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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

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 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 land shall be leased as
village-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOT-
MENTS.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Kiwitea County.—Rewa Village-homestead Settlement.

This settlement is situated on the south-east side of the
Rangitikei River, in a settled district, its present approach
being from Feilding by Makino and Williamson's Roads, via
Beaconsfield; but in the immediate future, when the Vine-
gar Hill Bridge is completed, no doubt, from its nearness,
Huntersville will form the general outlet, seeing that it has
the advantage of close railway connection. The land is
practically all level, with excellent soil consisting of a river-
deposit overlying gravel; covered with timber.

Kiwitea County.—Pakihikura Village-homestead Settlement.

This village lies in the centre of a rising and progressive
district. Its access at present is from Feilding, via the
Waituna Valley and other northern roads, and a dray-road
is formed or under contract all the way thereto; in the
immediate future, however, when the Vinegar Hill Bridge
over the Rangitikei River is erected, no doubt, from its
nearness and the railway communication, the connection
will be by Hunterville. The bulk of the land is easily slop-
ing or level, the soil being good on a papa and sandstone
formation; covered with mixed timber.

Kiwitea County.—Karewarewa Village-homestead Settlement.

This village is situated in the centre of the Marton Nos. 1.
and 2 Association Blocks, all of which and the surrounding
country has been taken up for settlement, and is distant
from the Township of Rangiwahia about four miles and a
half, the whole distance being available for dray-traffic to
within a quarter of a mile of the village settlement. The
land is mostly level, the balance easy slopes; the soil is good,
with papa formation; most of the sections are well watered.
A portion of the land is natural clearing, the balance mixed
bush.

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 selec-
   tion 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 15th day of October, 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
   provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wel-
   ington, and at Feilding, and leases will be issued in accord-
   ance with the provisions of Part I. as 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 July, 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 substan-
    tial improvements, shall apply accordingly 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 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 No. 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
   believing 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.