Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 137

SECOND SCHEDULE.
FORM OF DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY AN APPLICANT UNDER THE DEFERRED-PAYMENT SYSTEM.

I, __, of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—
(1.) I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
(2.) I am making the present selection of land under the system of deferred payments, under “The Land Act, 1885,” and its amendments, bonâ fide for my own exclusive use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever, and for the purpose of cultivation.
(3.) I am not the holder, either in my own name or in the name of any other person, of, and I am not beneficially interested in, any lands of the Crown within the colony under the deferred-payment system, or under the perpetual-lease system, or under any agricultural lease, to an amount which, added to the acreage comprised in this present application, would exceed 50 acres in extent.
(4.) And I am not the owner of 50 acres of land in all.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)
Taken and declared at __, this __ day of __, 18, before me, __, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
Received on __, 18, at __, __, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
DECLARATION ON TAKING A PERPETUAL LEASE.

I, __, of __, in the __ Land District, and Colony of New Zealand, __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—
(1.) That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
(2.) That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” is tendering for the purchase of a lease of Section __, Block __, __ District.
(3.) That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.
(4.) That, including the said lands, 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 50 acres.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)
Declared at __, this __ day of __, 18, before me, __, a Justice of the Peace.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the North Rakaia River Board.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of January, 1891.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were reserved for river protection:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said lands in the North Rakaia Board of River Conservators:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the North Rakaia Board of River Conservators, in trust, for the improvement and protection of the banks of the Rakaia River.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 342 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2381 (in red). Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 34038 and a line in continuation of its south-western boundary, and by Section No. 32283 and a line in continuation of its north-eastern boundary, for a distance altogether of 165 chains; towards the south-east by road-lines for a distance of 35 chains, and also by Section No. 32283 for a distance of 16 chains; towards the north-west by a road-line for a distance of 23 chains; and towards the south-west by a road-line for a distance of 155 chains: as the same is delineated on the official map deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 178 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2382 (in red). Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 34301 for a distance of 31 chains; towards the south-east by Section No. 33428 and a line in continuation of its north-western boundary for a distance of 50 chains; towards the north-west by a road-line for a distance of 25 chains, and also by Section No. 26448 for a distance of 9 chains; towards the south-west by Section No. 26448 for a distance of 40 chains, and also by a road-line for a distance of 27 chains: as the same is delineated on the official map deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch; save and excepting portion of improved Pre-emptive Right B, on Run No. 64, Class III., situate within the above-described section.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exchange of Land in Canterbury.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of January, 1891.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was reserved for a gravel-pit:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserve mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be exchanged for the land mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.