1670.                                                             THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 98

*Regulations made by the Public Trustee under "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892."

IN pursuance and exercise of all the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892," I,
James Kemmis Warburton, the Public Trustee of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby make the following additional regulations there-
under:—

1. At any meeting under section eight of the said Act, the presiding officer shall
   enter in the minute-book the name of every person who is appointed in writing, as
   hereinafter provided, to represent as agent an applicant for a new lease present at
   such meeting. The appointment shall be in the following form or to the effect
   thereof:—

Form
, of
, is hereby appointed to act for
at a meeting, notice whereof is given in the
newspaper of the
day of
, 18
, between the Native owners and
, to be held under section
8 of "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892," at
on the
day of
, 18
, or any adjournment of such meeting; and the said
is empowered to do and agree to all acts and things at such meeting or adjournment
as
if personally present could do or agree to: And
declare that this
authority shall, notwithstanding death or other revocation, remain in full force until
notice in writing, or such death or other revocation, shall be given to the Public
Trustee personally, or at the office of the Public Trustee in the City of Wellington.
Dated this
day of
, 18
.
Witness:
A Justice of the Peace, Licensed Native Interpreter,
Solicitor of the Supreme Court, or Postmaster.

2. No person appointed to represent an applicant at any meeting shall be
   deemed to be so authorised unless and until such person has delivered to the pre-
   siding officer such authority as aforesaid. If the authority by law requires to be
   stamped it shall be stamped before being used.

3. The form of lease in the Regulations made by me on the 31st day of October,
   1892, is hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof the following form is substituted:—
   Register-book. Vol.
   , fol.
   .
   "Form of Lease under Section 8 of 'The West Coast Settlement Reserves
   Act, 1892.'
   "Whereas the Public Trustee (who, unless the context requires a different con-
   struction, is with his successors and assigns hereinafter referred to as 'the
   lessor') is the statutory owner in fee-simple of all that piece of land situated in
   , containing (a)
   , be the same a little more or less (b)
   :
   And whereas
   , of
   , has, under section eight of 'The West Coast
   Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,' become entitled to a lease of the said land at the
   rent, and under the covenants, conditions, and provisions hereinafter contained,
   expressed, or implied: Now the lessor hereby leases to the said
   all the
   said land, excepting and always reserving out of this demise unto the lessor all mines,
   metals, minerals, coal, lignite, slate, or freestone, in or upon or under the land hereby
   demised, with power to work, win, use, possess, sell, and dispose of the same or any
   part thereof respectively, except such as may be required by the lessee for the lessee's
   own use but not for sale or disposal; with power also to the lessor to make roads
   through the demised lands, and for such purposes or any of them to erect or build
   houses and other convenient buildings thereon on paying compensation for damage
   done to the surface only, the amount of such compensation in case of disagreement
   to be ascertained and determined by arbitration as provided by section 39 of the
   Schedule to "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892," to be held by him, the
   said
   , as tenant for the term of
   years, computed from the
   day
   of
   , 18
   , at the yearly rental of £
   , payable half-yearly in advance
   on the
   days of
   and
   in each year during the said term; the
   first of such payments to be made on the
   day of
   , 18
   ; subject to the
   following covenants, conditions, and restrictions:—
   "That the lessee (which term shall, unless the context requires a different con-
   struction, mean and include the heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the
   lessee) covenants with the lessor—
   "(1.) That the lessee shall and will during the said term pay the rent aforesaid
   in manner aforesaid, free and clear from all deductions or abatements whatsoever,
   and shall and will pay all rates, taxes, charges, or assessments now made or hereafter
   during the said term assessed, charged, or imposed upon the demised premises, or
   upon the landlord or tenant in respect thereof, or upon any buildings or improvements
   thereon, and that in case any of the said rent shall at any time be and continue in
   (a.) Here state
   area, exclusive of
   roads intersecting
   the same.
   (b.) Here state
   rights of way,
   privileges, or ease-
   ments, if any, in-
   tended to be de-
   mised. If the land
   to be dealt with
   contains all that
   is included in an
   existing grant re-
   fer thereto for
   description and
   diagram; other-
   wise set forth
   the boundaries in
   chains, links, or
   feet, and refer to
   a plan thereof on
   or annexed to the
   lease.