New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 100

Page 2239

✨ Land Settlement Application Form



Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2239

In proof of my fitness and qualifications to hold the land applied for, I hereby make the following replies to the under-mentioned questions:—

Question. Answer.
1. How old were you last birthday? ..
2. What means (including stock and agricultural implements or machinery) do you possess for stocking and cultivating the land, and erecting suitable buildings thereon; and what is the total value thereof?
3. Have you means sufficient, in your estimation, to enable you to profitably work the land and fulfil the conditions of the lease? If not, state how you propose to do so.
4. What experience have you had in cultivating agricultural land or in dairying?
5. What is your present occupation? ..
6. Are you married? If so, has your wife (or husband) had any experience in cultivating land, in farm-work, or in dairying? Give particulars.
7. Have you any family? If so, state the number and sex of your children now living with you, and their ages.
8. What land do you hold or have an interest in? Give particulars of the block, section, area, and value of such land, and say whether it is freehold, leasehold, or what other tenure, specifying also what portion of it (if any) is rural and what portion (if any) is town or suburban land.
9. What land does your wife (or husband) hold, or have an interest in? Give particulars as above.
10. Is the rural land (if any) mentioned in answers 8 and 9 insufficient for the maintenance of yourself and your family? If so, give your reasons.
11. Is the town or suburban land (if any) mentioned in answers 8 and 9 insufficient for a home for yourself and your family? If so, give your reasons.

Declaration.

I, __, of __, __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

  1. That I am of the age of twenty-one years and upwards.

  2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and the regulations made thereunder respectively, am applying for a lease in perpetuity of an allotment described in the foregoing application [or one of the allotments in the said group or subdivision].

  3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

  4. That I am not, directly or indirectly, either by myself 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,” nor the owner in fee-simple, nor 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 largest allotment included in the foregoing application, would exceed in area 1,000 acres.

  5. That the total value of all the real and personal property owned by me does not, after deducting the encumbrances thereon, exceed the prescribed proportion of capital value (exclusive of buildings) of any allotment comprised in the foregoing application: and I am aware that the prescribed proportion is,—

    Three times, where the area of the allotment does not exceed 100 acres;
    Twice, where such area exceeds 100 and does not exceed 500 acres; and
    One and a half times, where such area exceeds 500 acres.

  6. That my answers to the foregoing questions (Nos. 1 to 11) are true and correct in every particular.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

[Signature in full.]

Declared at __, this __ day of __, one thousand __, before me—

[Signature],
A Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand
[or as the case may be].

Received on __, at __.

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 November 1901
Land Regulations, Workmen's Homes, Lessee Qualifications, Improvement Requirements, Transfer Restrictions, Advances, Lease Conditions