New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 23

Page 844

✨ Land Settlement Application Form



844
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
{No. 23}

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 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 working a run?
5. What is your present occupation?
6. Are you married? If so, has your wife (or husband) had any experience in working a run? 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 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 Act, 1908,” and the regulations made thereunder, applying for a renewable lease of 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 whatsoever under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908,” or any former Land for Settlements Act.
  5. That I am not 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 provided by “The Land Act, 1908,” namely:—
    (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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”

[Signature.]

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

[Signature],
A Justice of the Peace for 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 sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.



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🗺️ Application for Pastoral Land for Renewable Lease (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 March 1909
Pastoral land, Renewable lease, Land for Settlements Act 1908, Crown Lands, Application, Declaration
  • J. G. Ward, Minister of Lands