Num. 19.

383

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890.

Village-homestead Special-settlement Land in Southland withdrawn and opened as an Ordinary Village Settlement.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Proclamations of the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred eighty-seven, so far as they relate to the sections mentioned in the Schedule to an Order in Council of even date herewith, shall be and the same are hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said sections are hereby withdrawn from the village-homestead special-settlement system; and, in pursuance of the provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six of the said Act, I do hereby set apart the said sections as a village settlement, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the said Order in Council, and made under the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of the said Act and the fourteenth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888.”

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Auckland, this seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Terms and Conditions of Sale or Selection of Village-settlement and Small-farm Allotments, in the Otago Land District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this seventh day of April, 1890.

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 and the fourteenth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto as village settlements:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, 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, by this present order, fix the following as the terms and conditions upon which the village-settlement small-farm allotments 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 Schedule hereto shall be open as small-farm allotments for sale or selection either for cash, or on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease.

2. The day upon which the lands shall be open for sale or selection shall be Wednesday, the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

3. The purchaser for cash of any of the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be required to make the following declaration:–

I, , of , in the Land District and Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” am purchasing Section , Block , District.

2. That I am purchasing such land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.

3. That I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole one acre.