NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 61

Exemptions.

18. Agricultural Leases will not, except in special cases, be granted for land within the boundaries of proclaimed townships, or of public reserves, nor for any area including a permanent water-course, or which may present auriferous indications; and in all cases a public roadway, not less than one chain in width, will be reserved along the banks of rivers

Sale of interests.

19. The sale or transfer of any right, title, or interest to or in any application for an Agricultural Lease will not be permitted nor recognised, without the sanction in writing of the Superintendent.

Cancellation of Certificates or Leases.

20. Every certificate and lease shall be subject to the conditions following (that is to say), that if the land be transferred without the sanction and authority of the Superintendent ; or if planting, cultivation, or other permanent improvement be not commenced within three months after the issue of such certificate or lease ; or if one-eighth in acreage of the land be not planted, cultivated, or otherwise improved within twelve months from the date of any such certificate or lease ; or if at any time during the currency of the lease, the land shall be neglected for a period of six months ; or if the rent be not paid on the days appointed for payment thereof, the certificate or lease may be cancelled, and the interest of the holder of the certificate, or the lessee, as the case may be, absolutely forfeited ; and in every case where conditions shall not be expressed in any certificate or lease the same shall be implied therein respectively.

Transfer.

21. Certificates or leases will not be transferable without the special sanction and authority of the Superintendent ; and for every such transfer, when sanctioned, a fee of one pound (£1) will be charged ; and no such transfer will be sanctioned in any case, unless and until the conditions with respect to improvement have been duly complied with by the holder of the certificate, or the lessee, as the case may be, and until all rent due shall have been paid.

Land may be taken for Roads.

22. The right to survey through any land, held under certificate, or lease, such roads as may be deemed essential for public convenience, will be reserved ; and also the right to throw them open to public traffic, subject to the allowance of valuation for the improvements, and for any standing and growing crops which may be in or upon such line of road at the period when possession thereof is taken by the Superintendent.

Construction of Water Races.

23. The right to permit the construction of water-races through land held under certificate or lease, and to grant free entry to such land for the purpose of cleansing or repairing such water-races will also be reserved, with or without compensation to the holders thereof, and upon such terms and conditions as the Superintendent may from time to time appoint and determine.

Area to be withdrawn to be deducted.

24. When any land held under certificate or lease shall have been withdrawn for any of the before mentioned purposes, the area so withdrawn shall be deducted from the acreage originally granted, and the rent thereafter payable under the lease shall be reduced in the same proportion as the deduction bears to the entire acreage.

Conditions of Entry to search for gold.

25. The right of free entry is reserved to the Superintendent upon any land so leased as aforesaid, for the purpose of searching for gold or any other metal or mineral, and of determining any lease when such gold, metals, or minerals shall have been discovered therein ; and further, when any ground held under an agricultural lease is supposed to be auriferous, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to authorise any person to prospect the said ground, upon giving sufficient security for compensation for any actual damage that may be caused thereby ; and when any agricultural lease shall be determined on account of the auriferous character of the ground, the compensation to which the lessee is by law entitled shall be paid by the persons desirous of mining thereon, in such manner and proportion as the Superintendent shall determine and there is also reserved the right of granting permission to prospect without compensation upon any unimproved land subject to such regulations as the Superintendent shall from time to time appoint in this behalf.

SCHEDULE I.

No. Place.
Date.
To Warden
hereby apply for a Lease of Land for Agricultural Purposes situate at
acres or thereabouts ; and I deposit herewith the Receiver\'s receipt for pounds
shillings and pence, in accordance with the Agricultural Lease Regulations of the day of
187 , made under the Goldfields Act, 1866.
Signature (Name in Full)
Address
The above application will be heard before me at
on the day of 187 .
A. B., Warden

SCHEDULE II.

No.
Place. Date.
Received from by way of
deposit on account of application for acres
of land situate at under application
No. under the Agricultural Leases Regulations of
the day of , the sum of
pounds shillings and pence.
C. D.,
£ Receiver of Gold Revenue.