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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

Amended Regulations under “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of December, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fifth section of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke all existing regulations made under the authority of the said Act, and make the following regulations in lieu thereof.

REGULATIONS.

Formation of land-improvement association.

1. The Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Chief Surveyor of the district will in each case select the men who are to form the association; and he may refuse to accept as a member thereof any unsuitable person, or any person who in his opinion has already got sufficient land to keep him, or is otherwise in a position to apply for Crown land in the usual manner; the main object of these regulations being to assist deserving men who are out of employment, or who are otherwise unable to obtain land and thus become self-supporting.

Constitution.

2. For the purpose of constituting the association, the persons so selected shall sign the memorandum set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and such memorandum, when approved in writing by the Commissioner, shall be retained by him.

Areas that may be held.

3. The land for each association will be divided into sections of from 10 acres to 200 acres each, as the Commissioner may determine, and one section, but no more, shall be allotted to each member of the association:

Provided that in any case where the holder of a section has fulfilled the conditions relating thereto to the satisfaction of the Land Board, the Board may in its discretion allot to him one or more sections contiguous thereto, but so, nevertheless, that the total area of all the sections allotted to or held by him shall in no case exceed 200 acres.

Method of allotment of sections.

4. The sections may be allotted to members by ballot, under the supervision of an officer of the Department or the Commissioner, or by agreement amongst the members without ballot, but in either case with the approval of the Commissioner; or the Commissioner himself may allot the sections without any ballot, and no member shall have any ground of objection by reason of any such allotment.

Transfers.

5. Pending the grant of a lease or license under Part III of “The Land Act, 1892,” to the holder of a section, no transfer of such section will be permitted without the sanction of the Board in terms of section 83 of the Land Act, and before sanctioning the same the Board must be satisfied that there is a good and substantial reason for the transfer, and that no profit is made out of the transaction by the transferor.

Forfeitures.

6. In the event of any person to whom a section has been allotted throwing up such section, or neglecting or refusing to reside thereon and to improve the same, or to pay rent therefor, or to comply with these regulations to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, such person shall be deemed to have forfeited his interest, and thereupon the section may be allotted afresh as if it had not been previously allotted, and he shall cease to be a member of the association.