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Annual rental: £1 10s. per acre. Area of section : 14 acres 2 roods. How payable : In advance, on Ist September, yearly. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Lessors paid to September, 1911. Whether confirmed : Confirmed by Judge Gilfedder on 16th January, 1911. What improvements : No provision made in lease. Section 100, Kaiapoi Native. Reserve. Lessor who has signed lease : Pene Tahui. Lessee : Samuel Gibbs, of Woodend, farmer. Date of lease : 22nd December, 1905. Term : Eighteen years, from 4th June, 1906. Annual rental: £9 7s. 6d. Area of section : 7 acres 2 roods. How payable : In advance, on 4th June in each year. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : To Pene Tahui for about twenty years, no dispute till recently ; 4th June, 1911. Rent has also been paid to Rueha Kerako, Catherine Rennell, Whareraki Mason, and Ruiha te Hau Korako for two years from 4th June, 1909, to 4th June, 1911. Whether confirmed : No. Deed translated by and signed before Mr. H. W. Bishop. What improvements : £12 worth of improvements. 'Phis lessee has paid £18 155., or two years' rent, twice over, once to devisee and once to successors, 4th June, 1909, to 4th June, 1911. Section 106, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Taituha Hape and Waata Taituha. Lessee : Ambrose Walter Moody. Date of lease : 10th April, 1899. Term : Ten years, from Ist May, 1901. Annual rental : £1 10s. per acre. Area of section : 14 acres and 3 perches. How payable : Yearly, in advance. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Taituha Hape, to Ist May, 1911. Whether confirmed : No. What improvements : None. Section 110, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Taituha Hape and Waata Taituha. Lessee : Ambrose Walter Moody. Date of lease : 10th April, 1899. Term : Ten years, from Ist May, 1901. Annual rental: £1 10s. per acre. Area of section : 11 acres 2 roods. How payable : Yearly, in advance. To whom rent paid and when paid up to : Hana Rickus, to Ist May, 1911 ; Thomas Goldsmith, to Ist May, 1911; Pirihira Ngamira, to Ist May, 1911; Teone Pohio, to Ist May, 1911; Rakapa Pohio, to Ist May, 1911 ; Reihana Tau, to Ist May, 1911 ; Mateku Hoka (Mrs. Fowler), to Ist May, 1911. Whether confirmed : Not confirmed. What improvements : None. Section 113, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Teone Pohio, Waata Pohio, Hanah Pohio (Rickus), Rakapa Pohio Saunders, Heni Pohio Goldsmith. Lessee : Ambrose Walter Moody. Date of lease : 22nd December, 1905. Term : Fifteen years, from Ist June, 1906. Annual rental : £1 ss. per acre. Area of section : 15 acres and 25 perches. How payable : In advance, on Ist June, yearly. To whom rent paid and when paid up to: Teone Pohio, to Ist June, 1914; Waata Pohio, to Ist June, 1911 ; Hanah Rickus Pohio, to Ist June, 1911 ; Heni Pohio Goldsmith, to Ist June, 1911. Whether confirmed : No. Translated by and signed before Mr. H. W. Bishop. What improvements : No improvements. Section 116, Kaiapoi Native Reserve. Lessors who have signed lease : Te Hau Korako, Tutuhonuku Korako, Hanah Pohio Rickus and Te Hau Korako (as trustees for Pohio family), Pita Tauwhare, Pita Tauwhare (as trustee for children of Kuikui Tauwhare).