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said Act, shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control and management of the Picton Borough Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District and Borough of Picton, containing 1 rood 3 perches, more or less, being portion of Section No. 3 of Block XII, Linkwater Survey District, and being the whole of the land taken for a road-diversion in connection with the Picton-Hurunui Railway by a Proclamation dated the 25th day of February, 1909, and published in Gazette No. 18, of the 4th day of March, 1909; as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked W.R. 16964, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under "The Valuation of Land Act, 1908."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of May, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by "The Valuation of Land Act, 1908," His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint, as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the persons mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special districts set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Name. Special District.

John Talbot Temuka Borough.
William Henry Hargreaves New Brighton Borough.
John Pettigrew Mount Herbert County, Akaroa County.
John Stead Borough of Invercargill.
George R. Waddel Borough of Campbelltown.
Frederick West Collingwood County, Takaka County.
D'Arcy Chaytor Picton Borough, Blenheim Borough, Picton Road District.
Andrew Sinclair Motueka Borough.
Thomas John Baigent Waimea County.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Pohonui Village Settlement, Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of May, 1909.

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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared opened 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. -- RANGITIKEI COUNTY. -- BLOCK VI, TIRIRAUKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.--POHONUI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

• Weighted with £73 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of four-roomed house, garden, and 2 acres grassed.

Locality and Description.

Pohonui is situated on the Mangamahoe Road, about twenty-seven miles from Hunterville. Generally speaking, the land is hilly, with a few small flats, and is covered with light bush; part of Section 41 has been grassed, and part of Section 46 felled. The soil is a dark loam of good quality. The Pohonui School is about a mile distant.

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 Tuesday, the 29th day of June, 1909.

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, Wellington; 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.), and the valuation for improvements, 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.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.