Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1225

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allot-
ments in Wellington.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth

day of July, 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 twenty-
fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
first day of August, 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 village settlements, 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 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.
Raka-toru Village-homestead Settlement.

This village is situated in a new and progressing district,
about half a mile from the centre of the Mangaweka Town-
ship, and is approached by the road leading to the Cradle
Bridge over the Rangitikei River. A portion of the village
has a frontage to the Main Trunk Road. Nearly the whole
of the sections are practically level, the soil being rich black
alluvial on a papa formation; covered with mixed bush.

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 Thursday, the 17th 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 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 day 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 substantial
    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.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by "The Land for Settlements Act,
1894," and the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of "The
Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of
the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said one hun-
dred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare
that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on and after the tenth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five,
and that the said lands may be selected on lease in per-
petuity, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892";
and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said
lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said
Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands
respectively.