APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 609

Level land, good soil; covered with timber only fit for firewood; within one mile of Waimatua Railway-station. 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 27th day of May, 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.

Addition to the Taupo Domain brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, David Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve set apart as a thermal-springs reserve in the Land District of Auckland, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with, in manner directed by the said Act, by the Taupo Domain Board, constituted by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, being Section No. 2, Block II., Tauhara Survey District, Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a line, 1100 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 3 1273 links, the crossing of a road-line 100 links, and by Section No. 3 aforesaid 202 links; towards the south-west by a line, 1100 links; towards the north-west by a line 113 links, the crossing of a road-line 109 links, and a line 1353 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Opotiki Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Incorporated).

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for an Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s showground on the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Opotiki Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Incorporated):

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Opotiki Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Incorporated),” in trust, for a showground.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, known as Allotments Nos. 236, 237, and 238 of Section No. 1, Town of Opotiki. Bounded towards the north by Allotments Nos. 253, 252, and 251 of the aforesaid section, 300 links; towards the east by Vogel Street, 162 links; towards the south by Victoria Street, 309 links; and towards the west by Allotment No. 235 of the aforesaid section, 238 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Wairarapa North County Council.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for ferry purposes on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Wairarapa North County Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Wairarapa North County,” in trust, for ferry purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 83 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more or less, being Section No. 27, Block V., Waimata South Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 13, 14, and 15; towards the east by the 100 links reserve along the Akitio River; towards the south by Native Reserve 28; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 176, 177, exclusive of a road 2 chains wide traversing the said section: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.