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part of Reserve No. 100, situated in Block IV, Kapunatiki
Survey District, and bounded as follows : Towards the north-
west by a public road, 2448’3 links; towards the north-east
by the Rangitata River; towards the south-east by other
part of Reserve No. 100, 2500’0 links; and again towards
the south-west by Reserve No. 1486, 3070’0 links.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing
by admeasurement 39 acres, more or less, and being part of
Reserve No. 1486, situated in Block IV, Kapunatiki Survey
District, and bounded as follows : Towards the north-west by
a public road, 1599’5 links; towards the north-east by Reserve
No. 100, 3070’0 links; towards the south-east by other
part of Reserve No. 1486, 1006’0 links; and again towards
the south-west by a public road, 437’5, 294’6, 435’4, 446’0,
526’0, 545’4, 327’9 and 143’1 links.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 7249B, deposited in the Head Office, Department
of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 7249.)

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village Allotments in Runanga
Village Settlement, Westland Land District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of
March, 1931.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and twenty of the
Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-
General 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 Proclamation made under the said Act on the twenty-
seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto
were set apart and declared open for lease as a village settle-
ment, 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-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise
of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and
acting 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; and doth also direct that the said lands
shall be divided into village allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RUNANGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Cobden Survey District.—Borough of Runanga.

Runanga Village Settlement is situated at the State Coal-
mines, about three miles by road and railway from Grey-
mouth.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated in the First Schedule are first-class
   lands, and are village allotments, open for selection on renew-
   able lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924 (herein-
   after referred to as “the said Act”), and its amendments.

2. The day on which the said lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 15th day of April.

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

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as pro-
   vided in Part I of the said Act ; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika,
   and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of
   Part I aforesaid.

5. Leases issued for sections in the settlement will be con-
   strued 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 (21s.), 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.

9. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the lst days of January and July in each year, 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 186, 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 179, 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 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.

12. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment except with the permission of the Minister, 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. 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.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 23/781.)

Opening Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Kawakawa Survey District.

(Exempt from the payment of rent for two years.)

SECTION 98, Block XVI : Area, 74 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £75. Half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Situated about two miles and a half from Kawakawa Railway-station, on formed road of which one-fifth is metalled and balance clay. Flat and easy hilly country in manuka, fern, and hakea, containing a lot of danthonia feed. Three-quarters of area is ploughable; soil is fair clay and light soil. Watered by heads of two swamps. Elevation 200ft. to 500ft.