JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1927

Recreation Reserve in Canterbury Land District brought
under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such reserve shall hereafter be known as Pudding Hill Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

PUDDING HILL DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 87 acres 1 rood 28 perches, more or less (formerly part of State Forest Reserve No. 3315), situated in Block VIII, Hutt Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east generally by Rural Section No. 16809, a road-line, Rural Section No. 2871, and a line in continuation of the latter boundary, a distance of 5263 links; towards the west by a line bearing 348° 53′, distant 859·6 links, to a road-line running up a spur; thence generally towards the north-west by the said road to its junction with the road continued along the north-eastern side of the said Rural Section No. 16809; and towards the north-east by the latter road, a distance of 2865·1 links, to the north-eastern corner of the said Rural Section No. 16809: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 55554, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and bordered red thereon.

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

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Hukanui Village Settlement, Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as a village settlement, and it is expedient to fix the 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EKETAHUNA COUNTY.—HUKANUI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Hukanui Village Settlement is situated on the Wellington-Napier Railway, about a mile from Hukanui Railway-station, store, and post-office. The access is from Hukanui Railway-station by a metalled road. The sections comprise generally flat land, in grass, but secondary growth appears in places. The soil is of fair quality, light in places, on shingle formation. The sections are watered by surface water.

These allotments consist of what was hitherto known as the Hukanui Forest Reserve, and were originally covered with bush of totara, matai, white-pine, tawa, &c. The milling-timber has been removed. A clump of bush remains at the back of Sections 52 and 53, and on parts of Sections 50, 52, 53, and 54 there is some scattered makomako.

NOTE.—The area occupied by the tramway through Sections 49 and 50 is reserved for four years from date of selection.

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 30th September, 1907.

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, Wellington; 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, 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 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.

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. 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.

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