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with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby direct and declare that the said voting-paper shall be taken to be as valid as though the same was in the required form, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating the Voting-paper used at a Poll of the Ratepayers on a Proposal to raise a Loan of £6,000 to form and metalling Roads in the Matahuru Portion of the Huntly Road District, applied for by the Huntly Road Board, and also the Public Notification of the Special Order in connection with the same Loan.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Huntly Road Board lately proposed to raise a loan of six thousand pounds, in two yearly instalments of three thousand pounds each, for the purpose of forming and metalling roads in the Matahuru portion of the Huntly Road District: And whereas the security of the loan is a rate of seven-eighths of a penny in the pound sterling, recurring annually for a period of forty-one years, upon all the rateable property of the Matahuru Special-rating District: And whereas the date of the poll of ratepayers to be taken in respect of the said loan was duly notified in the Auckland Weekly News newspaper, circulating in the Huntly Road District, on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, being eight days prior to the said poll: And whereas the form of voting-paper used at the poll was not in the form set forth in the Schedule to “The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1903”: And whereas the public notification of the special order making the special rate was published in the Auckland Weekly News newspaper for four successive weeks prior to the confirmation of the special order, but not in the four weeks immediately prior thereto: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularities: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the said voting-paper and the proceedings taken as above mentioned, and doth hereby declare that the said voting-paper and the proceedings in relation to the said loan and special order shall be and be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as though the said voting-paper and proceedings had been in proper form and duly and regularly taken respectively.

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

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Naumai Village Settlement, Auckland Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-third section of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eight, 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 Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of renewable lease, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—TOKATOKA SURVEY DISTRICT.—NAUMAI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

Flat land, covered with tall tea-tree and raupo. Alluvial soil of first-class quality. Water can be obtained from tanks or artesian wells. Situated from a quarter to one mile from Naumai Landing. Section 14 is offered subject to a 5 chain curve of the tram-line intersecting the north-east corner, and Section 58 is offered subject to a tram-line curve with a radius of 465 links.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).
2. The day on which the said lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 18th day of November, 1908.
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, Auckland; 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 prescribed declaration.
6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.
7. All rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 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 162, 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 159, 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 apply for or 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.