DEC. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1797

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, and such allotment shall be held for his sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whatsoever. 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-homestead Settlement in Wellington.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1893.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER 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 November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the seventeenth day of November, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.— MAKOHINE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Survey District. Section. Area. Lease in Perpetuity. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tiriraukawa 1 9 2 19 3 2 4 0 15 5
" 2 10 0 0 3 2 4 0 16 0
" 3 10 1 20 3 2 4 0 16 8
" 4 9 1 7 3 2 4 0 14 11
" 5 9 1 22 3 2 4 0 15 1
" 6 7 0 35 3 2 4 0 11 7
" 7 13 1 0 3 4 8 1 2 9
" 8 13 2 0 3 4 8 1 3 0
" 9 14 0 0 3 4 8 1 3 10
" 10 14 2 0 3 4 8 1 4 8
" 11 13 0 22 3 0 0 19 9
" 12 28 2 0 2 4 8 1 14 3

Weighted for Improvements. — Section 7, £10 10s., for bushfelling; Section 8, £3, bushfelling; Section 9, £32 10s., bushfelling and house; Section 10, £51, bushfelling, stumping, and two houses; Section 11, £3, bushfelling; Section 12, £10 10s., bushfelling.

This settlement is on the main road between Hunterville and Moawhango, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway-line. The distance from Hunterville by metalled road is about seven miles. The sections consist chiefly of flat and sloping land. The soil is good, and, except where the timber has been cleared, is covered with the usual mixed forest.

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 tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

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, at Wellington and at Hunterville; 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, immediately after the application has been approved, deposit the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee, £1 1s., as provided in the 63rd section of the said Act, and any sum added to the price as valuation for improvements.

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

Notifying Lands in Southland for Sale by Public Auction.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirteenth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction at Invercargill, and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.