May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 905

FIRST SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

This section is situated in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, on the Huia Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about half a mile distant by formed road. The section comprises undulating land; the soil is of a clayey nature, resting on papa formation, and is covered with manuka scrub; the section is watered by the Pongaroa Stream. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with £8 10s. for improvements, which comprise 3 acres grassed at £1 10s. per acre (partly overgrown), £4 10s.; whare (dilapidated), £4.

Poukiore Village Settlement.

2, 4, 6, 8 | 5 0 35 | 3 2·4 | 0 8 5

These sections are situated in the Hunter ville District, near the junction of the Morimotu Road with the Watershed Road. The access is from Hunter ville, which is about five miles and a half distant by a good dray-road; also from Mangaonoho Railway-station, distant about three miles and a half by a good dray-road. The sections comprise hilly land with a fair building-site on Section 2, near the road; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation; the forest is mixed, comprising chiefly rimu, tawa, birch, &c., with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind.

Pahiatua Village Settlement.

56 | 4 0 32 | 4 0 | 0 8 5

This section is situated in the Pahiatua Village Settlement, on Cross Road. The access is from Main Road, which is about 11 chains distant. The section comprises level land, part of which is swamp, and has been cleared and grassed; the soil is alluvial, resting on gravel formation; the section is watered by a swamp and well. The elevation is about 400 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with £40 for improvements, which comprise 4 acres felled and grassed, fencing (out of repair), dwelling-house, out-buildings, &c., and well.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. THE lands enumerated herein are first-class lands, and 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”).

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection shall be Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1900.

3. The rentals stated herein shall be the prices at which the lands 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 applications 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, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed 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 valuation of the 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 one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit or 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 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.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of May, 1900.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section 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 twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, the land described in the First Schedule hereto has been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as village settlements, and it is expedient to fix the terms and conditions upon which the said land 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 land 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 land shall be leased as village-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

The section is situated at Raetihi, and comprises nearly level land; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation; the forest is mixed, comprising rimu, matai, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth of karamu, horopito, &c. The general quality of the section is good.

The access to this section, which is situated in the Birmingham Special Settlement, is from Birmingham, which is about two miles distant, by a road fit for dray traffic for one mile and three-quarters. The section comprises mostly flat land, the rest is easily sloping ground. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, rata, &c., is heavy on the flats but light on the slopes, with a thick undergrowth of supplejacks, mokomoko, pukapuka, rangiora, &c. A fire has been through most of the bush. The section is well watered by a constant running stream. The elevation ranges from 1,200 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.