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Kumara Times, Issue 1329, 4 January 1881, Page 4

Government Notices. STANDING REGULATION RESPECTING AGRICULTURAL LSASFB UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 18 7." Hercules Rop.nson, Govebnob. jTHEREAS by the fiftv-frat sec Mon of "The Mines Act, 1877" (her.in referred to as " the said Act"), it ia enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, rul ject to the provisions of the said Act fiom time to time to make, alter smenrfand rvoke rules and regulations for all or any of the purposes thereinafter enumerated: and whereas by the fifty-third tection of the asid Act it is enacted that the ru'es and regulations contained in the Appendices to the said Aet shall be deemed to be the first rnies and regulations made under the fiftyfirst and fifty-second sections of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient that the regulations . respecting agricultual leases under Appendix B to the said Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, and eighteen, should be amended: Now, therefore, I, Beicales George Robert Robinson, Giver nor of the Colonv of New Zealand, do hereby order that the regulations under Appendix B particularly referred to above shall be and are hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof : WHO MAY APPLY. 3 . Every application must be made by the applcant in person; and the Warden shall not entertain any application unless he satisfied that the person is of the full age of twebty-one years, and legally capable of beinp bound by the contract into which it i thereby proposed to enter, and is not in respect of the land applied for, or in respect of any part thereof, the agent or servant of or a trustee for any other person, - 5. Orjections that the the applicant is iot of the full age of twenty-one years, of that be is in respect of the land applied for the agent or servant of or the trustee for any other persoH, or that the whole or any portion ot the land applied for is claimed or owned* by any other person than the applicant, or is in the whole or in part auriferous, •or is or is likely to be required for any public purpose, must be .made in writing to the Warden, and lodged at the office at which the application shall have been lodged twenty-four hours at least before the time appointed for hearing; and the person objecting must at the time appointed for hearing urge the objection personally, or by ounsel or agent. 10. At any time before finally dealing with any application the Warden may require a report or survey to be made by the District Surveyor, and in such case the cost of such survey or report shall be paid in advance to the Receiver of Gold Bevenue either by the applicant or thcobjector, or partly by both, as may be decided by the Warden. GOVERNOR'S POWER TO REFUSE LEASE RE SERVEP. 13 On issuing any certificate the Warden shall forthwith forward to tho Governor a duplicate of such certificate, and notwithstanding the issue of the same, it shall be lawlul for the Governor within sixty day from the date thereof to refuse to grant it the applicant a lease of the land referred to in such certificate j and immediately upon sich refusal being c mmunicated to the applicant either pwrson ally or by letter addressed to him at his usual or last known place < f business or abode, the certificate and matter an>l thing therein contained shall btcome and be absolutely void, and the appli ant shall forthwith qu t and deliver up possess-ii p of the said land, and failing his so doing he may be proceeded aganst as a trespasser on Crown lands. CONDITION OY OCCUPATION. 12. Every certificate and le«8e shall b° subject to the conditions following, that is to say—1. That no sale or assignment shall be made without license. % That not less than one-eighth of the whole area shall be cultivated, or, if timbered land, cleared, within twelve months after the commencement oi the, or ODe*fnurth of the whole area substantially fenced within the same time. ?. That the lessee shall, within two ■ years after the commenc ment of the term, erect a dwelling-Louse of a value of not less than fifty pounds sterling, and that within the same period he shall begin to reside on the land, apd continue so to do until the land beoomes freehold. Building and residence may be dispense with in toe case of an applicant who resides during the currency of the lease wuhin three Bides of the land applied for. Buildings and residence may also be d'spehsed with in all cases where the majnr part of the land is declared by tie District gurveyor to be qf a greater altitude above 4ea level than two thousand feet, SCHEDULE B< District ot , 18 Whereas the application of for an agricultural lease of Crown lands, situated , was heard before me on 18 j and whereas 1 have decided that a lease of acres roads parches should be granted to the said applicant: This is to certify that the said is hereby authorised to take possession of the ssid land, and the same to hpld, use, and §njoy, subject* to the terms and conditions specified in the Agricultural Leases Regulations in force at the date of the issue hereof. ' Warden. N.B.- This certificate is to be exchanged for a l«*se when the said is notiti. d that Such base is ready for bis a-ceptance, and will become void if the Bai<? is notified that a lease will not be granted to NOT TRANSFERABLE. As witness the hand of His Excelienry the Govemoi. this slevemb day ol June < ne tbonaaiid, hundred »&4 apYrUity-^we,*