JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1159

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 July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
twenty-sixth day of July, 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 Execu-
tive 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.—SELWYN COUNTY.
First-class Land.

SOUTHBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block X., Reserve 959.

2 | III. | 86 0 0 | 1 9·6 | £ s. d.
3 | III. | 27 2 0 | 1 6 | 3 17 5
| | 1 0 8

LEESTON SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block X., Reserve 959.

9 | XV. | 46 0 0 | 2 9·6 | 3 4 5
10 | XV. | 46 0 0 | 2 9·6 | 3 4 5
20 | XII. | 50 2 6 | 5 7·2 | 7 1 6
21 | XII. | 50 2 6 | 5 7·2 | 7 1 6
22 | XII. | 54 0 0 | 5 7·2 | 7 11 2
23 | XII. | 38 1 24 | 5 7·2 | 5 7 6
27 | XII. | 80 0 0 | 4 9·6 | 9 12 0
32 | XV. | 46 0 0 | 2 9·6 | 3 4 5
33 | XV. | 35 0 0 | 2 9·6 | 2 9 0
34 | XV. | 35 0 0 | 2 9·6 | 2 9 0
35 | XV. | 30 0 0 | 3 4·8 | 2 11 0
36 | XV. | 30 0 0 | 3 4·8 | 2 11 0

SOUTHBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block X., Reserve 959.

37 | III. | 27 1 30 | 1 7·2 | 1 1 11
38 | III. | 18 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 16 2
39 | III. | 18 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 16 2

Reserve 208.
9 | II., III. | 48 2 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 19 5

Reserve 684.
10 | III. | 45 2 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 13 8
| 812 1 26 | | £65 12 4

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 19th day of September, 1894.

3. The rental stated in the First Schedule hereto shall be
   the price at which the lands shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christ-
   church; 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 pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease and registration fee, immediately the
   application has been approved or declared successful at the
   ballot.

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 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.

Licensing the Otamataea County Council to use and occupy
a Part of the Foreshore of Kaipara Harbour.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth
day of July, 1894.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under
"The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883" (hereinafter
called "the said Act"), the Otamataea County Council (here-
inafter called "the Council") has applied to the Governor
in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part
of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark ad-
jacent thereto on the east side of the Pahi River, in Kaipara
Harbour, in order to erect a wharf thereon, and, in accord-
ance with the one hundred and fifty-sixth section of "The
Harbours Act, 1878," has deposited plans in the office of
the Marine Department, at Wellington (marked M.D. 1940),
showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water
mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it
is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor
in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said
foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occu-
pied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be
granted and issued to the Council under the said Act, for
the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions herein-
after expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all
other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the
object for which the said license is required by the Council
as aforesaid; and in further pursuance and exercise of the
said power and authority, and with the like advice and
consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the
Council to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and of
the land below low-water mark on which the wharf is to be
erected, as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for
the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf, such
license to be held and enjoyed by the Council upon and sub-
ject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say:—

1. In these conditions the term "Minister" means the
   Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as defined
   by "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," and includes
   any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direc-
   tion of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order
   in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the
   foreshore and of the land below low-water mark occupied by
   the said wharf, as shown on plans marked M.D. 1940 (sheets
   2 and 3).

3. All persons shall at all reasonable times, upon payment
   of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said
   wharf, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and there-
   from.