Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 339

Setting apart Land in the Canterbury Land District for Leasing as Small Grazing-runs.

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and seventy-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” relating to small grazing-runs.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Waimate County.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Pilot- and Signal-station in Tainui Survey District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a pilot- and signal-station on the said land:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and shown on the map therein referred to, shall, as from the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, vest in Her Majesty for the purposes of the public work above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as stated above.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1897.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as village-homestead allotments, 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 lands in the said village settlements shall be leased as village-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.
Village-homestead Allotments.

SURVEYED FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimate, Res.1126 | 6 | XI., XV. | 40 0 0 | 8 0 | 8 0 0
" " | 9 | XI. | 10 0 0 | 8 0 | 2 0 0
" " | 31 | XI. | 40 0 0 | 9 7·2 | 9 12 0

These sections are situated in the Wainono Village Settlement, lying north-east of the Township of Waimate, the distance from which to the sections varies from two miles and a half to about four miles and a half; they comprise undulating and flat agricultural land of good quality, intersected by gullies which are generally dry; the sections being on the whole well adapted for occupation by working-men, gardeners, and small farmers. The sections are weighted with valuation for improvements as follows: Lot 6, £29 12s. 3d. for hut, and boundary and internal fencing; Lot 9, £8 18s. for boundary-fencing; Lot 31, £103 0s. 6d. for house, outbuildings, and boundary and internal fencing: these sums must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposits and fees.

Waimate, Res.1123 | 13 | XVI. | 20 0 0 | 10 0 | 5 0 0
" " | 14 | XVI. | 40 0 0 | 10 0 | 10 0 0

These sections are situated in the northern portion of the Nukuroa Village Settlement, about two miles south-eastward from the Studholme Junction Railway-station, and comprise flat agricultural land of good quality, with numerous holes or depressed places, which, when drained, should prove of value, as they comprise rich vegetable mould; the lands are well suited for occupation by small farmers and others. The sections are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows: Lot 13, £17 4s. 6d. for boundary and internal fencing; Lot 14, £108 10s. 6d for house, outbuildings, boundary and internal fencing, &c.: these sums must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposits and fees.

Waitaki, Res. 1178 | 9 | IV. | 10 0 0 | 11 2·4 | 2 16 0
" " | 14 | IV. | 10 0 0 | 12 9·6 | 3 4 0