Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1525

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, Blenheim; 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.

"The Education Act, 1877."—Drawing in Public Schools.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Education Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation hereto annexed.

REGULATION.

NOTWITHSTANDING anything to the contrary contained in the regulations relating to the inspection of schools and standards of examination made under “The Education Act, 1877,” on the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, it is hereby declared that in the examination of girls the knowledge of geometrical drawing prescribed for the standards mentioned in the said regulations shall not be required.

This regulation shall come into force on the day of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Marara Kuku, the Native owner of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by “The Native Land Act, 1888,” and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

Crown grant dated the 31st August, 1868, Registered No. 187E, in favour of Marara Kuku, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.” | All that parcel of land in the Bay of Islands District, containing 106 acres, known as the Okauru Block, No. 413N. |

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, 1893.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by a majority of the Native owners of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Land Transfer certificate bearing date the twenty-second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by “The Native Land Act, 1888,” and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

Land Transfer certificate dated the 22nd October, 1883, Vol. xxxiv., folio 193, in favour of Heni Matene te Whiwhi, Wirihana Rei, Rawiri Wirihana, and Henare Wirihana, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale or by mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years.” | All that parcel of land, containing 142 acres 1 rood 12 perches, more or less, known as Pahiko Ngakaroro No. 6 Block, Waitohu Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington. |

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.