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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 135

3. The rentals stated in the First Schedule hereto shall be the half-yearly rentals at which the lands shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases 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, Nelson; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

5. Leases issued for sections in the settlement will be construed and taken to be a demise of the surface of the land only, and shall not entitle the lessees 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.

6. Lessees 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 lessees may sustain on account of mining operations carried on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.

7. 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.

8. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee, and the valuation for improvements (if any), immediately the application has been approved or he has been declared successful at the ballot.

9. All rents 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, except with the permission of the Minister, and such allotment or allotments shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. Each section is an allotment. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector if her husband is also a selector, and vice versa; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

13. 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.

Declaring Lots 3 and 4, Part Section 133, Komakorau Parish, Waikato County, to be vested in His Majesty, in pursuance of Section 31 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-one of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, it is provided that if the owner of any land (other than the owner of a leasehold interest therein) is not satisfied with the value of such land as fixed by the Assessment Court he may, within fourteen days after the hearing by the Assessment Court, give notice to the Valuer-General that he requires the capital value to be reduced to the amount specified in the notice, or the land to be acquired on behalf of His Majesty at the sum specified in the notice:

And whereas it is further provided by the said section thirty-one that the Valuer-General may either reduce the capital value or may refer the matter to the Governor-General in Council, and that if the Governor-General in Council approves of the acquisition of the land at the sum specified in the said notice, then the Governor-General may, by Order in Council gazetted, declare the land to be vested in His Majesty:

And whereas the owner of the fee-simple of the land known as Lots 3 and 4, part Section 133, Komakorau Parish, Waikato County, containing an area of 43 acres 1 rood 33 perches, gave notice to the Valuer-General, in terms of and within the time specified by section thirty-one of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, that he required the capital value of the said land to be reduced to the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, or the land to be acquired on behalf of His Majesty at that sum:

And whereas the Valuer-General has referred the matter to the Governor-General in Council:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirty-one of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the acquisition of the said land at the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, and doth declare the said land to be vested in His Majesty.

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Lands other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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, and by section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (as amended by section eight of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of eighteen months the Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and gazetted the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, but only in so far as it affects the land specified in the Schedule hereto, prohibiting all alienation of such land other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

TOTORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
UMUKAIMATA 1A 2B 3B .. .. .. 325 3 17
" 1A 2B 3C .. .. .. 164 2 0

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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, and by section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (as amended by section eight of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of eighteen months the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and gazetted the third day of May,