New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 23

Page 839

✨ Land Lease Regulations



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(1.) If at the date of his application he is, directly or indirectly, the owner, tenant, or occupier of any land whatsoever under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908,” or any former Land for Settlements Act, or the owner in fee-simple, or the tenant or occupier under any tenure for a term of more than one year’s duration, of any other land in New Zealand which, with the allotment applied for, would exceed in area 5,000 acres, computed as prescribed by regulation 9, or the area of the allotment applied for, whichever may be the greater area.

(2.) If at such date he is owner of real and personal property the total value whereof, after deducting the encumbrances thereon, exceeds one and a half times the capital value (exclusive of buildings) of the allotment applied for.

  1. The lessee shall reside continuously on the land comprised in his lease, or by the said Act deemed to be so comprised.

  2. The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease substantial improvements as under, that is to say:—

(a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, to a value equal to 10 per cent. of the price of the land; and

(b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to another 10 per cent. of the price of the land; and

(c.) Within six years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to another 10 per cent. of the price of the land; and

(d.) On bush land he shall, in addition to the foregoing improvements, put, within six years from the date of his lease, substantial improvements of a permanent character to the value of £1 an acre for every acre of first-class land, 10s. an acre for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. an acre for every acre of third-class land.

  1. The lessee shall at all times during the term of the lease maintain in permanent pasture not less than two-thirds of the total area of the land.

  2. The lease shall as far as practicable be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Third Schedule hereto, and may contain such additional provisions, not inconsistent with the said Act or these regulations, as the Land Board thinks fit.

GENERAL.

  1. Subject to the provisions of the said Act and the foregoing regulations, the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and the regulations thereunder with respect to applications for and the grant of renewable leases, the stipulations and conditions subject to which such leases may be granted, the rights and powers of the lessor and of every person or authority in his behalf, the rights, powers, and functions of the Land Board and the Commissioner in relation to the land and premises comprised in such leases, and the estate, interest, rights, duties, and liabilities of the lessees, shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to renewable leases granted under these regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION for Rural Land for Renewable Lease under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of

I HEREBY apply for a renewable lease of Section No. , Block No. , Survey District, in the Settlement, and I deposit herewith the sum of £ , being the half-year’s rent therefor plus £1 1s. lease fee.

In proof of my fitness and qualifications to hold the land applied for, I hereby make the following replies to the undermentioned questions:—

Question. Answer.
1. How old were you last birthday?
2. What means (including stock and agricultural implements or machinery) do you possess for stocking and cultivating the land, and erecting suitable buildings thereon; and what is the total value thereof?
3. Have you means sufficient, in your estimation, to enable you to profitably work the land and fulfil the conditions of the lease? If not, state how you propose to do so.
4. What experience have you had in cultivating agricultural land or in dairying?
5. What is your present occupation?
6. Are you married? If so, has your wife (or husband) had any experience in cultivating land, in farm-work, or in dairying? Give particulars.
7. Have you any family? If so, state the number and sex of your children now living with you, and their ages.
8. What land do you hold or have an interest in? Give particulars of the 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.


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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land lease, Eligibility, Improvements, Pasture, Application, Rural land

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Application form, Rural land, Renewable lease, Land for Settlements Act, Crown Lands