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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, and
    such allotment shall be held for his sole use and benefit,
    and not for the use or benefit of any other person whom-
    soever. 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.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village Homesteads in
the Village Settlements in Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day
of August, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-ninth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed
of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas
by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the seventh
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
tenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have
been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease
as village settlements, and it is expedient to fix the terms and
conditions upon which the said lands shall be disposed of:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
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 settlements shall be divided into village-homestead
allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SELWYN COUNTY.

Leeston Survey District, Block VII.

2 and 3 | 1238 | 48 1 37 | 3 7½ | 4 7 3

These sections are situated at the junction of the Elles-
mere Junction Road with the Weedom and Ellesmere Roads,
distant about one mile and three-quarters in a north-
westerly direction from the Springston Railway-station, and
comprise light gravelly soil.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Ashburton Survey District, Blocks IV. and VIII.

13 | 1769 | 10 0 0 | 4 0 | 1 0 0

This section is situated in the Chertsey Village Settlement,
about half a mile north-east of the railway-station of that
name, and comprises open level land of fair quality, inter-
sected by a county water-race. The section is weighted
with a sum of £11 5s., being the value of about 25 chains of
fencing, which sum must be deposited with the application.
There is a Government advance of £20 in respect of the
dwellinghouse erected on the section; interest on such ad-
vance being payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum: the first half-year's interest, amounting to 10s.,
will be payable at the time of application.

Ashburton Survey District, Block IV.

17 | 1769 | 10 0 17 | 4 0 | 1 0 3

This section is situated in the Chertsey Village Settle-
ment, about three-quarters of a mile north-east of the
railway-station of that name, and comprises open level land
of fair quality, intersected by a county water-race. The
section is weighted with a sum of £24 16s., being the value
of dwellinghouse and about 26 chains of fencing, which sum
must be deposited with the application.

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 lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the fourth day of October, one thou-
   sand 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 provision
    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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Whakatane Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day
of August, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
was permanently reserved for Road Board offices
and other public buildings by notification in the New Zea-
land Gazette No. 88, of the tenth day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-two: And whereas, in the
opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land
should be vested in the Whakatane Road Board:

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 reserve
mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in
the inhabitants of the Whakatane Road District, in trust,
for Road Board offices and other public buildings, and such
reserve shall be under the control and management of the
Board of the said district.