Num. 52.

1161

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897.

Regulations under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and “The Land Act, 1892.”

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section thirty-seven of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Governor from time to time may, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” make such regulations under “The Land Act, 1892,” as he shall see fit for (inter alia) the forms of requisitions and claims under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and the time within and the manner in which shall be done anything in that Act expressed to be prescribed:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power, and of all other powers and authorities him enabling in this behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes aforesaid:—

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations,—
   “First-class land” means agricultural land:
   “Prescribed maximum” means either 1,000 acres of first-class land, or 2,000 acres of second-class land with a site for a homestead, or 5,000 acres of third-class land with a site for a homestead; except in the case of land situate within five miles of any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, when “prescribed maximum” means 500 acres of any class:
   “Second-class land” means 2,000 acres of mixed agricultural and pastoral land:
   “Site for a homestead” means any area not exceeding 200 acres of first-class or second-class land surrounding the homestead; but such area is included in the area of the prescribed maximum:
   “Third-class land” means land suitable only for pastoral purposes.

2. Whenever it is intended to take land compulsorily the requisition to be served on the owner by the Minister as required by section 11 of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” shall be in the form or to the effect following, that is to say,—

New Zealand.

NOTICE of Intention to take Land compulsorily under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended on behalf of Her Majesty to take compulsorily, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the land whose acreage, description, and classification, as also the name and address of whose owner, are specified in the Schedule hereto.

Schedule.

(1.) Acreage and description: All that parcel of land, situate in the Land District of , containing by admeasurement acres , be the same a little more or less [Identify the land with reasonable particularity by reference to section, block, plans, or otherwise].

(2.) The Minister’s classification of the land: [Set out classification into first-class, second-class, or third-class land, as the case may be.]

(3.) Whether the land intended to be taken is the whole or less than the whole of the owner’s block: [State “the whole” or “less than the whole,” as the case may be.]

(4.) Acreage and Minister’s classification of the whole block where less than the whole is intended to be taken:

(5.) Name and address of owner: [Set out name and address of—
(a.) The owner in fee-simple;
(b.) Each owner of any lesser estate or interest as disclosed by the Land Transfer or Deeds Registration Registers, specifying in each case the nature of the estate or interest—e.g., lessee, mortgagee, &c., and adding “of part of the land” or “of the whole of the land,” as the case may be;
(c.) Every other owner of any estate or interest, so far as known to the Minister.]

Dated at Wellington, this day of , 18 .

Minister of Lands.

3. The requisition shall be accompanied by plans and descriptions, showing, as the case may be, the acreage and the Minister’s classification of (a) the land intended to be taken, and (b) the whole block.

4. The owner’s claim for compensation shall be in the form or to the effect following, with such variation as the circumstances may require:—

New Zealand.

CLAIM for Compensation by [Full name, occupation, and address of claimant] in respect of Land intended to be taken compulsorily on behalf of Her Majesty under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” pursuant to Requisition by the Minister of Lands dated the day of , 18 .

(1.) Claimant’s address for service: [Specify address, which must be a place in the colony.]