SALE OF MAORI LANDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15308, 22 May 1913, Page 8

SALE OF MAORI LANDS.

SEVERAL LOTS PURCHASED. ".'.- -■'"■ ■.■'■ •■■'-■'':''■ i"-'..: .■■--.'■■■'; .'••■ ■'•■'.■■■' '.'.'■"''.-" >'' ■.-•■•'-•',■' -'/'•J'-SB FURTHER SECTIONS ON OFFER." • -' ■ '■■■■;.■:<■■:'. • " -' ■ '■-■ ! ■ ■ . V :U':: ; *{S • Maori lands, comprising 14.822 acres' of the Taumatatotara and adjacent blocks, in 1 Kawhia South, were offered for sale and \ lease by. auction yesterday by the/: Waikato-Maniapoto "■'.'■ District Maori >.Lalp| I Board at its office in. the -Government I.Buildings. * Twenty-six sections, totalling 12,782 acres, were offered for sale, and four' I sections, comprising 2039 acres, were offered for lease. i Out of the 26 sections offered for sale^six lots, comprising 3005 acres, found pur-s ! chasers. Following . are the particulars of the sections sold, together with the names - of the purchasers:— Section 8, Block 11., 416 a Or 16p, , Kawhia *- South, £1 ' 10s per acre; purchaser, Alfred Brown. Section . 7, : Block m., 399 a 'It 34p/V Kawhia South, £2 per acre; purchaser, Hotukopa te Kanawa. • , .r; 1 i Section 8, Block 111... 387 a 3r Bp, Kawhia South, £2 per acre purchaser, Tutunui te;; : Karawa. Section 9, Block HI., 382 a Or 24p, Kawhia- South, £2 per acre, purchaser, Hotukopa te Karawa. S ■■'-• Section 12, Block VI., 288 a, Kawhia 1 j South, £1 10s per aero purchaser, Richard? j Thomas. ! Section 6, Block XI., 1131 alr 32p, Ka- • whia South, £2 17s 6d per acre; purchaser,! W. Armitage. ■ ■■' "-;*£ j Section 9, Block 11., containing 577£ [ acres, Was withdrawn from sale, and the; remaining sections are now available to betaken up at the upset prices, which range from £1 5s to £2 5s per acre. The four sections disposed of by.lease ' were as follows:— " '"- Section 27, Block IX., 473 a lr, Manga-»> orongo, 3s 6d per acre; James McColl,. jun. Section 8, Wharepuhunga, No 14b, 1291 i acres, Is 7d per acre; Thomas Ogier. , . •Section G.G., Mara,etana Nos. 9c and 10; 197 alr i6p, 5s 6d per acre ; A Smart. "■:■ Section 28b, No. 10, Kinohaku East, 78a Or 23p, 2s 6d per acre; P. D. Tennant...';;.-''; Further Maori lands, comprising 4422p acres in the West Taupo County are under"; offer by the board for lease and sale by ; ';j public tender. The area for lease consists I of six sections, with a total area of 4095 acres, the area of the sections ranging from', 122 acres to 1135 acres, all being in the" Tuhua Survey District. l -; : The land for sale by tender comprises a > section in the Tuhua Survey District conv sisting of 327 acres. " • pi Tenders for the sections will be received % at the - office of the Waikato-Maniapotft I District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up., to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 6.