Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2879

Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of August, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienations of the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

Rotomahana-Parekarangi 3a 1b Block: Approximate area, 2,509 acres 2 roods 11 perches; Paeroa Survey District.

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

Public Service Act, 1912, not to apply to certain Officer.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this second day of August, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of the Public Service Act, 1912, it is enacted that nothing in that Act shall apply to any officer or class of officers to whom, or to which, on the recommendation of and for special reasons assigned by the Commissioner, the Governor in Council declares that the said Act shall not apply: And whereas the Commissioner has recommended that the said Act should not apply to the officer described in the Schedule hereto for the special reasons assigned by him:

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 declare that nothing in the Public Service Act, 1912, shall apply to the officer described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Internal Affairs Department—

LADY MEDICAL REFEREE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

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

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotment in Wellington Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of August, 1915.

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 twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the land described in the First Schedule hereto has been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as a village settlement, and it is expedient to fix the terms and conditions upon which the said land 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 land 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. — HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 54, Block X: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 9 perches; capital value, £81. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 5d.

Situated on the Main Trunk Road between Mangaweka and Utiku, the access being from Mangaweka (about a mile distant) by a formed and metalled road. Open flat land, cleared, grassed, and partly fenced. Soil is a good heavy loam, on papa formation. Elevation, about 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The land described above is first-class land, and is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on renewable lease for a period 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 land shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 29th day of September, 1915.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease 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 the lease 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.), 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 applicants who have children dependent upon them or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

9. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the 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 the lessee 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 the lessee under these regulations.

10. The lessee shall not subdivide, 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. The lessee shall hold the allotment 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. The lease will be construed and taken to be a demise of the surface of the land only, and shall not entitle the lessee to mine on or under the demised land, or to extract, dig, or search for coal, gold, or any other metals or minerals therein or thereon.

13. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation or otherwise against the lessor, or any other person or persons or body corporate whomsoever or whatsoever, for any loss which the lessee may sustain on account of mining operations carried on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.

14. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the land affected by these regulations, and to the applications and lease 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.