Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 551

FORM K.—STATUTORY DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FROM PERSON DESIROUS TO BECOME PURCHASER, TRANSFEREE, OR SUB-LESSEE OF A LEASE.

In the matter of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments; and in the matter of a proposed sale or lease to, of, of†

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

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person or one of the persons jointly applying for the purchase or lease of the above-mentioned land solely for my own use and benefit, or for the exclusive use and benefit of myself and co-purchaser or co-lessee—namely,, and for the purposes of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That, including the land now applied for, but exclusive of leases of Maori land held by me at the date of the passing of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900” (20th October, 1900), I am not the holder or owner, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person, of any land anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole 2,000 acres of freehold land, inclusive of not more than 640 acres of first-class land.

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.)

Declared at, this day of, 190, before me,, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

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† Specify name and area of the land, and the conditions of the proposed alienation.

† Each proposed purchaser or lessee must make this declaration.

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FORM M.

This deed, made the day of, 190, between the District Maori Land Council, in the Colony of New Zealand (which said Council, with its successors and assigns, is hereinafter termed “the lessor”) of the one part, and, of, in the Land District of, in the said colony, (hereinafter, with executors, administrators, and permitted assigns, referred to as and included in the term “the lessee”), of the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the rent hereinafter reserved, and of the covenants, conditions, and agreements herein contained and implied, and on the part of the lessee to be paid, observed, and performed, the lessor doth hereby demise and lease unto the lessee all that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement acres roods perches, a little more or less, situate in the District of aforesaid, and being Section numbered, Block, Survey District of, as the same is more particularly delineated and described in the plan drawn hereon, and therein coloured red in outline, together with the rights, easements, and appurtenances to the same belonging, to hold the said several premises intended to be hereby demised unto the lessee for a term commencing from the date hereof and expiring on the thirtieth day of June which shall first ensue after the expiration of () years from such date, and renewable for* further terms of twenty-one (21) years on the conditions prescribed by the regulations under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments in force at the date of the execution hereof, yielding and paying therefor unto the said Council the annual rent of (£ : : ), payable half-yearly in advance on the first day of January and the first day of July in each and every year during the said term, free from all deductions whatsoever. The first payment of such rent having been made, the next payment to become due to be made on the first day of next.

And it is hereby declared and agreed that these presents are intended to take effect as a lease under the provisions of the said Act and regulations, and that the said provisions shall, except as to the provisions of section number

• of the said regulations, which are hereby expressly negatived, be binding in all respects upon the parties hereto in the same manner as if such provisions had been fully set out herein; and that if any dispute or disagreement shall arise between the parties hereto touching the construction of these presents, or in any wise relating hereto, such dispute or disagreement shall be referred to arbitration in the manner set forth in the regulations aforesaid; and neither of the said parties shall take or cause to be taken any steps or proceedings to set aside or call in question any award or decision which may have been given upon any such reference as final.

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In witness whereof the seal of the District Maori Land Council was affixed hereto, and the President and members of the said Council have, as lessor, hereunto set their hands, and these presents have been also executed by the said lessee, the day and year first above written.

(Signatures.)

Signed by the said President and members of the said Council, as lessor, in the presence of.

Signed by the above-named, as lessee, in the presence of.

(Seal of the Council.)

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Licensing Joseph Edwin Shaver to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Doubtless Bay as a Site for a Shed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of February, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), Joseph Edwin Shaver, of Taipa, Mangonui (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore at Doubtless Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in order to construct a shed thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, marked M.D. 2702, showing the area of foreshore intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to construct the shed: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object for which the said license is required by the licensee as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensee to use and occupy that part of the foreshore on which the shed is to be constructed, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the said shed thereon; such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as defined by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the foreshore necessary for the construction of the shed at Doubtless Bay, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2702.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of one pound, and thereafter an annual sum of ten shillings, payable on the first day of March, dating from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

4. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said shed, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

5. His Majesty, or the Governor, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, and out of the said shed without payment.

6. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned shed in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and maintain at his own cost suitable and neces-