Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1505

Land set apart for Tongaporutu Improved Special Settlement.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the block of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart and declared open for special improved farm settlement.

SCHEDULE.

TONGAPORUTU IMPROVED FARM SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, situated in the Mimi Survey District, and bounded towards the north-west by Mohakatino-Parininihi Block No. 2; towards the east by the Tongaporutu River; towards the south-east by a line bearing S. 35° W.; and towards the south-west and west by the Mangapepeki Stream and branch thereof, and by a ridge through Waikiekie Trig. Station, to the boundary of Mohakatino-Parininihi Block No. 2 aforesaid; and containing by admeasurement 2,500 acres, more or less, exclusive of roads and necessary reserves.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Horopito Improved Special Settlement.

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the block of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart and declared open for special settlement.

SCHEDULE.

HOROPITO IMPROVED FARM SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in Blocks XV. and XVI., Manganui Survey District. Bounded towards the south-west by the Waimarino Special Settlement Block; towards the north-west and north-east by unsurveyed Crown lands; towards the south-east by the Raetihi Native Block; again towards the south-west by Clifton No. 2 Special Settlement Block; and again towards the south-east by the Makotuku Valley Road (excluding from the above-described area 520 acres, more or less, being a proposed township site); and containing by admeasurement 2,000 acres, more or less, exclusive of necessary roads and reserves.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations for the Wanganui United (E) Special Settlement Association.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, 1894.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-third section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and repeal regulations fixing the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any special settlement shall be disposed of by lease in perpetuity:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations fixing the terms and conditions upon which the lands known as the Wanganui United (E) Special Settlement Association Block, described in the Schedule to the said regulations, shall be disposed of, that is to say:—

REGULATIONS.

1. In the construction of these regulations, unless the context shall otherwise require, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—

“Association” means the Wanganui United (E) Special Settlement Association, being a body of persons, not less than twenty-six in number, voluntarily associated together at Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, for the purpose of taking up the land as a special settlement of farm homesteads:

“Land” means the land described in the Schedule, set apart for a special settlement, to be dealt with under these regulations:

“Settler” means any member of the association or other person, not being a married woman, leasing land under these regulations:

“Receiver of Land Revenue” means Receiver of Land Revenue at Wellington, or other officer for the time being acting as such:

“Minister” means the Minister of Lands for the time being, or any member of the Executive acting for him:

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Wellington:

“Secretary” means the secretary of the association for the time being, and shall include any person acting in that capacity; and, if there shall be no secretary, then the chairman of the association:

“Substantial improvements of a permanent character” mean and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush, gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting with trees or live hedges, the laying-out and cultivation of gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or water-tanks, constructing water-races, in any way improving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erection of any building:

“Cultivation” means—

(1.) Fencing the land with timber or other durable materials, not being a brush fence; or

(2.) Breaking up and laying down the same in English or other cultivated grass; or

(3.) Breaking up and planting or sowing root or other crops therein:

“Lease” means a lease in perpetuity in terms of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

2. The block of land to be dealt with under these regulations has been surveyed into sections of not more than 320 acres each, and the number of persons to be located thereon shall not be less than twenty-six.

3. The allotments of sections to members of the association shall be made at such time and in such manner as the association may, with the consent of the Commissioner, determine.

4. The land shall be disposed of by lease at an annual rental of 4 per cent. on the capital value fixed by the Minister.

5. One-third of the rents paid from time to time shall, for the first fifteen years, be paid to the local body of the district charged with the construction and maintenance of roads in the district, for the expenditure on roads in or leading to the block. Such expenditure to be first sanctioned by the Land Board for the Land District of Wellington.

6. All rents and moneys required to be paid for the land under these terms and conditions shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, and receipts given by him shall be sufficient discharge for the payment of the moneys therein respectively acknowledged to have been received.