✨ Agricultural Lease Regulations
NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD-FIELDS. 29
AGRICULTURAL LEASES.
REGULATIONS.
1. MODE OF APPLICATION.
Every application for an agricultural lease must be made in the form of the first Schedule hereto, or to the like effect, to the Warden of the district wherein the land is situate; and copies of such application must be posted and maintained by the applicant for a period of fourteen (14) days, on boards standing not less than three (3) feet above the surface of the ground, and erected one at each corner of the land so applied for.
2. DEPOSIT TO BE PAID BY APPLICANT.
Before any such application shall be received by the Warden, the applicant must pay to a Receiver of Gold Revenue the sum of ten pounds (£10) as a deposit, and every application must be accompanied by a deposit-receipt for the sum so paid in the form in the second Schedule hereto.
3. CHARGE ON DEPOSIT.
Each deposit as aforesaid shall be chargeable with survey fees, to be assessed as herein-after set forth, and with a fee of one pound (£1) for the preparation of the lease, and with the first half-year's rent to be charged in all cases, and also with any costs or expenses that may be incurred by any person who shall make a valid objection to the granting of the lease, the amount of which costs and expenses shall be adjudged by the Warden, the balance, if any, of such deposit will be returned after the application has been finally dealt with.
4. OBJECTORS TO MAKE DEPOSIT.
Any person objecting to the issue of an agricultural lease shall, within fourteen (14) days from the date of the application, give notice thereof, setting forth the grounds of his objection in writing to the Warden, and shall therewith deposit the sum of two pounds (£2) with a receiver of Gold Revenue as security for the prosecution of his objection, or in satisfaction of any costs and expenses to which the applicant may be put by reason of such objections if disallowed; and if such objection should not be prosecuted, or should fail, so much of the deposit shall be handed over to the applicant as may be necessary to repay the expenses of such applicant, and the balance, if any, shall be refunded to the person so objecting.
5. BOUNDARIES MUST BE MARKED.
The boundaries of the land applied for must be marked on the ground by L trenches, and substantial posts standing not less than three feet above the surface at each corner thereof.
6. AREAS MUST BE RECTANGULAR.
Every area of land so applied for must be rectangular in form, unless a creek or river or other natural obstacle renders a deviation from the rectangular form necessary, and shall be laid out in accordance with the rules contained in Section XIV. of "The Nelson Waste Lands Act, 1863."
7. SURVEY.
Immediately after the hearing of an application, the Warden (if there be no objection against the granting thereof) shall direct a surveyor to proceed to the land for the purpose of surveying and reporting on the same; and upon receipt of such surveyor's report, the Warden shall, without delay, forward the application for the Superintendent's approval.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 29
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