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terms as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, raising money upon the same, and otherwise, which have been agreed upon between Mangatu No. 1 and the said Walter George Foster, and are embodied in a deed of trust alr ady engrossed and expressed to be made between Mangatu No. 1 of the one part and the said Walter George Foster of the other part, and in another deed of trust, dated the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninty-nine, and expressed to be made between Wiremu Pere, Arapera Pere, Hetekia Pere, Monaroa Pere, Riria Mauaranui, and Rerepeti Rangikohora of the one part, and the said Walter George Foster of the other part: And whereas by section five of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that, for the purpose of giving full effect to sections three, four, and five of the said Act, the Governor in Council may exempt any land from all or any of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native lands, or lands owned or held by Natives, and it is desirable that the said block of land should be exempted from the restrictions, limitations, and provisions of the Acts hereinafter mentioned as hereinafter appears:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and of all other powers and authorities him thereunto enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint the said Walter George Foster as a fit person within the meaning of the said section to whom Mangatu No. 1 may convey the said parcel of land above described, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, upon the terms aforesaid. And His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section five of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the said Executive Council, doth hereby exempt the said lands from the following provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” that is to say: Sections fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, one hundred and seventeen, and one hundred and eighteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” sections three, five, six, nine, thirteen, and fourteen of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and section twenty-seven of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896.” To the intent that the said block of land may be vested in the said Walter George Foster, and dealt with by him in accordance with the trusts of the said deeds in the same manner as if the said restrictions, limitations, and provisions of the said Acts had never been imposed or had never affected the said block of land.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegating Powers under “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” to the Waipa County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” and of all other powers enabling him in that 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 delegate to the Waipa County Council the powers conferred upon him by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” as to the appointment and removal of Trustees for the Ohaupo Public Cemetery, described in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall take effect as from the day of the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

OHAUPO.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 192b, Parish of Ngaroto. Commencing at the south-western corner of Section No. 192, bounded towards the north by Section No. 192 aforesaid, 750 links; towards the east and south-east by a road, 53, 231, and 1214 links; towards the south-west by a road, 322 links; and towards the west by a road, 1171 links, to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Disposal of the Janefield Settlement, Otago 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 twenty-eighth day of August, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894” (hereinafter 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 land known as the Janefield Settlement, in the Otago Land District, which has been acquired under the principal Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE lands included in the Janefield Settlement 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 for leases shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Schedule hereto, and every applicant shall make the declaration therein set forth, or to that effect.

6. Applications shall be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

7. The day on which the lands shall be first opened for selection shall be Friday, the 15th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninty-nine.

8. Every applicant shall, to the best of his ability, answer the questions set forth in his application, and such other questions relating to his means and ability to work the land and fulfil the conditions of the lease as the Land Board may see fit to ask. Failure to answer any such question to the satisfaction of the Land Board will entail the rejection of the application.

9. 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 25 of these conditions.