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Kumara Times, Issue 1358, 7 February 1881, Page 4

Government Notices. STANDING REGULATION 3 RESPECTING AGRICULTURAL LEABES UNDER «• THE MINES ACT, 1877." ■ Hercules Kopinsojn, Governor; 7HEREAB by the fifty-first section of ."The.Mines Act, 1877" (herein refetml to aa '* the said Act"), it is enacted thit' it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the :said Act bom time to ; time to make, alter amendrules and regulations for ,all. or anycf t)ie pnrposes thereinafter enumerated: ana'whereas -by the fifty-third section of the Said'Aet It is enacted that the rules and regulations; contained in the Appendices to xi rj »-i. _i it t__ a ji_ l. it__ n «. rules made under the fiftyfirst and AoV:'And- wbetoks it is expedient that the regulations respecting agricultual leases linger JB to, the said Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen;'and eighteen, should be amended: Now, therefore, I y Hercules George Robert Roionaon,-Governor of the Colony pf,.New Zealand/do hereby order that the regula.Appendix ,B partjculai'ly referred to above shall be and are hereby revoked; and the following substituted in lieo ,'.■'■■■■} . ''>i"WHO' MAY APPLY; sf :: Every' application-must be made by the applicant in pettoia; and 'the Warden shall not-ceptertainfainy; application unless he i>ne years,.,and legally capable of r uoundby the 1 contract into which it rt&ej*by prtpceed to enter, and is not in respect of the land applied for, or in respect of jany r pajrt the agent or servant of or a, trustee for any other person. R» Objections that the the applicant is notvol the full .age : of ■ twenty-one years, of that he is in respect of the land applied for theagent or servant of or the trustee for any other person, or that the whole or any portion of the land applied for is claimed or owued by any other person than the applicant, or is in the whole or 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 hoars at least before the time appointed for hearing; and the person objecting must at the time appointed for hearing urge the objeotion 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 Revenue either by the applicant Or the objeotor,-or partly by both, asunay be decided by the Warden. OOVJtRNQR'S POWftR TO REFUSE LEASE RE -i.'j' . A> : ,'.■■ served. , 13. On iaraing 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 lawful for the Governor within sixty day i frem;thedatethereof to refuse to grant it applicant a lease, of the land referred to sach' refusal being communicated to the applicant, either person ally or by letter addressed, to him : at his usual or' last known place of business, or abode, the certificate and matter and thing .therein contained shall become and be absolutely void, and the applicant Bhall forthwith quit and. deliver up. possession of the" said: land, and failing his so doing he may be proceeded against as a trespasser on Crown lands. CONDITION O* OCCUPATION. 12. Every certificate and lease shall b< subject to the conditions following, that is twjtty— . ' 1. That no sale or assignment shall be .-.;'' made without license. % Thatnot less than one-eighth of the whole area shah be cultivated, or, if timbered land, cleared, within twelve mqnths after the commencement of . or. one-fourth of the whole area substantially fenoed within thd same • time. !! • •''"'•■' 2. That the lessee shall, within two years after the commencement of the. : term, erect a dwelling-house of .a value of . not less than fifty pounds sterling; and that within the same period Be.shall begin to reside on the '«.:>., . Janet, and;continue, so to do ; until the ~.. ...jjMfvi " )eoomeß re P h °l4f Building and residence may be dispense with,ln the case of an applicant who resides during the Currency of the lease within three nnletf of the lanii applied for. . (Bnildin^a^d,residence may,also be dispenqed < with in. all cases where the major P)jrtof the;land ib declared by the District ■ surveyor w "be of a 1 greater altitude above lea level than two ttronsanifeet, ;; ; SCHEDULE B. jt;;i,i.! > ;••> .Districtpt—r—, 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 leaiiedfi acres" roads perches shou?d i; be,granted to the said applicant: This u is to certify that the said . is hereby authorised to take possession of the Bald land, *nd the same to bold, nse; and enjoy,.subjects to the termß.and; conditions •PSSWSA M 1 &« Agricultural Leases ReguJa. turns fit force at the date of the issue bereof. \'J ■'." ... Warden,. 'jSfjkr This certificate is to be exchanged for'ar JMstf when the said is notified thWsueh'lease' isready for his acceptance, and; i will become void if the said is notified that a lease will not be granted to Mm. NOT IPRANStfERABLSi. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of June one thonsand eAght hundred *ud seventy-nine,)