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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The lessee shall then execute a counterpart thereof,
and pay for such lease the sum of £1 10s. Every
lease shall be in the form or to the effect in the
Second Schedule hereto, and contain the covenants
and provisions therein set forth.

7. If any applicant shall withdraw his application,
   or shall fail to sign and execute the counterpart of
   his lease for the space of three calendar months after
   notice shall have been given that the same is ready
   for signature, he shall forfeit his right to such lease,
   as well as any deposit he shall have paid at the time
   of making his application. Any such notice may be
   delivered personally, or sent by post, addressed to the
   last known place of abode or business of the applicant,
   or published in some newspaper circulating in the
   district.

8. It shall be lawful for the Board, at any time
   before the execution of any such lease, to exclude
   from the land proposed to be comprised therein any
   land which to them may appear suitable for any of
   the purposes, whether temporary or permanent, for
   which Crown lands may from time to time be
   reserved according to any law for the time being in
   force.

9. Particulars of every assignment whereby the
   land demised by any lease or any part thereof, or the
   estate or interest of the lessee therein, is transferred,
   shall be recorded in such manner as the Commissioner
   thinks best, and the instrument of transfer shall be
   produced to the Commissioner for that purpose within
   one month from the date thereof. Upon recording
   any assignment the Commissioner shall indorse on the
   instrument of transfer a certificate or memorandum
   that the same has been recorded, and there shall be
   paid in respect of any such certificate or memorandum
   a fee after the rate of 10s. for the first one hundred
   acres or fractional part of one hundred acres, and 1s.
   additional fee for each additional one hundred acres
   or fractional part of one hundred acres so recorded:
   Provided that no assignment or transfer of a part of
   a leasehold shall be made, and no assignment or
   transfer of the entirety of a leasehold shall take effect,
   without the consent of the Crown Lands Commis-
   sioner.

10. All rents or moneys payable under or in
    respect of any lease shall be due and paid annually
    in advance on the first day of January in each year
    of the term of lease: Provided always that one full
    year's rent shall be paid at the time of issue on all
    leases issued prior to the thirtieth day of June in any
    year, and one-half year's rent shall be paid on leases
    issued subsequent to the thirtieth day of June in any
    year.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR LEASE.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
Land District of Nelson.

I HEREBY apply for a lease under Appendix E of
"The Land Act, 1877," of the land the particulars
of which are as follow:-
District:
Boundaries:
Description:
Acreage:
Deposit: £
Signature in full:
Residence:
Occupation:
Date:

SECOND SCHEDULE.

This deed made the
day of
, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-
, between Her Most Gracious Majesty |

Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, of the one part, and
who and whose heirs, executors, administrators, and
assigns, is and are, unless where the context requires
a different construction, styled the lessee, of the
other part:

Whereas the lessee has made application to the
Land Board of the Land District of Nelson for a
lease of the Crown lands hereinafter demised, under
and by virtue of and subject to the terms and con-
ditions imposed by "The Land Act, 1877," and the
Appendix E thereto and the regulations made there-
under respectively: And whereas the lessee has
complied with the regulations and conditions, and
has paid the deposit by the said regulations required:
And whereas the said Board has assessed the said
land at its value to sell, as provided by section eight
of Appendix E to the said "Land Act, 1877," and the
same is assessed at
pounds: Now this deed
witnesseth that, in consideration of the rents herein-
after reserved, and the covenants on the lessee's part
hereinafter contained, Her Majesty the Queen doth
hereby demise and lease, unto the lessee all that
as the same is delineated on plan drawn hereon,
bordered red, together with the appurtenances, to
hold the same unto the lessee, subject to "The Land
Act, 1877," and the said Appendix E thereof, and to
any amendments thereof respectively, and of any
Act or law passed for the like purpose, and to any
regulations made thereunder respectively, and to the
terms and conditions applicable to or directed to be
implied in leases by any law or ordinance for the
time being, for the term of fourteen years from the
day of
, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-
, yielding and paying therefor
yearly and every year during the said term the annual
rent or sum of
sterling, payable in advance
on the first day of January in every year.

Except and always reserved out of this demise unto
Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, all
mines, minerals, in, under, or upon the said demised
premises, with full and free liberty of ingress, egress,
and regress for her or their agents, servants, and
workmen, and her and their lessees and licensees,
and all other persons whomsoever, holding a license or
authority from the Governor or from the Minister of
Lands, with or without horses, carts, carriages, and
other vehicles, into, through, and over the said land
and premises, to search for and work the said mines
and minerals, and to sell, carry away, and dispose of
the same, and to make all necessary and convenient
roads for such purposes.

And also excepted and always reserved out of this
lease, unto Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and
assigns, the right to lay out and construct through
and over the said lands hereby demised such roads,
other than the roads before mentioned, as by Her
Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, or the
Government of the colony, or the Minister of
Lands, may be deemed necessary for the public
benefit, without any compensation being made
therefor, other than the reduction of the rent here-
after mentioned.

Provided also that the lands taken for the pur-
pose of such roads, other than the roads for access
to mines before mentioned, shall not exceed the pro-
portion of five acres for every hundred acres herein
comprised.

Provided also that the rent hereby reserved shall,
whenever any part of the said land shall be taken for
such roads, be reduced at the rate of ten per centum
for every acre or part of an acre so taken.

And the lessee covenants with Her Majesty, her
heirs, successors, and assigns, that the lessee shall
not, nor will, during this demise, assign, underlet, or
otherwise dispose of or part with the possession of