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covered with mixed bush, low-lying and swampy in places ;
capable of yielding good crops when cleared, and good grass
when even surface- sown. Limit of holding, 20 acres.
Section 12, Block III., burdened with £5, valuation for im-
provements.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are divided into 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 Tuesday, the 6th day of March, 1900.
3. The rentals stated shall be the prices 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, occupa-
   tion, 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, and the valua-
   tion for improvements, 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. No lessee shall hold more than the maximum area
   stated above, including that already held, and such area
   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.
9. 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
   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. 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 Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of December, 1899.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth sec-
tion 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 sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
on the nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine, the lands described in the First
Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and
declared open for lease as village settlements, and it is ex-
pedient 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 con-
ditions 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

This section is situated on Titoki Road, and is distant
about half a mile from school, Post- and Telephone-office,
store, &c. The access is from Pahiatua, which is about
nineteen miles distant by coach-road, also about same dis-
tance from Woodville via Woodville-Aohanga Road. The
section comprises generally easy undulating country on
front, and is somewhat steep and broken at back. The soil
is of good quality, resting on limestone formation, and is
watered by Turakina Stream. The section is weighted
with £269 5s. for improvements, which comprise 17 acres
grassed, dwellinghouse, wash-house, dairy, cowshed, pig-
sty, garden, orchard, fencing, &c.

BUNNYTHORPE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

This lot is situated in Bunnythorpe, about three-quarters
of a mile from the township, from which there is a formed
road, and is nearly all flat land in grass, the soil being of
good quality, resting on papa formation, and watered by a
small stream.

ONGO SURVEY DISTRICT.

This section is situated in the Otamakapua Block, at the
junction of the Waituna Valley and Tapuae-Kiwitea Roads.
The access is from Waituna Village, which is about four
miles distant, by a good metalled dray-road. The section
comprises about 5 acres of almost flat land, the rest is broken
and cut up by deep gullies. The soil is of good quality,
resting on papa-and-shingle formation. The forest is light,
and fires have been through the most of it: it consists
chiefly of a few rimus, tawas, rewarewa, &c., with a thick
undergrowth of konini, mako, &c. The section is well
watered by a small stream.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are divided into 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 lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1900.
3. The rentals stated shall be the prices at which the
   land shall be open for selection.
4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applica-
   tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Wellington; and leases will be issued in accordance with
   the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.
5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupa-
   tion, 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. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s
   rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, and the
   valuation for improvements, 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.