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42. No person shall be capable of applying for or holding any allotment in any of the following cases, that is to say:—

(1.) If at the date of his application he is, directly or indirectly, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, the owner, tenant, or occupier of any land whatsoever under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.” or any former Land for Settlements Acts, or the owner in fee-simple, or the tenant or occupier under a lease for a term whereof not less than two years are unexpired, of any other land in the colony which, with the allotment applied for, would exceed in area 5,000 acres, or such greater area as in special circumstances the Minister authorises; or

(2.) If at such date he is the owner of real and personal property the total value whereof, after deducting the encumbrances thereon, exceeds one and a half times the capital value (exclusive of buildings) of the allotment applied for.

43. The lessee shall reside continuously on the land comprised in his lease, or by “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” deemed to be so comprised.

44. (1.) The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease substantial improvements as under, that is to say:—

(a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, to a value equal to the amount of one year’s rental; and

(b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to the amount of another year’s rental; and

(c.) Within six years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to the amount of other two years’ rental; and

(d.) On bush land he shall, in addition to the foregoing improvements, put, within six years from the date of his lease, substantial improvements of a permanent character to the value of ten shillings for every acre of such land if first-class pastoral land, or of five shillings if second-class pastoral land.

(2.) For the purposes of this clause, the Land Board shall determine and specify in the lease what proportion of the land comprised therein is first-class and what proportion is second-class pastoral bush land.

45. The lessee shall at all times during the term of the lease maintain in permanent pasture not less than two-thirds of the total area of the land.

46. The lease shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Fifth Schedule hereto, and may contain such additional provisions, not inconsistent with “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” or these regulations, as the Land Board thinks fit.

47. The provisions of clauses 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of these regulations shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and disposed of under the small-grazing-run system.

48. Subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and the foregoing regulations relating to small grazing-runs, the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and the regulations thereunder with respect to applications for and the grant of leases of small grazing-runs, the stipulations and conditions subject to which such leases may be granted, the rights and powers of the lessor and of every person and authority in his behalf, the rights, powers, and functions of the Land Board and the Commissioner in relation to the land and premises comprised in such leases, and the estate, interest, rights, duties, and liabilities of the lessees, shall apply to lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and disposed of under the small-grazing-run system: Provided that the lessee shall not be entitled to obtain a lease in perpetuity of the small grazing run by surrendering his small-grazing-run lease or otherwise, anything in “The Land Act, 1892,” to the contrary notwithstanding.

AS TO ALLOTMENTS FOR WORKMEN’S HOMES.

49. In every case where lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” are to be disposed of for workmen’s homes under section 13 of the said Act, they shall be disposed of by the Land Board of the land district by lease in perpetuity in the manner and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter appearing.

50. The land shall be divided into allotments not exceeding 5 acres each, and no lease shall comprise more than one allotment.

51. Every application shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Sixth Schedule hereto, and every applicant shall make the declaration therein set forth or to that effect.

52. No person shall be capable of applying for or holding any allotment if at the date of his application he is directly or indirectly, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, the owner, tenant, or occupier of any land whatsoever under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” or a former Land for Settlements Act, or “The Land Act, 1892,” or the owner in fee-simple, or the tenant or occupier under a lease for a term whereof not less than two years are unexpired, of any other land in the colony which, if town or suburban land, exceeds one-fourth of an acre, or, if rural land, exceeds fifty acres, in area, or which exceeds in value £300.

53. Before disposing of the allotments the Land Board shall determine whether or not the applicant is a workman within the meaning of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900”; and for that purpose “workman” shall be deemed to mean any male or female person above the age of twenty-one years who is engaged in any form of manual, clerical, or other work for hire or reward.