1928
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

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 pro-
vision 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.

Terms and Conditions of Sale and Lease of Nireaha Village-
settlement Lands, 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-
seventh 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 and Second Schedules hereto
have been set apart under the said Act as a village settle-
ment, 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 public auction for cash, and the lands men-
tioned in the Second Schedule by way of lease in perpe-
tuity, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in
the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EKETAHUNA COUNTY.—BLOCKS I,
MANGAONE SURVEY DISTRICT, AND VII, TARARUA SURVEY
DISTRICT.—NIREAHA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

(Village Allotments for Sale for Cash by Public Auction.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(Village-homestead Allotments for Lease in Perpetuity.)

Mangaone Survey District.

| 37 | I | 49 1 24 | 8 11 | 11 0 0 |
| 38 | " | 49 2 6 | 7 8 | 9 10 0 |
| 39 | " | 50 0 34 | 8 9 | 11 0 0 |
| 40 | " | 50 3 10 | 8 3 | 10 10 0 |
| 41 | " | 48 3 6 | 7 9 | 9 10 0 |
| 42 | " | 44 1 29 | 7 3 | 8 0 0 |

Tararua Survey District.

| 60 | VII | 52 3 17 | 9 1 | 12 0 0 |
| 61 | " | 54 0 9 | 7 9 | 10 10 0 |
| 62 | " | 54 1 3 | 7 9 | 10 10 0 |
| 65 | " | 49 2 12 | 8 10| 11 0 0 |

Section 41 is offered subject to the right of the owner of
the mill and buildings on the south-eastern corner to occupy
an area of 4 acres for a period of four years from 1st July,
1907. The rent of Section 41 will be reduced by £1 10s.
per annum during the said period of four years, after which
it will be the full amount shown in Schedule above.

The owners of the buildings on Sections 42, 60, and 61 will
be allowed one month from date of selection in which to
remove them if they do not become the lessees.

A right of tramway, 8 ft. wide, is reserved through Sec-
tions 62 and 65 for a period of three years from the 1st
August, 1907.

Locality and Description.

Nireaha Village Settlement is accessible from Newman
or Eketahuna, which are about five miles distant by
metalled road. It is within easy distance of the Nireaha
School, post-office, creamery, cheese-factory, &c., and con-
sists of flat land, from which the milling-timber has been
removed; grass and secondary growth appear throughout.

The soil is of fair quality, inclined to be light in places,
on shingle formation. Sections 37, 39, and 41 are watered
by small streams, the others by surface water only.

The remaining bush is light and mixed, comprising dry
and green trees, mostly rata, tawa, kahikatea, &c.

The elevation above sea-level ranges from about 745 ft. to
770 ft.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands.

2. The lands in the First Schedule are village allotments,
   and will be offered for sale by public auction on Friday, the
   4th October, 1907. One-fifth of the purchase-money must be
   paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance (with
   Crown-grant fee of £1) within thirty days thereafter.

3. The lands in the Second Schedule are village-homestead
   allotments for selection on lease in perpetuity under the
   provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to
   as “the said Act”), and will be open for application on
   Monday, the 30th September, 1907.

4. The prices and rentals stated above shall be the prices
   at which the lands shall be offered for sale or open for
   application.

5. Applications for allotments in the Second Schedule
   shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said
   Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Com-
   missioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

6. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupa-
   tion, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

7. The successful applicants shall pay the first half-year’s
   rent, together with the lease and registration fee, im-
   mediately the applications have been approved or declared
   successful at the ballot.

8. The 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.

9. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the
   said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to a lessee under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to a lessee under these regulations.

10. The lessee shall not subdivide, 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.

11. 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 whatso-
    ever. 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.

12. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regu-
    lations, 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 pro-
    vision 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.