APRIL 13. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 923

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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIPAWA COUNTY. — TAHORAITE SURVEY DISTRICT. — TAMAKI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 17th day of May, 1905.

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, Napier, 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 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 other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by recommendations made and passed by the said Council on the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, recommended the Governor to vary the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said lands to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby vary or remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said lands to be leased.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing respectively 551 acres, 274 acres,