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(a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, to a
value equal to ten per centum of the price of the
land;
(b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a
value equal to another ten per centum of the price
of the land;
(c.) And thereafter, but within six years from the date
of his lease, to a value equal to another ten per
centum of the price of the land;
And in addition thereto shall, within six years from the
date of his lease, put substantial improvements of a per-
manent character to an amount equal to the net price of
every acre of such land.
11. Residence and occupation of the land shall be in ac-
cordance with Part III. of "The Land Act, 1892."
12. No person who is the owner in fee or leasehold of any
land in New Zealand which, together with the land included
in his application or transfer under these regulations, would
exceed 320 acres, and no person who has made an arrange-
ment or agreement to permit any one, save his son or
daughter, to acquire by purchase or otherwise the allotment
in respect of which his application is made, shall be entitled
to become a settler under these regulations.
13. Any settler who shall fail to comply with these regula-
tions in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to
the satisfaction of the Land Board of the district, forfeit
his interest in the land selected, and the land shall there-
after be dealt with as ordinary Crown land; and these con-
ditions shall be sufficient authority for such forfeiture.
14. The association may make such rules and regulations
from time to time as it may deem necessary, subject to the
approval of the Commissioner.
15. In case any doubt shall arise as to the sufficiency of
the compliance with these regulations, with reference to the
selection, occupation, or improvement of any land, or other-
wise arising thereunder respectively, the same shall be settled
by the Land Board.
16. Excepting as expressly modified by these regulations,
the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," and its amend-
ments shall be deemed to have full force and effect over and
upon the land herein referred to, and shall, mutatis
mutandis, be read as if these regulations formed part of
the Act.

Schedule.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, situated in
Blocks XIII. and XIV., Waro Survey District; and Blocks
I. and II., Poutu Survey District. Bounded towards the
north by Crown lands, towards the east by the confiscation
boundary-line, towards the south by Crown lands, and
towards the west by Crown lands; and, excepting reserves
for roads, education, and other purposes, containing a net
area for selection of 4,600 acres.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead
Allotments in Wellington.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of December, 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 twentieth
day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
twenty-first day of December, 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 a village settlement, 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 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 lands in the
said village settlement shall be divided into village-home-
stead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Rakaunui Village Homestead Settlement.
First-class Land.

Section. Area. Weighted for Lease in Perpetuity.
Improvements. Rent per Half-yearly
Acre. Rent.
A. R. P. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

1 10 0 0 3 10 0 1 6 0 7 6
2 10 0 0 3 10 0 1 6 0 7 6
3 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
4 10 0 0 5 5 0 1 4·8 0 7 0
5 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
6 10 0 0 2 12 6 1 4·8 0 7 0
7 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
8 10 0 0 6 0 0 1 4·8 0 7 0
9 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
10 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
11 10 0 0 4 10 0 1 7·2 0 8 0
12 10 0 0 0 10 0 1 6 0 7 6
13 10 0 0 .. 1 6 0 7 6
14 10 0 0 5 5 0 1 4·8 0 7 0
15 10 0 0 .. 1 4·8 0 7 0
16 10 0 0 .. 1 6 0 7 6
17 10 0 0 17 10 0 1 6 0 7 6
18 10 0 0 0 15 0 1 6 0 7 6
19 12 2 0 .. 1 6 0 9 5
20 77 0 0 .. 1 3·6 2 10 1
21 9 2 0 .. 1 6 0 7 2
22 10 0 0 .. 1 6 0 7 6
23 29 0 0 .. 1 3·6 0 18 10
24 41 0 0 .. 1 4·8 1 8 8

This settlement is situated at the junction of the main
Alfredton-Weber formed dray-road and the Makuri-Aohanga
Road, the latter being now almost completed for bridle traffic
throughout, and all the lots except three have frontages on
one or other of these roads. The land, generally speaking, is
sloping and hilly, with portions flat on some of the sections;
the soil is fair, on a papa formation, covered with heavy
forest, consisting chiefly of tawa, totara, rimu, white-pine,
&c., with a light undergrowth. The sections, as a whole, are
well watered, some, of course, being more favourable in this
respect than others.

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 Tuesday, the fifth day of March, 1895.
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 pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Wellington, and at Eketahuna, 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 hereby
   prescribed.
6. 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.
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. The next payment of rent will
   become due on the 1st January, 1896.
8. 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.
9. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one
   year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence
   shall be continuous.
10. 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 sub-
    stantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees
    under these regulations. The provisions of section 141, and