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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six, certain regulations were made under the autho-
rity of "The Electric Lines Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed
"the said Act"), inter alia, for the transmission of telegrams
from members of the General Assembly, and for fixing
the fees and rates to be demanded for such transmission:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke the regulations and
charges for the transmission of such telegrams, and to make
others in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by section fifteen of the said Act, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby revoke the said regulations of the
twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six, so far as the same relate to the transmission of
telegrams forwarded by members of the General Assembly,
and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set
forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby further
order and declare that these regulations shall have effect
on and from the seventeenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.

TELEGRAMS FORWARDED BY MEMBERS OF GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.

During the session of Parliament members of the General
Assembly may send telegrams at the following rates, viz.:—
For the first thirty-six words or any fraction s. d.
thereof, including address and signature.. 0 6
For every four words or fraction of four
words after the first thirty-six words .. 0 1

During the recess members of the General Assembly may
also send telegrams to Ministers of the Crown at the fore-
going rates.

Such telegrams shall be restricted either to domestic,
public, or parliamentary business. Any disregard of this
condition will render the telegram presented liable to be
treated and charged for as an ordinary telegram.

"Collect" telegrams addressed to a Minister by any mem-
ber of Parliament shall not be accepted for transmission at
any telegraph office unless the Minister has by telegram
requested such member to send him a reply "free," and
proof thereof be given to the transmitting officer.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Whenuakura Special Settlement Associa-
tion.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth
day of August, 1896.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-third section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter,
and repeal regulations fixing the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any special settlement shall be disposed
of by lease in perpetuity:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by the herein-
before in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby make the following regulations fixing the terms and
conditions upon which the lands known as the Whenuakura
Special Settlement Association Block, described in the
Schedule to the said regulations, shall be disposed of, that
is to say:—

Regulations.

1. In the construction of these regulations, unless the con-
   text shall otherwise require, the following expressions shall
   have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—
   "Association" means the Whenuakura Special Settle-
   ment Association, being a body of persons, not less
   than fifty-five in number, voluntarily associated to-
   gether at Palmerston North, in the Provincial Dis-
   trict of Wellington, for the purpose of taking up
   the land as a special settlement of farm home-
   steads:
   "Land" means the land described in the Schedule, set
   apart for a special settlement, to be dealt with under
   these regulations:
   "Settler" means any member of the association or other
   person, not being a married woman, leasing land
   under these regulations:

"Receiver of Land Revenue" means Receiver of Land
Revenue at New Plymouth, or other officer for the
time being acting as such:
"Minister" means the Minister of Lands for the time
being, or any member of the Executive acting for
him:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Crown
Lands for the Land District of Taranaki:
"Secretary" means the secretary of the association for
the time being, and shall include any person acting
in that capacity, and, if there shall be no secretary,
then the chairman of the association:
"Substantial improvements of a permanent character"
mean and include reclamation from swamps, clear-
ing of bush, gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub,
cultivation, planting with trees or live hedges, the
laying-out and cultivation of gardens, fencing,
draining, making roads, sinking wells or water-
tanks, constructing water-races, in any way im-
proving the character or fertility of the soil, or the
erection of any building:
"Cultivation" means—
(1.) Fencing the land with timber or other durable
materials, not being a brush fence; or
(2.) Breaking up and laying down the same in
English or other cultivated grass; or
(3.) Breaking up and planting or sowing root or
other crops therein:
"Lease" means a lease in perpetuity in terms of
Part III. of "The Land Act, 1892."

2. The block of land to be dealt with under these regula-
   tions has been surveyed into sections of not more than 320
   acres each, and the number of persons to be located thereon
   shall not be less than fifty-five.

3. The allotment of sections to members of the associa-
   tion shall be made at such time and in such manner as the
   association may, with the consent of the Commissioner, de-
   termine.

4. The land shall be disposed of by lease at an annual
   rental of 4 per cent. on the capital value fixed by the Minister.

5. One-third of the rents paid from time to time shall,
   for the first fifteen years, be paid to the local body of the
   district charged with the construction and maintenance of
   the roads in the district, for the expenditure on roads in or
   leading to the block. Such expenditure to be first sanctioned
   by the Land Board for the Land District of Taranaki.

6. All rents and moneys required to be paid for the land
   under these terms and conditions shall be paid to the Re-
   ceiver of Land Revenue, and receipts given by him shall be
   sufficient discharge for the payment of the moneys therein
   respectively acknowledged to have been received.

7. The settlers shall be members of the association, and
   no settler shall be under seventeen years of age.

8. The secretary shall inform the Commissioner of the
   names of the settlers; pay a deposit of 10s. per member;
   and also furnish the Commissioner from time to time with
   minutes of proceedings of the association, if so required.

9. The original or amended list of members, signed by the
   secretary of the association, and sent to the Commissioner,
   shall be prima facie evidence that the persons claiming to
   select land are members of the association.

10. Each settler shall put on the land comprised in his
    lease substantial improvements as follows:—
    (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, to a
    value equal to ten per centum of the price of the
    land;
    (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a
    value equal to another ten per centum of the
    price of the land;
    (c.) And thereafter, but within six years from the date
    of his lease, to a value equal to another ten per
    centum of the price of the land;
    And in addition thereto shall, within six years from the date
    of his lease, put substantial improvements of a permanent
    character to the value of £1 per acre.

11. Residence and occupation of the land shall be in ac-
    cordance with Part III. of "The Land Act, 1892."

12. No person who is the owner in fee or leasehold of any
    land in New Zealand which, together with the land included
    in his application or transfer under these regulations, would
    exceed 320 acres, and no person who has made an arrange-
    ment or agreement to permit any one, save his son or
    daughter, to acquire by purchase or otherwise the allotment
    in respect of which his application is made, shall be entitled
    to become a settler under these regulations.

13. Any settler who fails to comply with these regula-
    tions in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to
    the satisfaction of the Land Board of the district, forfeit
    his interest in the land selected, and the land shall there-
    after be dealt with as ordinary Crown land; and these con-
    ditions shall be sufficient authority for such forfeiture.

14. The association may make such rules and regulations
    from time to time as it may deem necessary, subject to the
    approval of the Commissioner.