Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 271

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Open land, level; vegetation, silver tussock; fair soil. Distance from Gore, seven miles. Burdened with valuation for fencing, £5. Limit of holdings in this village, one allotment.

Invercargill | 67 | XV. | 5 0 0 | 1 7*2 | 0 4 0
Hundred

Land low-lying, peaty; soil good, if drained. Near West Plains, about three miles from Invercargill. Limit of holdings in this village, 20 acres.

Invercargill | 79 | XXII. | 39 2 35 | 2 4*8 | 2 8 0
Hundred | 80 | | | | |
Ditto

Land nearly level, good soil, bush-clad, mixed bush. Close to Tisbury Railway-station. Burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of hut and fencing, £20. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

Wallace County.

Longwood .. | 57 | V. | 32 0 13 | 1 7*2 | 1 5 8

Bush land, low-lying in places, good soil. About one mile from Wakapatu. 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 15th day of April, 1896.

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, Invercargill; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed 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 accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject 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 allotments 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 regulations, 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 Robert Scollay to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Half-moon Bay.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Dunedin, this third day of February, 1896.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Robert Scollay, of Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island (hereinafter called "the licensee"), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under "The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), to occupy a part of the foreshore and the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore, in order to erect and maintain thereon a shed for fish-cleaning purposes in Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island; and, in accordance with the one hundred and fifty-sixth section of "The Harbours Act, 1878," has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2051), showing the place in the said bay where it is intended to erect such shed, and the area of foreshore or land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation; and the said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued to the licensee 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 with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the licensee as aforesaid, 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 and of the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon a shed for fish-cleaning purposes; 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 direction 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 and of the land below low-water mark alongside the approach to the wharf at Half-moon Bay, and shown inside black lines and marked "Proposed shed" on the said plan marked M.D. 2051.

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 ten shillings, such annual payments to date from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and the first of such annual payments to be made to the Minister on a copy of this Order in Council being supplied to the licensee.

4. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order in Council, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

5. That the said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor, and the licensee may be required to remove the shed, at his own cost, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the licensee three calendar months' previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand.

6. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which may be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the shed or by contact with it, and which may be occasioned by any default or neglect on his part.

7. In case the licensee shall—
   (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-before set forth, or any of them;