JAN. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 25

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, bond 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.) 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.

, 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.

Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Acts, 1867 and 1877, appointed.

ONSWLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of December, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong to such infant or lunatic or other person under legal disability shall be vested in Trustees, as the Governor in Council shall see fit:

And whereas by “The Maori Real Estate Management Act Amendment Act, 1877,” it is provided that, in all cases where no Trustee of such estate of any infant Maori prior to the passing of the said last-recited Act has been appointed, the Governor may appoint such Trustee only on the recommendation of a Judge of the Native Land Court:

And whereas, in pursuance of an order bearing date as contained in the first column of the Schedule hereto, made by the Judge named in the second column thereof, the persons named in the third column were recommended to the Governor as Trustees under the said Acts on behalf of the persons named and under the disability described in the fourth column, in respect of the lands described or referred to in the fifth column:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Acts, doth hereby order that the interests and shares of the persons under disability named in the Schedule hereto in the block of land referred to therein shall be and remain vested in the several persons named in the third column thereof as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Acts for the said persons respectively during the term or terms of their minority or other disability; the said parcel of land having the area and boundaries set forth in the memorial of ownership affecting the same, and in the record map in the office of the Surveyor-General.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.