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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

said Te Awamutu Town District has made application that the said town district shall not form part of the County of Waipa, being the county within the boundaries of which it is situated:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Town Boards Amendment Act, 1908 (No. 2), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the Te Awamutu Town District shall not form part of the County of Waipa.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Heriot Village Settlement, Otago Land District.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of November, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING 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 eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—GREENVALE SURVEY DISTRICT.—HERIOT VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Open, level land, with good soil. Situated on a good road, within half-a-mile of Heriot Railway-station, school, and post-office.

| 54 | IV | 1 2 12 | 35 0 0 | 0 14 0 |
| 55 | " | 2 3 4 | 55 0 0 | 1 2 0 |
| 56 | " | 2 3 28 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 57 | " | 2 3 19 | 45 0 0 | 0 18 0 |
| 58 | " | 2 3 39 | 40 0 0 | 0 16 0 |
| 59 | " | 2 1 4 | 45 0 0 | 0 18 0 |
| 60 | " | 2 1 16 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with valuation for fencing, as follows: Section 59, £1 14s.; Section 60, £3 8s.

These sections adjoin the Town of Heriot. The soil is of good quality, but there is no permanent surface water. Sections 54 to 58 are fairly steep, but each section has an area of flat land along the frontage suitable for building purposes. Sections 59 and 60 are fairly level.

| 19 | IX | 2 1 25 | 40 0 0 | 0 16 0 |

A good building-site; soil good; no permanent surface water. Situated within half-a-mile of a school, and within a mile of Heriot Railway-station.

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 11th day of February, 1913.

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 a provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin; and leases shall 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 in the case of Sections 59 and 60, Block IV, the value of 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. Preference will be given to landless married applicants.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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. Married women and persons who already hold land shall not be eligible as selectors; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

12. 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of November, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that no instrument of alienation of Native land by way of mortgage or charge, other than a mortgage or charge in favour of a State Loan Department, shall be confirmed by a Board or the Court without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor in Council to a mortgage of the block or parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the confirmation of an alienation by way of mortgage of the block or parcel of land set out in the Schedule hereto. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.