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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12]

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st 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, 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 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 Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifth day
of February, 1894.

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 eighteenth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the twenty-
fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, 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.

Section. | Reserve. | Area. | Rental at 4 per Cent.
| | | per Annum.
| | | Per Acre. | Half-yearly
| | | | Rental.

ASHLEY COUNTY.
Rangiora Survey District, Block IV.

A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
... | 376 | 5 2 37 | 8 0 | 1 3 0

This reserve comprises land of good quality, situated on
the west side of and contiguous to the main north railway-
line, about one mile north-east of Sefton.

GERALDINE COUNTY.
Geraldine Survey District, Block X.

58 | 389 | 10 0 0 | 5 7½ | 1 8 0
59 | 389 | 9 1 22 | 4 0 | 0 18 9

These sections are situated in the Orari Village Settlement,
about one mile south of the Orari Railway-station, between

the Main South Road and the railway-line, and comprise land
of fair quality in native tussock, with some self-sown English
grass ; the best land being in the northern section, No. 58.

WAIMATE COUNTY.
Waitaki Survey District, Block IV.

Section. | Reserve. | Area. | Rental at 4 per Cent.
| | | per Annum.
| | | Per Acre. | Half-yearly
| | | | Rental.

A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
10 | 1178 | 10 0 0 | 14 0 | 3 10 0

This section is situated in the southern portion of the
Nukuroa Village Settlement, at a distance of about three
miles and a half south of Studholme Junction, and about
five miles south-east of Waimate, and comprises flat agri-
cultural land of good quality. This section is weighted
with £6 17s. 6d., being the half value of about 20 chains of
boundary-fencing, which sum must be deposited with the
application in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands enumerated above 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 4th day of April, 1894.

3. The rental stated above 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 provided
   in the 63rd section of the said Act.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st 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, including
    that already held, and all allotments shall be held for his or
    her 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.

Powers delegated to the Gore Domain Board under "The
Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifth day
of February, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,