west generally by the ocean, by the waters of Awarua Bay
and Bluff Harbour, by Block V., Campbelltown Hundred,
by the waters of New River Estuary, and again by the ocean;
towards the west generally by Block VI., Jacob's River
Hundred, and by Aparima or Jacob's River; again towards
the north by a road passing through Sections Nos. 61, 60, 1,
and 1 of 2, Block X., Jacob's River Hundred, and bounding on
the north Blocks X. and XI. of the said Jacob's River Hundred, by Oreti Hundred, Winton Hundred, and Forest Hill
Hundred, by a forest preservation reserve, a bush reserve,
Sections Nos. 302, 299, 298, and 280, across a road and the
Makarewa River, and by the said Makarewa River, by
Section No. 188, across and by a road bounding Sections
Nos. 187, 69, 57, and 117 on the south, and by a road passing
through Sections Nos. 186, 78, 87, and 120, all of Forest Hill
Hundred, across the Hedgehope Stream, and by the road
forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 32, Block I.,
Forest Hill Hundred, to and across the Titipua or Lindhurst
Stream, and including all islands lying within Awarua Bay,
Bluff Harbour, and New River Estuary.

DUNEDIN FACTORY DISTRICT EXTENDED.

Bounded towards the north by Block III., North Harbour
and Blueskin Survey District, to Swampy Hill; towards the
north-west generally by the western boundary-lines of the
Borough of Maori Hill, and the northern boundary-lines of
the Borough of Roslyn to the road at the southern boundary
of Section No. 65, Block VI., Dunedin and East Taieri
Survey District, and by that road to Section No. 4 of said
block; thence by a road passing through said Section No. 4
and Sections Nos. 3, 2, and 1; thence passing through
Sections Nos. 7 and 8, Block XIII., Taieri Survey District;
thence passing through Sections Nos. 2, 1, and 7, Block XIV.,
of said district, by Block IV., Dunedin and East Taieri
Survey District, to a road forming the north-western boundary of said Section No. 7, by said road and its continuation
to the western corner of Section No. 12, Block XI.; towards
the south-west generally by a road-line to the southern
corner of Section No. 19, part of irregular block, thence by a
road-line being the southern boundary of Sections Nos. 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, and 24, thence by a road-line passing through Section No. 32, all of said irregular block, and forming the
southern boundary of Sections Nos. 1 of 33, 77, 2 of 29, 1 of
29, 74, 30, and 23 of Block VII., Dunedin and East Taieri
Survey District, across the Main South Road, and by the
last-mentioned district, and by Section No. 42 of Block VII.
of said district to a tributary of the Kaikorai River, and by
that tributary and that river to the ocean; towards the south
generally by the ocean; towards the south-east generally by
a creek east of Lawyer's Head, and by a lagoon to Block VII.,
Anderson's Bay Survey District, and by Blocks VII. and V.
of said district to the waters of Anderson's Bay, by those
waters and the waters of Otago Harbour to the ocean;
towards the north-east and east generally by the ocean;
again towards the north-east, north, and north-west generally
by the Waikouaiti River; and again towards the south-west
generally by a road passing through the northern part of the
Dunedin Waterworks Reserve and Section No. 33, and bounding Section No. 34 on the north-east and Section No. 35 on
the north, and passing through Sections Nos 30, 24, 15, 16,
and 21, all of Block III., North Harbour and Blueskin Survey
District, to Block VIII. of the last-mentioned survey
district, and including all islands lying within Otago Harbour, Blueskin Bay, and Waikouaiti River.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village Homesteads in
the Village of Ackers, Southland.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of
September, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR PRESIDING 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 eighth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fifteenth
day of June, 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 a
village settlement, 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 settlement shall be divided into village-homestead
allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ACKERS VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS.

Invercargill Survey District, Southland County.

The whole of these sections are abandoned sawmill workings, the timber left being only fit for firewood, and of no
marketable value. Soil, good black loam, with a little sand
in some places; height above sea-level, from 10ft. to 50ft.
Distance from Invercargill about eight miles, by a fairly
good road.

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 Tuesday, the seventh day of November, 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,
   Invercargill; 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 fifty acres, including
    that already held, and all allotments shall be held for his
    sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of