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Kumara Times, Issue 1330, 5 January 1881, Page 4

Government Notices. STAND-INO REGULATIONS RESPECTING AGRICULTURAL LEASES UNDER " THE MINES ACT, 18:7." Hercules Rop.nson, Governor. VV "The Mines Act, 1877" (heivin referred to aa " the said Act''), it is enacted that it Bhall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Act bom time to time to make, alter amendand rvoke rules and regulations for all or any of the purposes thereinafter enumerated: and whereas by the fifty-third section of the said Act it is enacted that the rules and regulations contained in the Appendices to the said Aet Bhall be deemed to be the first rules 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. 8 to the said Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, and'eighteen, should be amended: Now, therefore, I, Berpales George Robert Robinson, Governor of the Colony 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 applicant in person ; and the Warden shall not entertain any application unless he satisfied that the person is of the full age of twenty-one years, and legally capable of being bound by the contract into which it j thereby proposed to enter, and is not in respect of the land applied for, or in respect of any part thereof, the agent or Bervant of or a trustee for any other person, 5. Objections that the the applicant i« not of the full age of twenty-one years, of that he is in respect of the land applied for the agent or servant of or the trustee for any other persoa, 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 ounael or agent. 10. At any time before finally dealing With any application the Warden may require a report or survey to be made by th* District Surveyor, and in such case the ooßt of such survey or report shall be paid in advance to the Receiver of Gold Revenue either by the applicant or the objector, or partly by both, as may be decided by the Warden. GOVERNOR'S POWER TO REFUSE LEASE RE SERVED. 13 On issuing any certificate the Warden shall forthwith forward to the Governor a duplicate of such certificate, and notwithstanding the issue of the same, it shall be lawful for tbe Governor within sixty day from tbe date thereof to refuse to grant it the applicant a lease of the land referred to in euch certificate; and immediately upon sjch refusal being c mmunicated .to tbe applicant either person ally or by letter addressed to him at his usual or last known place <f bnsiness or abode, the certificate and matter and thing therein contained shall btcome and be absolutely void, and ti>e appli ant shall forthwith qu t and deliver wp posseseif n of the said land, and failing his so doing he may be proceeded aga : nst as a trespasser on Crown lands. CONDITION Or uOCDPATION. 12. Every certificate and leise shall b«> subject to the conditions followiag, that is to say—1. That no sale or assignment shall bt made without license. 2, That not less than one-eighth of the whole area shall he cultivated, or, if timbered land, cleared, within twelve months after the commencement of the, or one-fourth of the whole area substantially fenced within the same time. ?. That the lessee shall, within two years after the commencement of the term, erect a dwelling-Louse of a Value p,f pot less than fifty pounds, sterling, and that within the same period he shall begin* to reside on the land, and continue so to do until the land becomes freehold. Building and residence may be dispense with in the case of an applicant who resides during the currency of the lease within three miles of the land applied for. Buildings and residence may also be dispensed with in all cases where the major part of the land is declared bj the District gurveyor to be of a greater altitude above jea level than two thousand feet. SCHEDULE BDistrict ot ,18 Whereas the application of for an agricultural lease of Crown lands, situated , was heard before me on 18 ; and whereas I have decided that a lease of *cres roads perches should be granted to the said applicant: This is to certify that the said is hereby authorised to take possession of the said land, and the same to bold, use, and pnjoy. subject* to the terms aad conditions specified in the Agricultural Leases Regulationß in forpe at the date of the issue hereof. Warden, N.R.- This certificate is to be exchanged for a lease when the said is notified that such lease is ready for his a< ceptance, and will become yoid if the said is notified that a lease will, not be granted to NOT TRANSFERABLE. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of June one thousand, hundred