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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 pro-
    vision 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.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allot-
ments in Southland.

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 shall be leased as
village-homestead allotments only.

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

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.

Seaward Bush | 20 | III. | A. R. P. | s. d. | s. d.
" | 21 | " | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 10 0
| | | 5 0 0 | 4 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. Distance, one mile from Clifton Railway-
station. Maximum area of holdings in this village, 10
acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are 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 land shall be open for selection
   shall be Thursday, the 25th day of March, 1897.

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 maximum area
    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 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.

Altering Boundaries of Southland and Wallace Counties.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of
February, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by
section three of "The Counties Act 1886 Amend-
ment Act, 1895" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), the
Southland County Council and the Wallace County Council
respectively did, by an instrument bearing date the twenty-
second day of December last, formally agree that the bound-
aries of the said counties should be altered to the extent set
forth in the Schedule to the said instrument and also in the
Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that such
alteration of boundaries be approved by the Governor in
Council, and that such altered boundary be defined in terms
of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and
authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, do hereby order and declare that, on and after the
publication of these presents in the New Zealand Gazette,
the boundaries of the Counties of Southland and Wallace
respectively shall be those set forth under their respective
headings in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Bounded towards the north generally by Lake County and
Vincent County respectively, as described in the First
Schedule to "The Counties Act, 1876": towards the east
generally by Tuapeka County, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 111, 30th December, 1882, and Clutha
County, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3,
4th January, 1884: towards the south generally by the
ocean: towards the west generally by a line along the
middle of the Waimatuku Stream from the ocean to the
road which forms the southern boundary of Section No. 25,
Oreti Hundred; thence by a line along the middle of that
road to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section
No. 69; thence by a line along the middle of that road, and
along the middle of the road forming the southern boundary
of Section No. 166, and forming the western boundaries of
Sections Nos. 94, 91, 90, 89, 86, 80, 43, and 44, Oreti Hun-
dred, to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of
the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the
north-western corner of the said Section No. 44; thence by
the northern boundary-line of that section and the northern
boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 107 and 108, to the road
forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 51;
thence by a line along the middle of that road, and along
the middle of the road forming the eastern boundaries of
Sections Nos. 50, 49, and 48, to the road which intersects
the last-mentioned section; thence by a line running
easterly along the middle of the road intersecting Section
No. 62, and a line along the middle of the road forming part