TENDERS. SAMOA CROWN ESTATES. mSB Commissioner of Simvoan Crown rA Estates wiH receive tenders up to the 31st DECEMBER, 1921, for Leasing certain Plantation Properties, situated in British "Western -Samoa, as under:— Applications to lease aro Iflnited to Samoans and British subjects. Tbo period of lease will be ton years, with 13te right of tenowal for a further period of five years at a revaluation. , The estates 'are to be taken over in their present condition, and aro to bo properly Worked. Cases of dispute as to the state of a plantation to be settled by arbitration, one arbitrator to bo appointed by oaoh ot the two parties to tho lease ami one selected by the two' arbitrator so appointed. Permanent improvements as defined or approved by tlie Commissioner will bo .amassed and paid for by tha lessor* at tho inspiration of the louse. * . . . , , Existing buildings will bo maintained by the lessee in good order and condition, and handed buck in a similar condition, less tear wear and tear, at tho expiration of tke lessee is not to transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of tho lease, except with the consent of the Commissioner Working horses, . mules, donkeys, and eattle now running on the estates aro not included in tho effects of the estate for Jeasmg, but can bo m-acie _ the subject of reectol asraisffenMnt for teasing oa* purchase. The highest or any tender for lease Will not necessarily bo accepted. The accepted applicant must find sureties or guarantees. Applications to inspect these properties or to obtain further particulars should bo addressed to tho Commissioner, Samoan Grown Estates, Apia, Western Samoa, No. L MOA MCA.—Small oocoanut estate, with dwelling-house, labor-house, newly erected, sun copra drier with copra store attached; about 2i miles from Apia; area, 82i acres, cleared and planted, with nuts. There are somo cocoa trees in two blocks. Approximate yield per annum is 20 tons copra and 1 ton cocoa. Twenty to JO head of cattle could ho permanently nm. Insurance value of buildings, £BOO, No. 2. ULULOLOA.—SmaII cocoa estate, with nice dwelling-house, laborJiottse, cattle sheds, fumaco cocoa drier and produce shod: about 3 miles from Apia; water runs through the place. Total area of 105 acres; cultivated about 37 acres, 15 of which are young cocoa; in bearing about 22'acres—7 acres of nutmegs, 8 acres cocoa, 7 acres oateh crops, such as taro, mummy apple (papaw), bananas, pineapples. Thirty ■ta in 1w.n.l nt '• reulrl bo run. Inaur* to 40 bead of cattle could bo nm. Insurance value buildings, £2,500. No. 3. VAIPODH, SAVAll.—Coooamrt estate, about 1A miles from Matautu, Savaii, with good dwelling-house; total area, 35S acres, oil cleared; 135 acres in bearing, V^ipoull; 148 acres in bearing, Mareaso; 10 acres in bearing, Vaiui Beach; also 90 acres in bad condition at Mumca, Insurance value buildings, £2OO. ‘No. 4. LESEA. —Cocoa estate, about 14 miles from Apia and 2£ miles from const; total area, about 355 acres; cleared but implanted, about 60 acres; cultivated, about 130 acres; in bearing, 113 acres; dwelling and outhouses, furnace cocoa drier, laborhousa, cocoa store, eocoa-oponing shed. Insurance value buildings, £735. No. 5. TOFUA.—SmaII cocoa estate, about 20 miles from Apia and 5 miles from coast; good water supply; altitude, 1,100 ft; about 100 acres under cocoa, 80 acres in bearing; with a small dwolling-liouso, laborhouse, cart shed, and store, with covered in stabling. Insurance value buildings, £4OO. No. 6. MALAEFONO. —Small cocoa estate, with portion ireterplanted with cocoanuts; about 13 miles from Apia and about i-milo from coast; total area, 207 acres, of which 165 acres in bearing. Should produce annually 20 tons cocoa and 20 tons copra. Good dwelling ml outhouses, labor-house, store, end cart sheds, also Gordon, cocoa drier, with engine in good running order. Insurance value buildings and machinery, £I BOO, No. FALELAUNEU.—About 4 miles focal Apia; total area, 165 acres; cleared, 160 acres; cultivated, 130 acres—4o acres classed as in bearing, 90 acres young cocoa. Good dwelling-house, outhouses, labor-house, Combined furnace and sun drier, fuel and fermenting sheds. Pipe water supply from creek. Some portable railway track laid through plantation. Insurance value buildings, £1,250. No. 8. FALEALILT.—On south coast, about 12 hours by mote boat from Apia; total area, about 635 acres, of which about 200 acres are palms in bearing, remainder being bush. Estate is in three portions—--270 acres at Goa Goa, 200 acres at Mata'a, 130 acres at Viaula. Sixty-four cattle, 6 horses, and a mule now running ore place; trading station, with stores for produce, at Goa Goa are now leased to a trading firm; plantation manager now lives above this store. Thera axe good furnace copra drier) two labor-houses, also. whaleboat for produce shipping. Insurance value whole of buildings, £1,960. No. 9. LATA, SAVAII—About 4 miles inland from coast village of Salailau, Savaii; total area, about 12,320 acres, of wliich about 400 acres are under cocoanuts; area in bearing, about 200 acres. There are a large number of misses and old trees in the remaining 200 acres. At Avo Ave, on coast, there are about 15 acres of irregular-planted palms, .Forty oattlo, 7 sheep, 5 horses, and 8 mules are on place; it would carry 200 cattle. There are dwelling-house, with outhouses, two labor-housea, and newly erected furnace copra drier. Insurance value buildings, £7OO. No. 10. LATA, SALAILAU, SAVAII.—A trading station at Salailau, on tho coast, in connection with Lata plantation; main building is two-storied, with store rooms ore the ground floor, well fitted up store on first floor, and dwelling portion 03 the second floor. Largo yard, with copra sheds, adjacent to main buifdipg, whole enclosed with post and wire fencing. Insurance value buildings, £BOO. Tenders for leasing this trading station together with the Lata Plantation will bo considered. NOTE.—The areas given are approximate only, and are not guaranteed in the description of the various estates offered for lease. P. E. PATTEICK, Commissioner, Samoan Crown Estates.
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