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save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Canterbury Land District, is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby, 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

JOHN SCOTT RUTHERFORD and
DONALD STEWART,

who shall be known as the Opawa Domain Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,–

1. The Board shall meet once a quarter for the transaction of business. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

2. The annual meeting of the Board shall be held in January of each year.

3. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the members of the Board to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 1 rood 18 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 155 to 177 inclusive, Town of Opawa, as shown in certificate of title, Vol. cxcviii., folio 277, Canterbury.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of August, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have 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 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 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 lands shall be leased as village-homestead allotments only.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOTARA COUNTY.—NUKU-MARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—MOWHANAU VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

These sections are situated in the Mowhanau Village Settlement, which is distant about ten miles from Wanganui and about one mile from the sea-coast. The access is from Wanganui by about nine miles and a half of formed dray-road; the remaining portion is not yet formed. There is also access from the Kai-iwi Railway-station, which is from two and a half to three miles distant, by a surveyed road.

Section 1 comprises about 50 acres, Section 2 about 60 acres, Section 3 about 65 acres, and Section 4 about 50 acres of grass flats; the remaining areas of each section are hillsides with rough feed, such as toi-toi and native grasses. The soil is of good quality, resting on gravel and sandstone formation. There is about one acre of light bush and scrub on Section 4. Sections 1, 2, and 3 are watered by the Kai-iwi Stream, and Section 4 by three small rivulets. The elevation ranges from 40 ft. to about 238 ft. above sea-level.

The values of the improvements, which comprise grassing, fencing, &c., are included in the capital values on which the rentals are based.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands enumerated above 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 Wednesday, the 22nd day of October, 1902.

3. The rentals stated above 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. The successful applicants shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease fee, 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. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 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.

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