Acts Affecting Native Lands, Etc. (In English and Maori), Passed by the General Assembly, Session 1907.

Disposition of Land by Maori Land Boards

Disposition of Land by Maori Land Boards.

11.	(1.) Board to divide land subject to Act for purposes of sale and lease. From time to time, so soon as any area of land has by Order in Council become subject to this Act, the Board in which the same is vested shall, with the approval of the Native Minister divide such land into two portions approximately equal, and set apart page 5one of those portions for sale and the other portion for leasing in accordance with this Part of this Act. (2.) Any such division may from time to time be varied with the consent of the Native Minister, but every such alteration shall preserve a due proportion as aforesaid between the portions set apart for sale or leasing respectively.
12.	(1.) Land to be surveyed and subdivided. Every Board shall cause all land vested in it by virtue of this Part of this Act to be surveyed and subdivided into allotments of such areas as the Board, with the approval of the Native Minister, thinks suitable for the purposes of settlement. (2.) In making any such subdivision the Board shall lay off and dedicate all roads upon the said land which in the opinion of the Board are required for the opening-up and settlement thereof.
13.	Board to classify land. Every Board shall in the case of all land vested in it by virtue of this Part of this Act classify such land in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1892, and its amendments, as being either first-class land, second-class land, or third-class land.
14.	(1.) Maximum area of land to be held by Lay one person. No person shall be capable of acquiring, whether by way of lease, sublease, or contract of purchase, or by way of assignment of any such lease, sublease, or contract, any land subject to this Part of this Act which, together with all other land of any description owned, held, or occupied under any tenure, either severally or jointly or in common with any other person, exceeds a total area of five thousand acres, calculated in manner hereinafter provided. (2.) For the purposes of this section the interest of a Maori in any land that has not been partitioned shall not be deemed to be land owned, held, or occupied by such Maori. (3.) Nothing in this section shall prevent the acquisition of any land by any executor, administrator, trustee, or beneficiary under any will or intestacy. (4.) Nothing in this section shall prevent an assignment to any person by way of mortgage. (5.) In estimating for the purposes of this section the area of land already owned, held, or occupied by any person no account shall be taken of land vested in such person as a trustee, mortgagee, executor, or administrator only. (6.) For the purpose of computing the total area mentioned in this section every acre of first-class land shall be reckoned as seven and a half acres, and every acre of second-class land shall be reckoned as two and a half acres. (7.) For the purposes of this section the class to which any land belongs shall be determined as follows:— (a.) In the case of Crown land which is classified by a Land Board in accordance with the Land Act, 1892, and its amendments, then in accordance with such classification: (b.) In the case of land which is subject to this Part of this Act and is classified by a Board in pursuance of this Act, then in accordance with such classification: (c.) All other land, if of an unimproved value of not leas than four pounds per acre, shall be deemed to be first-class land, and if of an unimproved value of less than four pounds but not less than two pounds per acre shall be page 6deemed to be second-class land, and if of an unimproved value of less than two pounds per acre shall be deemed to be third-class land. (8.) Land held under lease the term of which expires within nine months shall not be deemed to be land held or occupied within the meaning of this section, unless the lessee has a right to a renewal of such lease. (9.) Nothing in this section shall prevent the acquisition by any person of any land which in the opinion of the Board is incapable of profitable occupation in areas less than five thousand acres, and which is disposed of by the Board accordingly in areas exceeding that extent.
15.	Purchaser or lessee to make declaration. Every purchaser or lessee of land subject to this Part of this Act shall, before executing the contract of purchase or the lease, make a statutory declaration in the prescribed form that he is legally qualified to become the purchaser or lessee of the said land, and that he is acquiring the said land solely for his own use and benefit and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

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