Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1507
17293, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
and thereon bordered red.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
Powers delegated to the Kaitawa Domain Board under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."
GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of
October, 1894.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in
Council, dated the eighteenth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine, making delegation of certain
powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like
advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only
with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the
Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five
and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who
shall be known as the Kaitawa Domain Board, namely,--
GEORGE WHITCOMBE,
WILLIAM FULCHER,
WALTER GEORGE SYDER,
ALEXANDER ROSS, and
ERIC WHITCOMBE
(hereinafter referred to as "the Board"), subject to the
stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,--

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the third Wednesday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m.,
   at Kaitawa, or at such other time or place as may from
   time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting
   shall be held on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of November,
   one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
   notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
   the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and
   no other business than that so specified shall be transacted
   at such meeting.
3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
   meeting may be adjourned from time to time.
4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third
   Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in
   the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting
   vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election
   of his successor.
5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of
   such meeting.
6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise,
   the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the
   members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a
   Chairman.
7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.
   SCHEDULE.
   All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District,
   containing by admeasurement 15 acres and 36 perches, more
   or less, being Suburban Section No. 13, Township of Kaitawa,
   Makuri Survey District. Bounded on the north by Marchant
   Street; on the east by Kaitawa Township, Sections 14 and
   15; on the south by Bridge Street; and on the west by a
   public road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited
   in the District Survey Office, Wellington.
   J. F. ANDREWS,
   Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
   Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead
   Allotment in Wellington.
   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-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 twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
   ninety-four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on
   the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
   ninety-four, the land described in the First Schedule
   hereto has 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 land 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 land 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 land in the said village settlement shall be
   leased as a village-homestead allotment only.
   FIRST SCHEDULE.
   WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
   Waiopohu Survey District, Block I.--Levin Village
   Settlement.
   Lease in Perpetuity.
   Section. Area. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.
   A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
   66 15 0 11 0 10 0 3 15 5
   Weighted with £62 for improvements.
   SECOND SCHEDULE.
   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
8. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is
   a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on lease in
   perpetuity under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892"
   (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act").
9. The day on which the land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 14th day of November, 1894.
10. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the
    land shall be open for selection.
11. Applications for lease 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,
    Wellington, and at Levin; and lease will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.
12. 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 hereby
    prescribed.
13. Each applicant shall 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.
14. 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. The next payment of rent will
    become due on the 1st July, 1895.
15. 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.
16. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one
    year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence
    shall be continuous.
17. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
    each lease shall, subject to clause No. 9, 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 according to lessees under these
    regulations. The provisions of section 141, and all other
    provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence,
    shall, subject to clause No. 9, apply accordingly to lessees
    under these regulations.
    Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
    and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush,
    gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting
    gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or
    water-tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making
    embankments or protective works of any kind, in any way
    improving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erection of any non-movable building.