Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1553

Land set apart for Lease as Village-homestead Allotments in the Southland Land District.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown land respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for lease as village-homestead allotments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations for the Disposal of Sections in the Town of Seddon, Marlborough Land District, acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its Amendments.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894” (hereafter called “the principal Act”), it is enacted that lands acquired under the principal Act, or any Act by that Act repealed, whether the same be classed as rural, suburban, or town lands, shall, subject to regulations made under the principal Act, be disposed of under the lease-in-perpetuity system, or, if pastoral, under the small-grazing-run system of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892”; and also that, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” the Governor may from time to time make all such regulations under “The Land Act, 1892,” as he shall see fit for (inter alia) the time within which and the manner in which shall be done any act, matter, or thing in the principal Act expressed to be prescribed for the disposition of any land acquired under the principal Act, or for regulating the conditions of occupation of any such land, or for fixing the area of rural or suburban land which may be applied for or occupied by any one person, or for any other purpose relating to or in connection with the disposition of any such land:

And whereas by “The Land for Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1896” (hereinafter called “the amending Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time make regulations for any purpose for which they are contemplated by the amending Act, or for any purpose which he deems necessary in order to give full effect to that Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Land Act, 1892,” the principal Act, and the amending Act, or any of them, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations to fix the terms and conditions for the disposition and occupation of the sections of land situated in the Town of Seddon, in the Marlborough Land District, which have been acquired under the principal Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. The lands included in the Town of Seddon are divided into sections, which are open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and “The Land for Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1896” (herein referred to as “the amending Act”).

2. The lease shall be for a term of 999 years, to be reckoned from the next 1st day of January or July following the date of the lease, and shall in addition include the broken period between the date of the lease and such day.

3. The half-yearly rentals shall be the prices at which the land shall be open for selection, and shall be payable in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year, the first half-year’s rent being due on the 1st day of January or July first following the date of the lease, and being payable out of the hereinafter-mentioned deposit.

4. The lease shall be dated as on the day whereon the Land Board declares that the applicant has succeeded in obtaining the allotment.

5. Applications shall be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim.

6. The day on which the lands shall be first opened for selection shall be Friday, the 18th day of August, 1899.

7. No application will be considered unless it is accompanied by a deposit consisting of an amount equal to the rent for the first half-year of the term, together with the sum of one guinea to defray the cost of the lease, and, if the application is in respect to land on which buildings are situate, the amount of the first half-yearly instalment in respect of the value thereof, and interest thereon, or, as the case may be, of the interest alone, as hereinafter provided in clause 16 of these conditions.

8. An application may be for more sections than one, but no person shall be allowed to acquire or to hold more than two adjoining sections in Mills Street, Seymour Street, Wakefield Street, Redwood Street, and not more than five adjoining sections in any other street.

9. If any application comprises more allotments than one, or one group, it shall be sufficient if the prescribed deposit is duly made in respect of the allotment applied for whose deposit is the largest.

10. If the applicant is successful in obtaining an allotment, his deposit, or a sufficient part thereof, shall be retained and applied in payment of the items hereinbefore referred to in respect of such allotment, and the residue, if any, shall be returned to him.

11. When more applications than one are made on the same day for the same land, the right to occupy the land shall, if such applications are accepted by the Land Board, be decided by ballot in accordance with the regulations under “The Land Act, 1892.”

If any section or group of sections is applied for by more than one person, then any section or group, or part of a group, which has been applied for, shall be balloted for separately.

12. The lessee shall once a year throughout the term of his lease, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences on the land at the date of the lease, or subsequently planted thereon, and stub all gorse not growing as fences, and also stub all broom and sweetbriar and other noxious plants.

13. The lessee 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; and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (hereinafter called “the Commissioner”) or any Crown Lands Ranger of the land district