua Whangai).

Te Tawhi Tu and (raua ko)
Kohine Whiri te Tawhi

Roy Matthews and (raua ko)
Rangihoiaia Matthews
Tanane te Heke

Adopted Children
(Tamariki Whangai).

Wini Rahui, hereafter to be called (a muri nei ingoaatia)
Wini Kahu te Tawhi Tu.

Te Arai (Jewel Pearlania) Matthews.
Christina Brady, hereafter to be called (a muri nei ingoaatia) Christina Mini te Heke.

MAORI LAND NOTICE

Tenders for Leases in the Otorohanga Native Township
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 1st June, 1945.

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 Friday, the 17th day of August, 1945, for leases of the undermentioned sections for terms of twenty-one years with right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE
OTOROHANGA COUNTY.--OTOROHANGA TOWNSHIP

Section. Block. Area. Upset Loading
Rental. for
Improvements.

3 XI 0 1 2 5 0 0
4 XI 0 1 1·4 5 0 0
17 XI 0 1 4 5 0 0 5 0 0
27 XII 0 2 26·9 5 0 0 5 0 0
33 XII 0 3 5·8 4 5 0
34 XII 0 3 5·8 7 0 0
2 XIII 0 3 24·6 2 10 0
18 XIII 0 3 9·6 2 0 0
5 XVI 0 0 31·9 10 0 0 280 0 0
7 XVI 0 0 31·9 6 0 0
10 XVI 0 0 31·9 5 0 0
11 XVI 0 0 31·9 3 15 0
15 XVII 0 1 30 2 5 0
16 XVII 0 2 11·8 1 10 0
17 XVII 0 2 13·3 1 10 0
18 XVII 0 2 15·5 1 10 0
Lot 7 of ll XVII 0 3 27·7 1 0 0
12 XXIII 0 1 8·9 0 10 0
5 XXIV 0 1 14·4 0 10 0 10 0 0

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from the 1st September, 1945, 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.

E. M. BEECHEY,
President, Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease
District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up till 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 23rd July, 1945.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 25th July, 1945, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicants are required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year's rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--VILLAGE LANDS

Kaitieke County.--Kakahi Village Settlement

SECTION 24, Block I : Area, 3 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £15; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.

Weighted with £3 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising half-share boundary-fencing.

Situated in the Township of Kakahi with a frontage to Takapuna Road, half a mile from the railway-station. The section is level, and is permanently watered by a stream.

(Files : H.O. 9/1088 ; D.O. Misc. 1618.)

Section 26, Block I : Area, 1 acre 0 roods 1 perch. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.

Weighted with £15 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising felling, grassing, and 9½ chains of fencing.

This section is situated in the Township of Kakahi with a frontage to Takapuna Road, a quarter-mile from the railway-station. It is level, but not watered.

(Files : H.O. 9/1088 ; D.O. Misc. 1589.)

Section 27, Block I : Area, 3 roods 23 perches. Capital value, £10; half-yearly rent, 5s.

Weighted with £29 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising shed, whare, felling, grassing, and 5 chains of fencing.

Situated in the Township of Kakahi with a frontage to Takapuna Road, a quarter-mile from the railway-station. The section is level, but not watered.

(Files : H.O. 9/1088 ; D.O. Misc. 792.)

Town of Kakahi

Section 50, Block V : Area, 2 roods. Capital value, £5; half-yearly rent, 5s.

Weighted with £1 14s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising half-share 9 chains boundary-fencing.

The section is situated in the Township of Kakahi, half a mile from the post-office, railway-station, and school. The land is flat in front and undulating at the back.

(Files : H.O. 9/1088 ; D.O. Misc. 1994.)

Sections 52 and 53, Block V : Area, 1 acre 0 roods 35 perches. Capital value, £10 10s.; half-yearly rent, 5s. 3d.

Weighted with £3 5s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing and grassing.

The sections are situated in the Town of Kakahi with frontage to Tio Street, about one mile from the railway-station. They comprise easy sloping land, but are not watered.

(Files : H.O. 9/1088 ; D.O. Misc. 1674.)

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

G. I. MARTIN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.