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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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2. The association is a body of persons, not less than twelve in number, voluntarily associated together for the purpose of taking up the land as a special settlement of farm-homesteads, and it is to be so taken up on lease as herein provided, in accordance with these regulations and the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” and its amendments, so far as the same affect the same.

3. The association may select any block of land under these regulations containing not less than 1,000 acres nor more than 20,000 acres, exclusive of roads, townships, and all other reserves; and such block will be surveyed into areas not exceeding 500 acres or thereabouts: Provided that the number of persons located in each block shall not be less than one person for every 500 acres of its total area.

4. All surveys shall be conducted by the Survey Department.

5. Such portions of the land as may be required for any of the purposes enumerated in section 227, Part IX., of “The Land Act, 1885,” or as a site for one or more townships, as shall be approved by the Minister, shall not be open for allotment under these regulations.

6. The allotments of sections to members of the association shall be made at such time and in such manner as the association may, with the consent of the Commissioner, determine.

7. The land shall be disposed of at such rental as may be arranged between the Minister and the association, being 5 per cent. on a capital value of not less than £1 an acre.

(a.) It shall not be necessary, however, for any settler to pay any rent for the first two years from the date of allotment of his section. After the expiration of the said period of two years the rent shall be at the rate of 5 per cent. on the capital value of the land, as fixed by Regulation No. 7, payable half-yearly, on the 1st days of January and July in each year. The unpaid two years’ rent may be added to the capital value of the land, and thereafter the rent shall be payable on such increased capital value; or the settler may pay off the arrears of rent at any time.

8. One-third of the rents paid from time to time shall, for the first fifteen years, be paid to the local body having the charge and control of the roads of the district, for expenditure by it on roads in or leading to the block; such expenditure to be first sanctioned by the Minister.

9. All rents and moneys required to be paid for the land under these terms and conditions shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, and receipts given by him shall be sufficient discharges for the payment of the rents and moneys therein respectively acknowledged to have been received.

10. Each settler must within six months from the date of allotment of his section reside upon the land: Provided that residence need not commence within two years from the date of allotment, so long as the improvements required under Regulation 14 are made within the two years.

11. The settlers shall be members of the association, and shall not be under seventeen years of age.

12. The secretary shall from time to time inform the Commissioner of the names, residences, and occupations of the settlers, pay a deposit of 10s. per member, and also furnish the Commissioner with minutes of proceedings of the association if so required.

13. A certificate signed by the secretary of the association shall be sufficient evidence that the person claiming to select land is a member thereof.

14. Each settler shall, within two years from the date of his selection, bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the land selected by him; and within four years from the date of his selection bring into cultivation not less than one-fifth of such land; and within six years of the date of selection, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character on the land to the value of £1 for every acre of his holding.

15. In the event of the death of a settler, his interest in the allotment will devolve upon his legal personal representatives, who may dispose of it to a bond fide settler approved by the Commissioner; and the purchaser shall be deemed to stand in the position of the original settler.

16. Should any settler be compelled to leave the district, it shall be competent for the Commissioner to permit such settler to transfer his right, title, and interest in the land selected to another bond fide settler, who shall be deemed to occupy the position of the original occupant: Provided always that no settler shall be allowed to hold more than 500 acres under these regulations.

17. No person who is a holder of land on deferred payments under “The Land Act, 1885,” or its amendments, or who has acquired any freehold under that system, or who is the holder of land on perpetual lease, and no person who is the owner of a pre-emptive right, or who is the owner in fee of any land in New Zealand, which together with the land included in his application or transfer under these regulations would exceed 500 acres, and no person who has made an arrangement or agreement to permit any one, save his son or daughter, to acquire by purchase or otherwise the allotment in respect of which his application is made, shall be entitled to become a settler under these regulations.

18. Any settler who shall fail to comply with these regulations in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, forfeit his interest in the land selected, and the Commissioner shall cause such interest to be sold by public auction to a bona fide settler; and these conditions shall be sufficient authority for such forfeiture and reallotment. Any settler so purchasing shall be deemed to stand in the position of the original settler.

19. In case any doubt shall arise as to the construction of these terms and conditions, or with reference to the selection and occupation or clearing of any land, or otherwise arising thereunder, the same shall be settled by the Commissioner, and his decision thereon shall be final and conclusive on the association and all parties concerned.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 21,600 acres, more or less, situated in Whakatane County. Bounded towards the north generally by the Rangitaiki and Orini Rivers; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 28, 29, and 30, Rangitaiki Parish; towards the south generally by the Te Teko–Whakatane Road, Crown land, the Rangitaiki River, again by Crown land, Sections Nos. 74 and 73, Matata Parish, and again by Crown land to the Tarawera River; and towards the west by the Tarawera River. Exclusive of all sold land and reserves.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegating Powers under “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” to the Grey County Council.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby delegate to the Grey County Council the powers conferred upon him by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” as to the appointment and removal of Trustees for the cemeteries described in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall take effect as from the day of the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON CREEK CEMETERY.

ALL that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, being Section No. 13, Block VII., Mawheranui Survey District, containing 2 acres, situated adjacent to the Main Grey Valley Road and to Nelson Creek, and surrounded on all sides by Crown land.

BARRYTOWN CEMETERY.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, being in Block IX., Waiwhero Survey District, containing 3 acres, situated 13 chains, more or less, north-east of Section No. 7 of said block. Bounded towards the south-east by a road-line; and towards the south-west, north-west, and north-east by Crown lands.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Te Ngutu-o-te Manu Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,”