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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which
the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be
disposed of by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said
terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule
hereto, and also doth direct that the lands in the said
village settlement shall be divided into village-homestead
allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Geraldine County.—Arowhenua Village Settlement.

These sections are situated at the eastern end of the Aro-
whenua Village Settlement, about one mile from the Temuka
Railway-station. They lie adjacent to the Taumatakuhu
Creek, and have frontage on Murray Street. Sections
Nos. 892, 893, and 896 comprise agricultural land of good
quality; parts of Sections Nos. 894 and 895 have a gravel
subsoil near the surface.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto are
   first-class lands, and are divided into village-homestead
   allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under
   the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892" (hereinafter referred
   to as "the said Act").

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the thirteenth day of September, one
   thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

3. The rental stated in the First Schedule hereto shall
   be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applica-
   tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Christchurch; and leases will be issued in accordance with
   the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C to the said Act.

6. Each applicant shall also deposit the first half-year's
   rent, together with the lease and registration fee, as pro-
   vided in the 63rd section of the said Act.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   first days of January and July in each year, as provided in
   section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent
   is payable as before provided.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   each lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of the
   said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
   ject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, includ-
    ing that already held, and such allotment shall be held for
    his sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any
    other person whomsoever. No married woman shall be
    eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to
    any married woman who may become a transferee under a
    will or by virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regula-
    tions, and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provi-
    sion of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Kopuru Town Recreation-ground brought under "The Public
Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of July, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order
and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in
the Land District of Auckland which is known as the Kopuru
Town Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule
hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the
operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of
"The Public Domains Act, 1881," and such domain shall
hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in
manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being
Section No. 142, Parish of Kopuru, containing by admeasure-
ment 6 acres and 25 perches, more or less. Bounded towards
the north by a public road, 824 links; towards the east by
Section No. 1, Parish of Kopuru, 1183 links; towards the
south-east by Section No. 53, Parish of Kopuru aforesaid,
198 links; and towards the south-west by Norton Street,
1556 links, to the point of commencement: be all the afore-
said linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Hobson County Council under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of July, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The Public
Domains Act, 1881," it is, inter alia, enacted that
the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time
delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred,
save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons for
any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be
specified in such order, and that every such delegation may
from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked:
And whereas, pursuant to "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land
described in the Schedule thereto is declared to be brought
under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions
of the said "Public Domains Act, 1881":
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony of New Zealand, doth by this present order delegate
all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned,
except the powers under or conferred by sections five and
twelve thereof, to

The CHAIRMAN, COUNCILLORS, AND INHABITANTS of the
Hobson County,

which shall be known as the Kopuru Town Domain Board
(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipu-
lations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the third Monday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock
   p.m., at the County Council Offices, Aratapu, or at such
   other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by
   the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the
   twenty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
   ninety-three.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
   notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
   the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and
   no other business than that so specified shall be transacted
   at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
   meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third
   Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
   discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting
   vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of
   his successor.