Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3143

Provisions of Part III of Land Act apply.

21. Except as herein expressly modified, all the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall apply to the land granted hereunder, and these regulations and the provisions of that Act shall apply in every case, notwithstanding that a lease or license under that Act may not have been issued for such land; and in any case where, in pursuance of these regulations or of that Act, the interest of any person has been forfeited or cancelled, no objection shall be taken thereto on the ground that the lease or license has not been issued, and the Land Board may for every purpose whatever act as if such lease or license had been issued.

Issue of lease or license subject to compliance with regulations.

22. No such lease or license as aforesaid shall be granted without a certificate in writing by the Commissioner that the applicant has settled on and improved his section, paid his rent, and otherwise complied with these regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Memorandum of Formation of Association.

We, the undersigned, hereby agree to compose an association pursuant to section 4 of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” under the style of “The [Insert name] Land Improvement Association.”

Dated this day of , 1 .
[Signatures of members.]

Approved.
, Commissioner.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Form of Agreement.

This agreement, made the day of , 1 , between the Minister of Lands (hereinafter termed “the Minister”), of the one part, and , of the other part:

Whereas by section 4 of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that “any number of persons composing an association formed in accordance with regulations made under this Act may, by agreement with the Minister, settle upon any Crown lands for the purpose of clearing or otherwise improving the same, upon such terms as to advances or otherwise as may be agreed on”: And whereas the said is a member of an association under the said Act called the Land Improvement Association, and is desirous of taking up the Crown lands hereinafter described upon the terms and conditions set forth in regulations, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked “A”: Now, therefore, this agreement witnesseth that in pursuance of section 4 of the said Act, and in consideration of the premises, the Minister doth hereby on his part permit the said to settle on the following parcel of Crown lands—namely, Section , Block , District, containing acres roods perches, more or less, and the said doth hereby on his part agree to settle on, and clear, improve, and occupy the same subject to the provisions contained in the said Act and the said regulations.

And it is hereby further agreed—
(1.) That if, in terms of the said regulations, or of “The Land Act, 1892,” the interest of the said in the said parcel of Crown lands is forfeited by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Land Board, neither the said nor the said association shall have any claim whatsoever at law or in equity against the Government of the colony, the Minister of Lands, or any other person or authority in respect of the interest so forfeited.
(2.) That this agreement shall be at an end as soon as a lease or license of the said section under Part III of “The Land Act, 1892,” has been duly granted to the said , or his approved transferee.

As witness the hand of the Hon. , the Minister of Lands, this day of , 19 .

Witness—
[Occupation and address.]

As witness the hand of the said , a member of the association.

Name:

Witness—
[Occupation and address.]

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.