MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1017

Terms and Conditions of Sale and Lease of Umutoi Village Settlement Lands, Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of April, 1901.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL 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 eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, the lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for sale or lease as a village settlement, and it is expedient 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 conditions on which the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by public auction for cash, and the lands mentioned in the Second Schedule by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—APITI SURVEY DISTRICT.—UMUTOI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
(For Sale for Cash by Public Auction.)
First-class Land.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — POHANGINA COUNTY. — APITI SURVEY DISTRICT.—UMUTOI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
(Village-homestead Allotment on Lease in Perpetuity.)
First-class Land.

This village is situated in the Salisbury Block, at the junction of the Umutoi Road with the Apiti–Norsewood Road. The access is from Apiti, from which it is distant about nine miles by dray-road (most of which is metalled), or from the railway at Ashhurst, which is about twenty-eight miles distant by dray-road via Pohangina. From the railway at Feilding the distance via Kimbolton and Apiti is about thirty-five miles.

The village is on flat or easy-sloping land of good quality, heavily timbered with kahikatea, rimu, rata, hinau, maire, towai, &c. Some of the sections are watered by Piripiri Stream, and all have good drainage. Good sites have been reserved for school, public hall, public buildings, and recreation-ground; and it is probable a creamery will be established in the village. The surrounding country is adapted for dairying, and a large area, of which the village is the centre, has been and is now being cleared and grassed.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands.

2. The lands in the First Schedule are village allotments, and will be offered for sale by public auction on Wednesday, 3rd July, 1901. One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance (with Crown-grant fee) within thirty days thereafter.

3. The land in the Second Schedule is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and shall be open for application on Wednesday, 3rd July, one thousand nine hundred and one.

4. The prices and rental stated above shall be the prices at which the land shall be offered for sale or open for application.

5. Applications for the allotment in the Second Schedule 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.

6. 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 to the said Act.

7. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

8. The rent 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.

9. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the 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 a lessee 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 a lessee under these regulations.

10. The lessee shall not 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. The lessee shall hold the allotment for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the 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.

12. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the land 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.

Powers delegated to the Mackytown Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of April, 1901.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the thirteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to