May 4.]

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, Hokitika; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Leases issued for sections in the settlement will be construed and taken to be a demise of the surface of the land only, and shall not entitle the lessees to mine on or under the demised land, or to extract, dig, or search for coal, gold, or any other metals or minerals therein or thereon.

6. Lessees shall have no claim for compensation or otherwise against the lessor, or any other person or persons or body corporate whomsoever or whatsoever, for any loss which lessees may sustain on account of mining operations carried on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. No lessee shall divide, 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.

12. 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. Each section is an allotment. 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.

13. 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.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of May, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, has recommended His Excellency the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," part of the block or parcel of land known as Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 1A, to enable the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land, containing one hundred and sixty-five acres, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, being the land known as Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 1A, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three, in favour of Korcheke Rangihaeata and another.

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

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of May, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, has recommended the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," the block or parcel of land known as Awarua 3D No. 3, Section 14B, to enable the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of alienation by way of lease for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the block or parcel of land, containing one hundred and eighty-three acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Awarua 3D No. 3, Section 14B, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twelfth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one, in favour of Tarete Pohe and others.

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