1728
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

first day of
next after the date of these presents pay interest at the rate aforesaid for the
period elapsing between the date of these presents and the said first day of

Section 248.
4. The purchaser shall be entitled to the possession of the said land on the date of these presents, and shall be entitled to retain possession thereof so long as this agreement remains in force.

Section 254.
5. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the purchaser may at any time after the expiry of five years from the date of these presents pay to the Board the whole of the purchase-money then owing, although not yet due, together with interest at the rate aforesaid up to the day of payment, and the Board will receive the same.

Section 256.
6. The purchaser may at any time and from time to time, if and as often as the Board is willing to receive the same, pay to the Board the whole or any part of the purchase-money then owing, although the same may not yet be due and payable; but no such payment shall entitle the purchaser to a transfer of the land, or relieve him from the requirements of Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909, as to residence, improvements, or otherwise, until the expiry of five years from the date of this contract.

Section 254.
7. At any time after the expiry of five years from the date of these presents, and while this agreement still remains in force, the purchaser shall be entitled, at his own cost if he has paid the whole of the purchase-money, together with interest at the rate aforesaid up to the date of payment, to a transfer of the fee-simple of the said land in pursuance of this agreement.

Section 252.
8. Without the consent of the Board first obtained in writing, the purchaser will not at any time before the said land has been so transferred to him commit or suffer to be committed any waste of the land whether by extracting minerals, or in any other manner whatsoever, or do or suffer to be done any other act whereby the value of the land may be diminished.

Section 250.
9. Within
years after the date of these presents the purchaser or the person entitled for the time being to the possession of the said land shall begin to reside thereon, and shall at all times thereafter continuously reside thereon until this agreement has been completed by a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

Section 251.
10. The purchaser will put upon the said land substantial improvements of a permanent nature within the meaning of the Land Act, 1908, or any amendment thereof for the time being in force, and the improvements so put by him upon the said land shall amount within one year after the date of these presents to ten per cent. of the total purchase-money aforesaid, and within two years after the said date to twenty per cent. of the said purchase-money, and within five years after the said date to thirty per cent. of the said purchase-money.

Section 251.
11. The purchaser will at any time and from time to time, whenever so required by the Board, make and deliver to the Board a statutory declaration as to the value of the improvements so put by him upon the said land.

Section 268:
12. The purchaser will not assign, or do any act purporting to assign (otherwise than by way of mortgage), his interest in the land, or any part thereof, or the benefit of his contract of purchase, nor will he let or part with the possession of the land or any part thereof, or do any act purporting to let or part with the possession of the land or any part thereof, until (in any of those cases) he has resided continuously on the land for a period of not less than one year, nor, except, with the precedent permission of the Board in writing, at any time thereafter, before the land has been transferred to the purchaser in fee-simple in pursuance of this agreement.

13. The purchaser will within
    years from the date of this agreement erect a good and substantial fence on the boundaries of the said land, or upon any of those boundaries on which no such fence now exists, and any such fence so erected by the purchaser shall be computed as part of the improvements to be effected by the purchaser in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this agreement.

14. The purchaser will not at any time before the said purchase has been completed by a transfer of the fee-simple of the land call upon or compel the Board to contribute to the cost of erecting, repairing, or maintaining any boundary fence which may now or hereafter be erected as a dividing fence between the said land and any land adjacent thereto in which the Board may have any estate or interest: Provided always that this provision shall not enure for the benefit of any occupier other than the Board of land so adjacent as aforesaid to the land hereby agreed to be sold so as to deprive the purchaser of any rights which he might otherwise have against such occupier.

15. The purchaser will at all times before this agreement has been completed by the transfer of the fee-simple of the land keep the land clear from all noxious weeds, and will not permit any gorse or furze to spread thereon; and will keep all live fences on the said land properly cut and trimmed.

Section 253.
16. If the purchaser at any time makes default for three months in the payment of any purchase-money or interest due by him under this agreement, or if he fails to observe and perform any of the requirements of Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909, or any of the terms, covenants, or conditions of this agreement, the Board may give to the purchaser, or send to him by registered letter addressed to his last-known place of business or abode, a notice in writing specifying the