May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1195

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1903.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto were set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as village settlements; and by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, terms and conditions of lease of the said lands were fixed, and it is expedient to revoke the aforesaid Order in Council, and to fix fresh terms and conditions of lease of the lands enumerated therein:

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 revoke the aforesaid Order in Council of the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and doth, by this present Order, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — JACOB’S RIVER HUNDRED. — COLAC BAY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

Colac Bay Village is situated on the coast, some six miles from Riverton, and fronts the Riverton-Orepuki Railway-line, being half a mile from Colac Bay Railway-station. Good situation; easy access; ground swampy. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated above are second-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 8th day of July, 1903.

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, Invercargill; 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. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee, and the valuation for improvements (if any) 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 the limit stated in the First Schedule, and all allotments 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 other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1903.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, 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 the undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Woodbury Domain Board, namely,—

JOSEPH WOODING,
JOSEPH WEBB,
FREDERICK ROBERT FLATMAN, Jun.,
JOSEPH FIFIELD, and
JOHN SCOTT

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Woodbury, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Monday in February in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.