New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 1

Page 52

✨ Land application declaration



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

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Question. Answer.
8. What land do you hold or have an interest in? Give particulars of the number of block, section, area, and value of such land, and say whether it is freehold, leasehold, or what other tenure, specifying also what portion of it (if any) is rural and what portion (if any) is town or suburban land.
9. What land does your wife (or husband) hold, or have an interest in? (Give particulars as above.
10. Is the rural land (if any) mentioned in answers 8 and 9 insufficient for the maintenance of yourself and your family? If so, give your reasons.
11. Is the town or suburban land (if any) mentioned in answers 8 and 9 insufficient for a home for yourself and your family? If so, give your reasons.

Declaration.

I, __, of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

  1. That I am of the age of twenty-one years and upwards.

  2. That I am, subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” and the regulations made thereunder respectively, applying for the allotment described in the foregoing application.

  3. That I am acquiring such land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

  4. That I am not, directly or indirectly, the owner, tenant, or occupier of any land whatever under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” nor the owner in fee-simple, nor the tenant or occupier under any tenure of more than one year’s duration, either severally, or jointly, or in common with any other person, of any other land (whether Crown land or not) which, with the land included in the foregoing application, would exceed 5,000 acres, computed as follows:—

(a.) Every acre of first-class land is reckoned as 7½ acres; every acre of second-class land is reckoned as 2½ acres; and every acre of third-class land is reckoned as 1 acre,

or, the area of the allotment applied for, whichever may be the greater area.

  1. That the total value of all the real and personal property owned by me does not (after deducting the incumbrances thereon) exceed one and a half times the capital value (exclusive of buildings) of the land comprised in the foregoing application.

  2. That my answers to the foregoing questions (Nos. 1 to 11) are true and correct in every particular.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

[Signature.]

Declared at __, this __ day of __, one thousand nine hundred and __, before me—

[Signature],
A Justice of the Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand
[or as the case may be].

Received on __, at __, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.



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🗺️ Declaration for Land Application

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
26 December 1907
Land application, Declaration, Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, Land Laws Amendment Act, Crown Lands, Leasehold, Freehold
  • Robert McNab, Minister of Lands