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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

And whereas by section two hundred and nineteen of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations for regulating the practice and conduct of business under that Act:

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 Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Acts; and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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REGULATIONS.

IN any case where a lease or license under the Land Act, 1908, or any former Land Act has been registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1915, or any former Land Transfer Act, if any part of the land comprised in such lease or license is subsequently proclaimed as a road or street in terms of section 11 of the Land Act, 1908, and by reason thereof a reduction is made in the rental payable under the lease or license, or if a road or street intersecting or adjoining the lands comprised in any such lease or license has been closed under the said section 11, and subsequently added to the land comprised in such lease or license, and by reason thereof an increase is made in the rental payable under the lease or license, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.) The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall forward to the District Land Registrar a certificate under his hand in the form No. 1 or No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, as the case may require, specifying the portion of land taken or added, and the corresponding reduction or increase of rent.

(b.) The District Land Registrar shall deposit such certificate in his office, and shall note on the folio of the Register-book constituted by the lease or license, and on the duplicate lease or license when forwarded to him for that purpose, a memorandum in the form No. 3 or No. 4 in the Schedule hereto as may be applicable.

SCHEDULE.
Form No. 1.

In the matter of lease or license from His Majesty to [Name of lessee or licensee], dated the day of , 19 , Register-book, Vol. , folio , of [Specify the land].

This is to certify that from the land comprised in the above-mentioned lease or license, portion thereof—to wit, the portion described in the Schedule hereto—was, on the day of , 19 , proclaimed as a road [or street] under section 11 of the Land Act, 1908; and that on and after that date the yearly rental reserved by the lease or license is reduced from [Name original amount] to [Name reduced amount].

Dated at this day of , 19 .

SCHEDULE.
[Specify the land by description and plan.]

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Form No. 2.

In the matter of lease or license from His Majesty to [Name of lessee or licensee], dated the day of , 19 , Register-book, Vol. , folio , of [Specify the land].

This is to certify that the road [or street] described in the Schedule hereto was, on the day of , 19 , closed under section 11 of the Land Act, 1908, and has been granted under the said section 11 to the owner of the above lease or license; and that on and after the said date [or as the case may be] the land comprised in the said closed road [or street] is to be included in the said lease or license, and the yearly rental reserved by the said lease or license is from such date increased from [Name original amount] to [Name increased amount].

Dated at this day of , 19 .

SCHEDULE.
[Specify the land by description and plan.]

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Form No. 3.

Portion of land in this lease or license as described in deposited certificate under the hand of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District, dated , 19 , taken for road [or street], and yearly rent reduced to [Name reduced rent].

Particulars entered the day of , 19 .

District Land Registrar.

Form No. 4.

Portion of land as described in deposited certificate under the hand of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District, and dated , 19 , added to this lease or license, and yearly rent increased to [Name increased rent].

Particulars entered the day of , 19 .

District Land Registrar.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Opening National Endowment Lands in Otago Land District for Selection.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Blackstone Survey District.

| 13 | VIII | 480 0 0 | 440 0 0 | 8 16 0 |
| 14 | ,, | 519 0 0 | 550 .0 0 | 11 0 0 |

Weighted with valuation for fencing as follows: Section 37, £65 3s. 6d.; Section 38, £29 2s. 6d.; Section 39, £14 2s.; Section 41, £14 1s.; Section 42, £2 14s.; Section 44, £5 8s. 6d.; Sections 46 and 51, £15 6s.; Section 47, £12 15s.; Section 48, £13 12s.; Section 14, £14 14s.

These sections are subdivisions of the Downs Block of Hawkduun Station, and are situated close to St. Bathan’s, which is a mining township in Central Otago. Access is from two railway-stations on the Otago Central line—viz., Oturuhua and Lauder. The distance from Oturuhua is from nine to fourteen miles; that from Lauder is from nine to seventeen miles. There are formed roads from both places. The sections comprise undulating and ridgy land intersected by gullies. The greater part of nearly every section is ploughable. The soil is a black loam, good in places and light in places, on a clay, shingle, and sand formation. Generally speaking, the land is not well watered, but water might be obtained by sinking. The altitude is from 1,600 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.