1696
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4]

Hilly, agricultural, and pastoral land, from sea-level to 350 ft.; well watered; good soil; about half the section is ploughable. About 40 acres of the Punakurua Swamp is included. Fenced on south-western and north-western boundaries, and Punakurua Swamp is also cut off by a fence. The value of fencing is £42 4s., which is included in price of section.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tongoio Settlement is situated on the main coach-road from Napier to Wairoa, the nearest portion being eleven miles from Port Anuriri and thirteen miles from Napier. A road is formed through the block, leaving the main road at the Te Ngaru Ford and joining it again near The Elbow. A bridle-track is also to be made from this road to the Waipatiki River to meet the present track to Mohaka. The only growth is manuka, ngaio, and other kinds of scrub. These sections are more or less infested with blackberries, chiefly on the hillsides. The sections as a whole are covered with a good sole of grass, but places have gone back to native pasture, and require to be resown. Rat-tail is found on all the sections. Immediate possession will be given.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Selwyn Plantation Reserves Regulations.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by section seventy-seven of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1910, the Selwyn Plantation Board is constituted to administer and control the reserves enumerated in the said section: And whereas, in pursuance of the power conferred by paragraph (b) of that section, the Governor is empowered to appoint one member of that Board, and each of the several local authorities specified in that paragraph is also empowered to appoint one member of the said Board: And whereas the Governor has, in pursuance of that power, appointed the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District to be a member of that Board: And whereas it is provided by paragraph (c) of the said section that the Board shall meet at such times and places, and shall exercise such rights and powers, and administer and control the said reserves in such manner as the Governor from time to time determines by regulations to be gazetted:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power so conferred upon me, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations, and declare that those regulations shall come into force on the day of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. IN these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,--

“Board” means the Selwyn Plantation Board:

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District:

“Reserves” means the reserves enumerated in section 77 of the said Act:

“Superintending Nurseryman” means the Superintending Nurseryman for the South Island in the State Forests Branch of the Department of Lands:

“The said Act” means the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1910.

MEETINGS.

2. The Commissioner shall be the Chairman of the Board.

3. The Chairman of the Council of each of the Counties of Malvern, Paparua, Heathcote, Halswell, Springs, Ellesmere, Selwyn, Waimairi, and the Mayor of the Spreydon Borough Council, shall from time to time notify the Chairman of the Board of the name of the person who has been appointed by such local authority as a member of the Selwyn Plantation Board. Such appointment shall be in force until the receipt of a subsequent notification of the appointment of some other person in place of the member so appointed.

4. The Board shall meet at the Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, on the fourth Monday in every second month after the first meeting thereof. The first meeting shall be held at the said office, at 11 a.m., on Monday, the 29th day of May, 1911.

5. Six members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board.

6. Special meetings may be called by the Chairman at any time, provided that not less than two days’ notice shall be given to each member of the Board of the intention to hold the special meeting.

7. Only such business shall be transacted at any special meeting as is notified by the Chairman in the notice calling such meeting.

ADMINISTRATION.

8. All moneys payable to the Board shall be remitted to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, and paid by him into a special account at the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, to be called “the Selwyn Plantation Account.”

9. All receipts for moneys received by the Board shall be given by the Receiver, and headed “Selwyn Plantation Account.”

10. All payments out of the said account shall be made by cheque, to be signed by the Chairman and one other member of the Board, who may, if desired by the Board, be specially appointed for that purpose from time to time.

11. As soon as possible after the 31st March in each and every year a statement of accounts shall be drawn up and submitted to the Board by the Chairman at the first meeting held after the 21st April following. Such statement of accounts shall be audited and certified by some duly qualified accountant, to be appointed by the Board either before or after the meeting at which the said statement is submitted.

12. The Board shall forward such statement of accounts, when duly audited and certified as aforesaid, to the Minister of Lands, together with a report on the operations of the Board for the twelve months ended on the 31st March preceding.

13. All records, books, and correspondence of the Board shall be kept in the office of the Chairman, and he shall sign all letters, leases, and other documents on behalf of the Board, and shall be entitled to receive all letters addressed to the Board.

14. The Board may from time to time appoint a secretary and such inspectors and other officers or servants as it thinks necessary for the proper carrying-out of the duties of the Board.

LEASING.

15. All land administered by the Board and available for leasing shall be let by public tender. Notice of the land so available for leasing, the proposed term of the lease, and the time within which and the place at which tenders will be received, shall be given by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the district thirty days prior to the expiration of the time fixed for receiving tenders. Notice of such acceptance shall be given by the Board to the tenderer whose tender is accepted.

16. Any person tendering for a lease of any of the said land shall apply to the Chairman, specifying the land he wishes to rent and the amount of annual rent per acre he offers for a lease of the same, and shall forward with his tender a deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate so specified. The deposits paid by the unsuccessful tenderers shall be returned to them immediately after the tenders have been opened and decided upon.

17. All leases shall be for a term not exceeding fourteen years, and rent shall in all cases be payable half-yearly in advance.

18. All leases and counterparts shall be prepared by the Board’s solicitor at the cost of the lessees, not exceeding £3 3s. in each case, exclusive of costs out of pocket, and shall contain all usual and proper covenants and conditions for leases of a like nature, including a proviso for re-entry on default of payment of rent for three months, or immediately upon the breach of any other expressed or implied covenant by the lessee. Such re-entry shall not prejudice the lessor’s right to recover moneys payable under the lease or damages for breach of covenant.

19. All leases may, in addition to such covenants and conditions as in the preceding regulation mentioned, contain special covenants and conditions embodying the provisions hereinafter set forth, that is to say,--

(a.) The lessee shall not be at liberty to break up, plough, or otherwise cultivate more than one-half of each section or portion of a section included in his lease, and shall not be at liberty to use the remaining half part of each such section or por-