Sept. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1423

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 settlements shall be divided into village-homestead

allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.

Holmesdale Vil- | 6 | V. | 2 3 11 | £ s. d. | £ s. d.

lage | 7 | " | 2 0 24 | 0 2 0 | 0 2 10

Open land, level, more or less gravelly. Distance, about

three miles from Lumsden, on the Mossburn Railway-line.

Limit of holdings in this village, 10 acres.

Fern Hill Vil- | 2 | II. | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

lage | 3 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

Ditto | 4 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

" | 5 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

" | 6 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

" | 7 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

" | 8 | " | 2 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 3 0

Land low-lying, partly subject to flood. Distance, half a

mile from McLean's Crossing, on the Invercargill–Kingston

Railway. Limit of holdings in this village, 20 acres.

Morley Village | 1 | III. | 6 0 5 | 0 4 0 | 0 12 0

Open land, mostly undulating, soil fair, covered with

manuka scrub. Near Nightcaps Railway terminus. This

section is burdened with valuation for improvements, con-

sisting of fencing and draining, £10. Limit of holdings in

this village, 25 acres.

Southland County.

Chatton .. | 48 | XXI. | 7 2 28 | 0 2 4·8 | 0 9 3

" .. | 49 | " | 9 1 2 | 0 2 4·8 | 0 11 2

(Maitland Village.) Open terrace land, on bank of Wai-

kaka Stream, six miles from Waikaka Railway-siding.

Each section is burdened with valuation for improvements,

consisting of ploughing and fencing: Section 48, £3 10s.;

Section 49, £3 10s. Limit of holdings in this village, 10 acres.

Seaward Bush | 18 | III. | 5 0 0 | 0 4 0 | 0 10 0

Township | 19 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 4 0 | 0 10 0

Bush land, nearly level, low-lying in places; capable of

yielding good crops when cleared, and good grass even when

surface-sown. Limit of holdings, 10 acres. Distance, one

mile from Clifton Railway-station.

Invercargill | 91 | XX. | 19 0 29 | 0 2 2·2 | 1 0 2

Hundred

(Ackers Village.) Part of abandoned sawmill area. Soil,

good black loam; bush only fit for firewood. Distance

from Invercargill, about eight miles, by a fairly good road.

Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 thirtieth 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,

Invercargill; 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 pre-

scribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

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.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in

each lease shall 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 apply accord-

ingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. 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.

10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated in the

First Schedule, including that already held, and all allot-

ments shall be held for his or her 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.

11. 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Julia Ann Cooper to use and occupy a Part of the

Foreshore of Collingwood Harbour.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day

of September, 1895.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered

to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under

"The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883" (hereinafter

called "the said Act"), Julia Ann Cooper, of Collingwood,

sawmill proprietor (and hereinafter called "the licensee"),

has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under

the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and of the

land below low-water mark of Aorere or Collingwood Har-

bour, in the Provincial District of Nelson, in order to erect a

wharf thereon, and, in accordance with the one hundred and

fifty-sixth section of "The Harbours Act, 1878," has de-

posited a plan in the office of the Marine Department, at

Wellington (marked M.D. 2014), showing the position in

which it is intended to erect such wharf, the area of fore-

shore intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is

proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in

Council has approved of the purpose for which the said fore-

shore is to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a

license should be granted and issued to the licensee under

the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and

conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony

of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and

authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other

powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by

and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object for

which the said license is required by the licensee as afore-

said; and in further pursuance and exercise of the said

power and authority, and with the like advice and consent

as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensee to

use and occupy that part of the foreshore on which the wharf

is to be erected, as shown on the plan so deposited as afore-

said, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said

wharf, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee

upon and subject to the following terms and conditions, that

is to say:—

1. In these conditions the term "Minister" means the

Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as defined

by "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," and includes

any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direc-

tion of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order

in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the

foreshore occupied by the said wharf, as shown on plan

marked M.D. 2014.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges

granted by this Order in Council the licensee shall, on being

supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of

five pounds, and thereafter an annual sum of two pounds,

payable on the first day of September, dating from the 1st

day of September, 1895.

4. All persons shall at all reasonable times, upon payment

of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said

wharf, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and there-

from,