Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1295

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 eighteenth day of October, 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 applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Dunedin; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed 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 provided 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 accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

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

10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, including
    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 regulations, 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.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth 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 twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
on the thirty-first 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
Maniototo Survey District.

Fairly good land, ploughable. Sections 14 to 19 slope
towards the north. The average altitude of this country is
1,200ft. It is traversed by the proposed Otago Central Railway; is distant from Naseby sixteen miles, from Hyde seven
miles, and from Middlemarch (at which is the nearest railway-station), twenty-seven miles. Water can be obtained by
sinking on the low-lying sections. The Taieri River forms
the eastern boundary of the block of which the above form
part.

Sections 8 to 11, partly shingle-flat; Sections 12 and 13,
low-lying and flat, covered by flood of 1892 with rich deposit
of silt; Sections 20 to 22, partly rough, partly flat. There is
no regular supply of water on the above, but it can be
obtained by sinking on the lower sections. The Taieri River
runs along the eastern boundary of the block which comprises
these lots. The average altitude of the country is 1,200ft.
It lies within sixteen miles of Naseby, seven of Hyde, and
twenty-seven of Middlemarch, at which the nearest railway-station is situated. The proposed Otago Central Railway
traverses the block.

TAIERI COUNTY.
Strath Taieri Survey District.

Open undulating land. Sections 56, 58, and 60, light soil
mixed with shingle, ploughable; Sections 57, 59, and 62,
light soil, ploughable; Sections 61 and 63, fair loam, ploughable. This block is an Otago High School endowment. It
is situated on the road, Middlemarch to Hyde, about five
miles from the former locality. Water is scarce, but might
be got by sinking on Sections 57 and 61. The Taieri River
lies about one-half mile distant from the block, and the proposed Otago Central Railway skirts the sections on the west.

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 eighteenth day of October, 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 applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Dunedin; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

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