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Term : Twenty-one years, from 30th October, 1899. Annual rental: £1 10s. per acre. Area of section : 15 acres. How payable : Yearly, in advance, on 30th October. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Whether confirmed : No. Lease translated and signed before Mr. H. W. Bishop. What improvements : Section 75, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Mitia Kemara, Rahera Whitau, Kitty te Aika, Ruiha Korako. Lessee : Robert McQuillan, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : About Ist April, 1910. Term : Ten years, from 30th March, 1910. Annual rental: £1 15s. per acre. Area of section : 14 acres 1 rood 1 perch. How payable : Yearly, in advance, on 30th April. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Paid to lessors to 30th March, 1911. Whether confirmed : No. What improvements : No improvements. Section 81, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Riria Tipene, of Little River ; and Teone Rewi Koruarua, of Taumutu. Lessee : James Judson, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : sth October, 1904. Term : Fourteen years, from Ist July, 1904. Annual rental: £18 6s. 9d., payable yearly in advance, on Ist July in each year. Area of section : 14 acres and 17 perches. Rent paid up to and to whom : Riria Tipene has been paid up to 31st January, 1912 ; Teone Rewi Koraurau paid up to 31st December, 1911. Whether confirmed : Not confirmed. What improvements : No provision for improvements. Section 89, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Hera Makarini and James Rickus. Lessee : James Judson, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : 6th May, 1904. Term : Fourteen years, from 31st December, 1905. Annual rental : £1 4s. per acre, payable in advance. Area of section : How payable : To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Hera Makarini died several years ago, and since her death the rent has been paid to James Rickus, Mantell, and Philip George and his mother. Whether confirmed : Not confirmed. What improvements : No provision made in lease. The rent on this section has been paid to 31st December, 1911, to James Rickus, H. D. Mantell, and Philip George. Section 95, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessor who has signed lease : Paora Tau. Lessee : James Judson, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : Term : About ten years to run. Annual rental: £1 10s. per acre. Area of part of section leased : 12 acres 2 roods. How payable : To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Rahana Tau, to Ist May, 1915 ; Margaret Manihera, to Ist May, 1912 ; Hana Pohio Rickus, to Ist May, 1914 ; Henare Pohio, to Ist May, 1912 ; Walter Pohio, to Ist May, 1910 ; Emma Pohio Saunders, to Ist May, 1913 ; Annie Pohio, to Ist May, 1912 ; John Pohio, to Ist May, 1914. Whether confirmed : Not confirmed. What improvements : Section 97, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Teuka Rupapera, Hamuera Rupene, Wi Orurea Uru, Harata Whatahuia, Tipane Wieheina, Irai Tuhuru. Lessee : Robert McQuillan, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : 18th June, 1910. Term : Twenty-one years, from Ist September, 1910,

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