JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1625

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BLOCK III., COBDEN SURVEY
DISTRICT.—RUNANGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

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 said lands shall be open for selection shall be Monday, the 21st day of August, 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, 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Pembroke Public Library (Incorporated).

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved as a site for a public library:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Pembroke Public Library (Incorporated):

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Pembroke Public Library (Incorporated), in trust, as a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, situate in the Town of Pembroke, being Section No. 2, Block XI., on the map of the said town. Bounded towards the north-east by Ardmore Street, 150 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 3, 500 links; towards the south-west by Russell Street,