Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 451

Regulations regarding the Purchase of the Fee-simple of the Land comprised in Leases in Perpetuity of Settlement Land under Part IV of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council make such regulations as he considers necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of Part IV of the said Act (relating to the purchase by lessees of the freehold of settlement lands comprised in leases in perpetuity):

And whereas regulations as aforesaid were duly made by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the Gazette of the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said recited regulations and to make others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the above-recited regulations, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations; and doth hereby declare that such revocation and the regulations hereby made shall take effect as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. EVERY owner of a lease in perpetuity of settlement land who desires to purchase the fee-simple of the land comprised in his lease, in pursuance of the provisions of Part IV of the said Act, shall give notice of his intention to the Commissioner of Crown Lands in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

2. Every such notice shall on delivery at the office of the said Commissioner be stamped with the date of such delivery, and the Commissioner shall as soon as practicable give notice under his hand in the form No. 2 or in the form No. 3 in the Schedule hereto, informing the lessee of the receipt of the notice, and setting out in accordance with the said Act the terms upon which the purchase is to be completed.

3. Every license to occupy issued in pursuance of any such notice to purchase on deferred payments shall be under the hand of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and shall be in the form No. 4 in the Schedule hereto.

4. Every such license to occupy shall be registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1915, in manner provided by section 90 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Form No. 1.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PURCHASE THE FEE-SIMPLE OF LAND COMPRISED IN A LEASE IN PERPETUITY OF SETTLEMENT LAND.

(Under Part IV of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.)

I, [Name in full, address, and occupation], being the owner of lease No. , under the lease-in-perpetuity tenure, of Section , Block , Survey District, Settlement, comprising acres roods perches, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of the above-mentioned Act, of my intention to purchase the fee-simple of the land comprised in the said lease, and I do hereby elect to purchase for cash [or on deferred payments].

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

[Signature of Lessee.]

Form No. 2.

NOTICE BY COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE BY LESSEE OF INTENTION TO PURCHASE FOR CASH THE FEE-SIMPLE OF THE LAND COMPRISED IN A LEASE IN PERPETUITY OF SETTLEMENT LAND.

(Under Part IV of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.)

Section , Block , Survey District, Settlement: Acres Roods Perches.

To [Name, address, and occupation of lessee].

I HAVE to acknowledge receipt of your notice of intention to purchase for cash the fee-simple of the above-mentioned land, received by me on the day of , 19 .

I have to give you notice that the price of the land, as determined in accordance with section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, is £ .

The freehold title will issue on payment of the undermentioned amounts to the Receiver of Land Revenue not later than the day of , 19 [Three months after date of delivery of notice to purchase].

Crown grant fee . . . . . . . . £ .

Price . . . . . . . . . . £ .

Rent due up to the day of , 19 [Date of delivery of notice to purchase] £ .

To this amount must be added interest on the price at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from the day of , 19 [Date of delivery of notice to purchase], to the date of payment of the price—namely, per day.

Your lease in perpetuity must be delivered up to the Commissioner before the issue of the freehold title.

If the above amount is not paid on or before the day of , 19 [Three months after date of delivery of notice to purchase], the contract of purchase may be cancelled by the Land Board, in which case you will have no right to give any further notice of intention to purchase until the expiry of a period of three years from the date of the first notice.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Form No. 3.

NOTICE BY COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE BY LESSEE OF INTENTION TO PURCHASE ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS THE FEE-SIMPLE OF THE LAND COMPRISED IN A LEASE IN PERPETUITY OF SETTLEMENT LAND.

(Under Part IV of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.)

Section , Block , Survey District, Settlement: Acres Roods Perches.

To [Name, address, and occupation of lessee].

I HAVE to acknowledge receipt of your notice of intention to purchase on deferred payments the fee-simple of the above-mentioned land, received by me on the day of 19 .

I have to give you notice that the price of the land, as determined in accordance with section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, is £ .

The license to occupy will issue on payment of the undermentioned amounts to the Receiver of Land Revenue not later than the day of 19 [Three months after date of delivery of notice to purchase].

License fee . . . . . . . . . . £1 1 0

Deposit of 5 per cent. of price . . . . £

Rent due up to [Date of delivery of notice to purchase] . . . . £

Your lease in perpetuity must be delivered up to the Commissioner before the issue of the license to occupy.

If the above amount is not paid on or before the day of , 19 [Three months after date of delivery of notice to purchase], the contract of purchase may be cancelled by the Land Board, in which case no further notice of intention to purchase will be accepted until the expiry of a period of three years from the date of the first notice.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Form No. 4.

OCCUPATION LICENSE ISSUED UNDER PART IV OF THE LAND LAWS AMENDMENT ACT, 1913, ON THE PURCHASE ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS OF THE LAND INCLUDED IN A LEASE IN PERPETUITY OF SETTLEMENT LAND.

This deed, made the day of , 19 , between His Majesty the King, of the one part, and , (who with his executors, administrators, and assigns is hereinafter referred to as the licensee), of the other part:

Whereas the licensee, being the owner of a lease in perpetuity of the land hereinafter described, did on the day of , 19 , in pursuance and exercise of the right of purchase conferred upon him by section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, give notice to the Commissioner