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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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 rect-
angular 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

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

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 such decision 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 sur-
veyed 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 land within the boundaries of
proclaimed townships or public reserves, nor for any
area including a permanent watercourse, 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.

Non-execution of lease.
12. If any applicant fails or neglects to execute his
lease within one (1) month after service of notice
from the Warden that such lease is ready for execu-
tion, such lease will (unless special cause for delay is
shown) be cancelled, and a fee of one pound (£1), in
addition to the charges hereinbefore mentioned, shall
thereupon be deducted from the deposit.

Cancellation of leases.
13. Leases will be forfeited and may be cancelled if
the land is sublet or transferred without the sanction
and authority of the Governor; or, if planting,
cultivation, or other permanent improvement is not
commenced within three months after the issue of a
certificate or lease; or if one-fourth in acreage of

the land is 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.

Transfer.
14. Agricultural leases will not be transferable
without the special sanction and authority of the
General Government Agent for the Otago Gold
Field and for every such transfer a fee or fine 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
shall have been duly complied with by the original
applicant, and all rents due shall have been fully paid.

Rent.
15. The rent charged shall be at the rate of two-
shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per acre, payable
half yearly in advance from the date of the certificate
or lease, as the case may be, and every fractional part
of an acre will be considered as an acre and charged
accordingly.

Survey Fees.
16. The fees charged for survey shall be as
follows:-
For an ordinary survey, when the area does
not exceed twenty (20) acres, one pound
(£1).
For any larger area, at the rate of one shilling
per acre, or any portion of an acre.

Land may be taken for roads.
17. The Governor reserves the right to survey
through any land held under an agricultural lease,
such roads as may be deemed essential for public
convenience, and to throw them open to public
traffic, subject to the allowance of valuation for im-
provements, and for any standing and growing crops
which may be in or upon such line of road only at
the period when possession thereof is taken by the

Conditions of entry to search for gold, &c.
18. The Governor reserves the right of free entry
to any land so leased as aforesaid for the pur-
pose of searching for gold, or for any other metal or
mineral, and of determining any lease when such
gold, metals, or minerals, shall have been discovered
therein; and also of granting permission to prospect,
without compensation, upon any unimproved land,
subject to such regulations as the General Govern-
ment Agent may hereafter think fit to make, upon
any applications for such permission being made to
him.

SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Notice.

No. (Place and Date.)

To Warden
I hereby apply for a lease of land for agricultural
purposes situate at [here state the locality] and
comprising acres or thereabouts: and I
deposit herewith the Gold Receiver's receipt for the
sum of ten pounds (£10) and agree to pay any
further costs and expenses which may be incurred in
accordance with the Agricultural Leases Regulations
made under "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

Signature (name in full and address).

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Agricultural Lease Deposit Receipt.
District of
Date,
No. of application
Received from the