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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

And whereas application has been made by the
Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province
of Otago that the operation of the said part and
sections of the said Act be extended to the said
Province:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, in pursuance
and exercise of the power vested in me by the said
Act, do hereby proclaim and extend the operation of
the fifth part of the said Act, including sections
thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-
seven, thirty-eight, and thirty-nine, and of section
fifty-two, of the said Act, to the Province of Otago.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this tenth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.

J. RICHARDSON,
(For the Colonial Secretary.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the
thirty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866," I, Sir George Grey, Governor of the said
Colony, do hereby make the following regulations,
prescribing the mode in which applications may be
made for leases of land for agricultural purposes, the
quantity of land not exceeding fifty acres which shall
and may be granted in a lease in any particular
block, the amount of deposit to be paid by any
applicant therefor, and by any objector thereto, the
terms and conditions upon which such leases may be
held, occupied, assigned, transferred, forfeited, and
cancelled, the amount of rent payable therefor, and
the terms and places of payment, the conditions upon
and the manner in which entry to search for gold, or
for any metal or mineral, upon any land so leased,
may be authorized, and the terms and conditions
upon which holders of Miners' Rights may be per-
mitted to mine upon land the lease for which shall
have been determined on account of its auriferous
character.

REGULATIONS.
Mode of Application.

1. 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.

Deposit to be paid by Applicant.

2. Every such application must be accompanied by
   a deposit of ten pounds (£10), and the Warden
   shall give the applicant a partly written and partly
   printed receipt the same in the form in the second
   Schedule hereto.

Charge on deposit.

3. Each deposit as aforesaid shall be chargeable
   with survey fees, to be assessed as hereinafter 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.

Objectors to make deposit.

4. 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) 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.

Boundaries must be marked.

5. The boundaries of the land applied for must be
   marked on the ground by trenches, and substantial
   posts standing not less than three feet above the
   surface at each corner thereof.

Areas must be rectangular.

6. 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.

Survey.

7. 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 approval of His Honor the
   Superintendent.

Valid objections.

8. If any valid or seemingly valid objection is
   lodged against the granting of an application, or if
   there should be any cause known to the Warden why
   such application should not be granted, the Warden
   shall forthwith forward the application, together with
   his own report thereon, for the decision of His Honor
   the Superintendent.

Protection during application.

9. Land for which application shall have been made
   in the manner aforesaid shall be protected from the
   date of such application until the decision of His
   Honor the Superintendent shall have been made
   known to the Warden.

Possession where no objection.

10. If, upon the hearing of any application, it shall
    appear that no objection thereto has been lodged with
    the Warden, and there shall be no cause known to
    the Warden why such application should not be
    granted, the Warden shall upon application therefor
    issue a certificate of the same to the applicant, and
    such applicant may thereupon take possession of the
    land so applied for, and such land shall thereafter be
    surveyed as nearly as possible in the form in which
    it has been taken up, and in conformity with the
    sixth regulation as hereinbefore prescribed, but to the
    extent of fifty (50) acres only.

Exemptions.

11. Agricultural Leases will not, except in special
    cases, be granted for lands within the boundaries of
    proclaimed townships or public reserves, nor for any
    area including a permanent water course, or which
    may present auriferous indications, and in all cases a
    public roadway, one chain in width, will be reserved
    along the margins of navigable streams and rivers.