Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2377

undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Kowai Domain Board, namely,—

Thomas McNaught,
George Dean Greenwood,
David Brown,
Samuel Coleman,
Thomas Henry Evans,
John McLean, jun.,
George Baynton Starkey,
George Tickner,
George Wornall,
Robert Spencer Turner, and
William Myles

(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 Wednesday in each month, at eleven o’clock a.m., at the office of the Chairman, 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 Wednesday, the second day of December, 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 five 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 Wednesday 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.

5. 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 Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

8. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

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

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 34 acres and 10 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 7855 and the whole of Section No. 7989, Block XII., Grey Survey District, and comprising the whole of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. cxxv., folio 77, Canterbury.

Also all that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 213 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 2066, situated in Block VIII., Grey Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Innes Road and Reserve No. 1675; towards the south-east by Tobin’s Road; towards the south-west by R.S. No. 19023; and towards the north-west by R.S. No. 28735: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 1903.

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 third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three, 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.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—SOCKBURN VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

VILLAGE HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS.

First-class Land.

This settlement is situated on the Main South Road, about half a mile north-east of Sockburn Railway-station, and four miles and a half from the Christchurch Post-office. The sections comprise open, level, agricultural land, of excellent quality.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are divided into 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 23rd day of December, 1903.

3. The rentals stated hereon 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, Christchurch; 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 also undertake to pay the first half-year’s rent and the valuation for improvements (if any), together with the lease and registration fee, immediately upon being declared the successful applicant.

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 regula-