Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

Terms and Conditions of Sale or Selection of Village-settlement Allotments in the Canterbury Land District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands comprised in any village settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand has, by Proclamation issued under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six of the said Act, set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto as village settlements:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the said colony, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby fix the following as the terms and conditions upon which the village settlements enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say,–

1. The lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto, and sections nine to seventeen, Stour, in the Second Schedule, shall be open as village allotments for sale or selection, either for cash, or on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease.

2. The lands enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto, with the exception of sections nine to seventeen, Stour, shall be open as small-farm allotments for sale or selection, either for cash, or on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease.

3. The day upon which the lands shall be open for sale or selection shall be Wednesday, the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

4. The purchaser for cash of any of the lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto must deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district one-fifth of the purchase-money at the time of application, and shall pay the whole remainder of the purchase-money within thirty days of the granting of his application, and if not paid within thirty days his deposit shall be forfeited, and the lands shall be again open for sale or occupation forthwith; and upon full payment of the purchase-money he will be entitled to a Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way.

5. The purchaser for cash of any of the lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto will be required to make the declaration required by section eleven of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887.”

6. If any of the lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are selected upon deferred payments, the selector shall be subject to the provisions relating to Part III. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

7. If any of the lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are selected under the perpetual-leasing system, the selector shall be subject to the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

8. The prices stated in the Schedules hereto shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open for sale for cash. If the lands are selected on deferred payments, an addition of one-fourth to the cash price of the section will be made; and, if the lands are selected for perpetual leasing, the annual rental of the sections will be five per cent. on the cash price of the sections.

9. If there shall be more than one application for any allotment on the same day, the right to occupy the same shall be determined by lot amongst the applicants.

10. Each applicant for a deferred-payment section will be required to make the declaration prescribed by section one hundred and thirteen of “The Land Act, 1885,” and shall at the time of application deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district one-twenty-eighth of the price if the allotment is over twenty acres, and one-tenth if it is under that area; such payment shall be deemed to be a discharge of the license-fee for the six months due on the next first day of January or July following the date of the license, as the case may be; and, upon fulfilment of the terms and conditions prescribed by the said Act relating to land on deferred payments, will be entitled to the Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way.

11. Each applicant for any of the allotments on perpetual leasing shall be required to make the declaration prescribed by section one hundred and forty-three of “The Land Act, 1885,” and shall deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the allotments included in the application, and such payment shall be in discharge of the half-year's rent due on the first day of January or July which shall first ensue after the commencement of the term, together with the sum of thirty shillings for the lease and registration thereof.

12. Each applicant for cash sections will be required to make a statutory declaration in terms of section eleven of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” that he is applying for the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not for the use and benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

About four miles from Kaiapoi, in the centre of an agricultural district; land fairly good, but soil light, overlying gravel. Selectors to be limited to one section.

| 1261 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, | | | | | | |
| | 11, 13, 15, 17, | XIII. | Ashburton | .. .. 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 31 5 0 | 1 5 0 |
| | 19, 21 | | | | | | |
| | 4 | " | " | .. .. 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 6, 8, 10, 12 | " | " | .. .. 1 0 0 | 12 10 0 | 15 12 6 | 0 12 6 |
| | 14 | " | " | .. .. 1 0 0 | 15 0 0 | 18 15 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 16, 22 | " | " | .. .. 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 18, 20 | " | " | .. .. 1 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 10 0 |

• Each.

About one mile from Ashburton, behind the stock saleyards; land in English grass; some of the sections are broken by an old watercourse. Selectors to be limited to one section.