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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

posited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking the Setting-apart of Lands in Otago Land District as a Village Settlement.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the fifth section of “The Land Act, 1908,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a certain Proclamation dated the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in so far as it relates to the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto, and do declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the said lands are hereby withdrawn from lease as a village settlement.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WAIKOIKOI.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amended Regulations prescribing Terms under which Allotments in Native Townships under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments, may be disposed of.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the Gazette and Kahiti, declare that any parcel or parcels of Maori land, whether or not such parcels form portions of several blocks, and whether or not such parcels are held by the owners under separate titles, shall be vested in the Board as a site for a Native township, and shall by the same Proclamation assign a name to such township: And whereas by section eleven of the said Act it is further enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, or amend regulations prescribing in what mode or under what terms or conditions allotments in such townships may be leased, sold, or exchanged, or otherwise dealt with, and prescribing generally in what manner the said township shall be administered by the Board; and that all such regulations shall be published in the Gazette and Kahiti:

And whereas regulations under the provisions of the said section eleven were, by a Proclamation bearing date the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, made and published in the Gazette and Kahiti, each of the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three:

And whereas such regulations made and published as aforesaid were, by further Proclamations published respectively in the Gazette and Kahiti of the eleventh day of February and of the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, amended as therein set out:

And whereas it is expedient to further amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the said Act, and of all other powers in this behalf enabling me, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby amend the said regulations as follows, that is to say,—

Regulation 9 is hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

9. All dealings with allotments other than reserves shall be for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, at the best rent obtainable, and to that end every lease shall be offered either by public auction or public tender, as the Board thinks fit:

Provided that the Governor may, by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Board, authorise the Board to sell, exchange, or mortgage any allotment or allotments. Any such sale, unless otherwise in such Order specified, shall be by public auction or public tender, when for the purpose of such sale the regulations for the time being in force in respect of the sale of lands vested in the Board shall apply. Any such exchange or mortgage shall be on such terms and subject to such conditions as may be in such Order set out.

9A. Any application to the Board for leave to surrender, wholly or in part, any lease for the purpose of subdivision shall be in writing, and shall state the number of leases which are desired to be issued in lieu of the surrendered lease. There shall also be attached to the application a plan showing the proposed subdivision of the original lease. Anything in any other regulation notwithstanding, the Board may thereupon accept a surrender of the whole or part of such original lease, and may issue to the lessee or to his nominee or nominees, approved by the Board, a new lease or new leases coterminous with such original lease. The rental under such new lease or leases shall be equal to the rental under the surrendered lease:

Provided that all costs, charges, and expenses incidental to the preparation of such surrenders and leases, and the execution, stamping, and registration thereof, shall be borne and paid by the applicant.

9B. If any lease is surrendered for any purpose other than subdivision, as in the preceding regulation is provided, then such lease shall be re-offered for public competition in accordance with Regulation 9, save that for the period of three years from the date of such surrender it shall not be competent for the lessee who has so surrendered to become the lessee under the new lease, either originally or by transfer, assignment, or sublease.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!