654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open as a village settlement, 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 and Second Schedules hereto shall be disposed of, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Hawaenga Village Settlement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
KIWITEA COUNTY.—HAWAENGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

*This allotment is weighted with £5 for improvements.

DESCRIPTION OF HAWAENGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
This settlement is situated on the east bank of the Rangitikei River, adjacent to the Kawatau Improved-farm Settlement, the access being from Mangaweka, which is about two miles and a half distant by the Mangawharariki and Kawatau Valley Roads, which will be available for dray traffic when the bridge now being constructed across the Rangitikei River is completed.

All the sections except 15, 16, and 17 are flat, and form part of the Hawaenga clearing, which is covered with grass and patches of manuka scrub. The clearing has running through it an old bed of the Rangitikei River, which in wet weather becomes swampy. The three sections referred to above as not being level throughout occupy a flat-topped sandstone hill, small portions of which are level and the balance easy slopes, covered with mixed bush, comprising kahikatea, rimu, matai, hinau, maire, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, karamu, horopito, &c. The soil is good throughout, resting on sandstone-and-shingle formation. The sections are watered by small creeks and swamps, which are possibly dry in summer. The improvements consist of two whares, one on Section 42, valued at £5, and the other on Section 45, also valued at £5.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated in the First and Second Schedules hereto are first-class lands.

2. The lands in the First Schedule are village allotments, open for sale by public auction on Wednesday, the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and each purchaser must pay one-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days.

3. The lands in the Second Schedule 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”), and shall be open for application on Wednesday, the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

4. The prices and rental stated in the Schedules hereto shall be the prices at which the land shall be offered for sale or open for application.

5. Applications for the lands in the Second Schedule 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, Wellington.

6. 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 to the said Act.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in each license or 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.

10. 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.

11. No person shall hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the benefit of any other person whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector of the lands enumerated in the Second Schedule, but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

12. The following conditions shall apply to Sections 42, 43, and 45 only: The lessee of each allotment shall once a year, during the term of his lease, properly clean and clear from weeds, and shall at all times during the said term keep open, all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses upon the land contained in his or her lease, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or any other person or persons authorised by him, shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make through the land any drain that he deems necessary, without payment of any compensation to the lessee. In the event of the lessee at any time failing to comply with the above condition, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee in the same manner as rent.

13. 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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Ashburton County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a reserve for river-protection purposes on the nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Ashburton 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,