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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 5

(p.) For every lease (except leases under
"The West Coast Settlement Reserves
Act, 1892," and its amendments) pre-
pared by the Public Trustee, and
executed in favour of any lessee, ex-
clusive of stamp duty and registration
fee, to be paid by the lessee .. £1

(q.) For the Public Trustee's consent to, or
execution of, any assignment, or other
disposition of any leasehold, not being
an assignment consequent upon a sale
by the Public Trustee .. 10s.

(r.) In addition to any other charge, upon
each leasing or letting of land or
houses, if leased for twelve months or
upwards, on one year's rent .. £5 per cent.
If let for less than a year, as may be
arranged.

(s.) For conditions of sale of any realty .. 10s.
(t.) For conditions of sale of any personalty .. 5s.
(u.) Preparing each separate transmission
under "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," or registering each separate order of
administration or will against any
estate or interest registered as a title
in any Deeds Register Office .. 10s.

(v.) For application to be registered pro-
prietor under "The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894" .. £1.

(w.) For preparing power of attorney or ex-
emplification of a will for dealing with
any property .. 10s.
And where both the power and
exemplification require to be regis-
tered .. £1.

Provided that all sums lodged in
the Public Trust Office, or coming
under the control of the Public Trus-
tee, which arise out of the provisions
of, or come within the meaning of
"wages and effects of deceased sea-
men" in "The Shipping and Sea-
men's Act, 1877," shall be exempted
from the charge hereby imposed.

Upon any receipt under section 50 of
"The Property Law Consolidation Act,
1883," or section 100 of "The Land
Transfer Act, 1885," a charge shall be
made, whether against the estate or
not, of .. 10s.

For making any copy of any document,
6d. per folio, but no charge less than 1s.

In addition to the above-mentioned charges, estates or
persons will be liable to all expenses to which the Public
Trustee may be put in postage, exchange, telegrams, legal
assistance or legal proceedings or charges, fees payable in
any Court or public department, surveys, the collection of
rents, auctioneers' charges, and any other services or ex-
penses whatever which, in the opinion of the Public Trustee,
may be necessary or expedient to be provided or incurred in
the management of such estates :

Provided always that the Public Trustee may, with the
consent of the Board, reduce any of the charges hereinbefore
authorised.

All regulations in force under the Acts repealed by the
Act, except regulations made by the Governor or the Public
Trustee, under "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act,
1892," and "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1893," on the 27th day of October, 1892,
the 31st day of October, 1892, the 14th day of December,
1892, the 13th day of February, 1893, and the 7th day of
April, 1894, are hereby revoked.

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 fifteenth day
of January, 1895.

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 eleventh
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five, 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 Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix the
terms and conditions on which the lands 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-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
MANGAWEKA VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

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 Wednesday, the 13th 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 Ohingaiti, 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 and the valua-
   tion for improvements (if any), 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 person shall apply for or hold more than one allot-
   ment, and such allotment shall be held for his sole use and
   benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person
   whomsoever. 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 substantial