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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

54. Each applicant must satisfy the Land Board (whose decision shall be final and conclusive) that he possesses the following qualifications:—
    (1.) That he is a workman as hereinbefore defined.
    (2.) That he has the means to erect a suitable house on the land for himself and his family, and to fence and cultivate the land, or that there is a reasonable probability that he will be able to do so with the assistance of any advance that may be made to him under the provisions in that behalf hereinafter contained, or otherwise.
    (3.) That he is in all respects a deserving and suitable person.

55. If any applicant fails to satisfy the Land Board as to any of the aforesaid qualifications, his application shall be void.

56. A lessee of a workman’s home shall put on the land comprised in his lease substantial improvements of a permanent character, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, as under, that is to say,—
    (1.) Within one year from the date of his lease, a substantial dwelling-house to the value of at least £30.
    (2.) Within two years from the date of his lease, a sufficient fence, within the meaning of “The Fencing Act, 1895,” round the land.
    (3.) Within three years from the date of his lease, at least one-fourth of an acre of the land shall be fenced off, and be under proper cultivation as a garden or orchard.

57. The lessee shall not at any time during the term, by assignment, underlease, mortgage, or other disposition, in any way transfer the possession or occupation of less than the whole of the land comprised in his lease, nor of the whole of it except with the consent of the Minister and the Land Board.

58. Section 50 of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” shall apply solely to lands set apart as allotments for workmen’s homes, and advances under that section may be made subject to the following conditions:—
    (1.) An advance of not more than £50 may be made to the lessee towards the cost of fencing and planting the land comprised in his lease, or of building a dwellinghouse thereon if no dwellinghouse already exists.
    (2.) Such advance shall not exceed one-half of the sum expended by the lessee in fencing, planting, and building actually done or erected and paid for by the lessee on the land.
    (3.) An acknowledgment of the receipt of such advance and of its repayment shall be indorsed on the lease, in the form shown in the Eighth Schedule hereto.
    (4.) No advance shall be made save on the written certificate of an Inspector appointed in that behalf by the Land Board, specifying the total value of the work done by the lessee, and the amount of the advance to which he is entitled, and certifying that such work has been well and faithfully done, and to the Inspector’s satisfaction.
    (5.) Such advance, together with interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, computed from the date of the advance, shall be repayable by the lessee to the Receiver of Land Revenue on the half-yearly rent-days by equal half-yearly instalments in advance, extending over such period, being not less than five nor more than ten years, as with the approval of the Minister the Land Board thinks fit to prescribe: Provided that the lessee may, at any time during such period, repay the whole or any less number of the then future instalments under a duly proportionate rebate of interest.
    (6.) The amount of the instalments shall be calculated according to the table shown in the Second Schedule hereto, and a certificate under the hand of the Commissioner shall at all times and from time to time be conclusive evidence as to the date and amount of the advance, the amounts and due dates of the instalments, and the sums paid and unpaid in respect thereof.
    (7.) As long as any such instalment remains unpaid the provisions of sub-clause (10), and as long as any such instalment in respect of a dwellinghouse remains unpaid the provisions of sub-clauses (5) to (10), inclusive, of clause 23 of these regulations shall apply.

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

60. The provisions of clauses 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 35 of these regulations shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to allotments disposed of for workmen’s homes.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION for Rural Land for Lease in Perpetuity under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its Amendments.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of .

I HEREBY apply for a lease in perpetuity of an allotment in group , subdivision , of the Settlement, and I deposit herewith the sum of £ ,* and I desire to select Section No. , Block No. , in the Survey District.

*Being the half-year’s rent of one of the allotments in the group or subdivision, plus £1 1s.