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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 erec-
tion of any non-movable building.
11. 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.
12. 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.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY APPLICANT.

I, __, of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of

"The Land Act, 1892," am applying for the purchase of a
lease of Section __, Village Settlement.
3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use
and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or
benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.
4. That I am not the owner, or lessee, or occupier, directly
or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other
person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony ex-
ceeding in the whole one acre.
5. That I have not, within one year from the date hereof,
surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal or lease
in perpetuity of the lands for a lease whereof I am now
applying.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

A.B.

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 18 __, before
me— __, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 12th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Court which was notified to be held at Maketu on the 7th day of February,
1895, has been adjourned to the 14th day of March, 1895.

J. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 3rd January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at Gisborne on the 18th day of February, 1895, or as soon thereafter as the business of
the Court will allow.

[ Gisborne, 95-2. ]

JOHN BROOKING, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 14th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at New Plymouth on the 31st day of January, 1895, or as soon thereafter as the business
of the Court will allow.

[ Wellington, 95-4. ]

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS.