1874
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

Sections Nos. 27096, 27146, 26712, 26921, 26727, 22902, and
15745 to and across Wakanui Creek, and by that creek to
the sea.

RAKAIA FACTORY DISTRICT EXTENDED.

Bounded towards the north-east by the northern side of
the Rakaia River; towards the south-east by the sea; to-
wards the west generally by the Ashburton Factory District
hereinbefore described and the road forming the south-western
boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 27032, 27033, 27193, and
27346; and towards the north-west by the road forming the
north-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 27346,
27372, 27347, 27348, 27948, 27739, 26659, 26456, 15598, 23211,
and 34349, and the south-eastern side of that road produced
to the northern side of the Rakaia River aforesaid.

METHVEN FACTORY DISTRICT CONSTITUTED.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-east by the Rakaia River; towards the
south-east generally by the Rakaia and Ashburton Factory
Districts hereinbefore described; towards the south-west
generally by the Rangitata River and the River Potts to
a point due west of the confluence of Boundary Creek and the
Ashburton River; and thence towards the north-west generally
by a right line to that confluence, thence by a right line to
the south-western corner of Lake Heron, thence by that
lake and by Lake Stream to the Rakaia River aforesaid.

GERALDINE FACTORY DISTRICT EXTENDED.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-east generally by the left bank of the
Rangitata River from Bush Creek to the production of the
reserve bounding Section No. 25310; towards the south-east
generally by that production and that reserve, bounding Sec-
tions Nos. 15919, 13110, 29019, 28161, 28160, 14772, 8325,
3606, 7181, and 8847, by the railway-line, by a road bounding
Sections Nos. 5961 and 11526, by Waihi River, a road
bounding Section No. 9031, the Geraldine Road, Boundary
Road, and a road intersecting Section No. 5372; towards the
south-west by the Haehae-te-moana River and the southern
branch of that river to its source, and thence by the water-
shed between the Opuha and Orari Rivers over Tripp's Pass
to Mount Musgrave; and thence towards the north-west
generally by the Sinclair Range and the leading spur to the
confluence of Bush Creek and the Rangitata River.

TEMUKA FACTORY DISTRICT EXTENDED.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-east by the north-eastern side of the
Rangitata River; towards the south-east by the sea; towards
the south-west by the Opihi River, Temuka River, and Hae-
hae-te-moana River; and towards the north-west by the
Geraldine Factory District hereinbefore described.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of December, 1894.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by the owners of the land described in
the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the
restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the
Crown grant bearing date the eleventh day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, described in the first
column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And
whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land
Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions
of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And
whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on him by "The Native Land Act, 1888," and
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all
restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant on the aliena-
tion of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Regulations under "The Lands Improvement and Native
Lands Acquisition Act, 1894."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of December, 1894.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fifth section of "The Lands
Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act,
1894," it is enacted that the Governor in Council may make
regulations for carrying out the purposes of the said Act:
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 make the following regulations for the
purpose of prescribing the conditions subject to which asso-
ciations of persons may be formed to settle on Crown lands,
and clear and otherwise improve the same:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Chief Sur-
   veyor of the district will in each case select the men who
   are to form the association; and he may refuse to accept
   as a member thereof any unsuitable person, or any person
   who in his opinion has already got sufficient land to keep
   him, or is otherwise in a position to apply for Crown land in
   the usual manner; the main object of these regulations
   being to assist deserving men who are out of employment, or
   who are otherwise unable to obtain land and thus become
   self-supporting.

2. For the purpose of constituting the association, the
   persons so selected shall sign the memorandum set forth in
   the First Schedule hereto, and such memorandum, when
   approved in writing by the Commissioner, shall be retained
   by him.

3. The land for each association will be divided into sec-
   tions of from 10 acres to 200 acres each, as the Commissioner
   may determine, and one section, but no more, shall be al-
   located to each member of the association.

4. The sections may be allotted to members by ballot,
   under the supervision of an officer of the department or
   the Commissioner, or by agreement amongst the members
   without ballot, but in either case with the approval of the
   Commissioner; or the Commissioner himself may allot the
   sections without any ballot, and no member shall have any
   ground of objection by reason of any such allotment.

5. Pending the grant of a lease or license under Part III.
   of "The Land Act, 1892," to the holder of a section, no trans-
   fer of such section will be permitted without the sanction of
   the Board in terms of section 33 of the Land Act, and be-
   fore sanctioning the same the Board must be satisfied that
   there is a good and substantial reason for the transfer, and
   that no profit is made out of the transaction by the trans-
   feror.

6. In the event of any person to whom a section has been
   allotted throwing up such section, or neglecting or refusing
   to reside thereon and to improve the same, or to pay rent
   therefor, or to comply with these regulations to the satis-
   faction of the Commissioner, such person shall be deemed
   to have forfeited his interest, and thereupon the section
   may be allotted afresh as if it had not been previously
   allotted, and he shall cease to be a member of the associa-
   tion.