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Kumara Times, Issue 1373, 24 February 1881, Page 4

Government Notices. STANDING REGULATIONS RESPECTING AGRICULTURAL LEASES UNDER “ THE MINES ACT, 18/7.” Hercules Ropinson, Governor. WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of “The Mines Act, 1877” (herein referred to as “the said' Act”), it is enacted that it, shall,be lawful for the Governor, subject to the, provisions of the said Act from time to time to make, alter amendand rvoke rules add regulations for all or any of the purposes thereinafter enumerated: and whereas by, the fifty-third section of the said Act U is enacted that the rules and regulations contained in the Appendices to the said Aet shall be deemed to be the first rnles-and regulations made under the fiftyfirst .and: fiftyßepond sections of the said Act:,And whereas it is expedient that the regulations "respecting agricnltual leases nnder Appendix B to the said Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, and eighteen, should be amended: NojHf, therefore, X .Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor, of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby order that the regulations nnder Appendix B particularly referred :!to above shall be and are hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof’s—• ,V ■ ‘ WRO MAY APPLY. 3. Every; application must be made by the applicant in'pereon; and the Warden shall not entertain any application unless be satisfied that the person is of ; the full age of twentytOne years, and legally capable of being, .bound by tbe 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 lor any other person. ! iKi.: ; ; ; r: OBEOHONS. -il’)':.;;! 5. that the the applicant is not of the full age of twenty-one years, of that'he 1 is In respect of the land applied for the agent orservant of or the trnstee for any .other person, 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 pabllo purpose, must he 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 bearingj and the person objecting must at the time appointed for hearing nrge 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 he 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 objector, or partly by both, as may be decided by the Warden. GOVERNOR'S POWER TO REFUSE LEASE RE BERV KD • - 13. On issuing any certificate the Warden shall forthwith forward to the Governor a duplicate of snob certificate, and notwithstanding the issue of the same, it shall he lawlnl 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; and immediately upon such refusal being communicated to the applicant, either person ally or by letter addressed to him at his nshal 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 shall 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 OX OCCUPATION. 12. Every certificate and lease 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 of ' thej or one-fonrth of the whole area . substantially fenced within the 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 he shall begin to r eside on the land; and continue so to do until the ' lend’ becomes freehold. Building and residence ! may be dispense with In the case of an applicant who resides during-the cnrrencyof the lease within three miles of the land applied for.. Buildings‘and residence may also be dispensed With m all cases where the major part of . the.land is declared by the District gqrveyor to be of a greater altitude above sea level than two thousand feet, SCHEDULES, District of ,18 Whereas the application of for an agricultural lease of Grown lands, situated jo .- V was heard before me on 18 ; and whereas I have decided that a lease of roads perches should 1 he granted to the said applicant: This Is to certify, that the said is hereby authorised to lake possession of the said, land, and the same to hold, nse, and enjoy, subjects to the terms and conditions specified in the Agricultural Leases Regulations in force at the date of the issne hereof.' Warden, N.B.+ This certificate is to he exchanged for. a - lease when the said is notified thatsuch lease is ready for his a< oeptance, and will become void if the said is notified that'a lease will not be granted to him. NOT TRANSFERABLE. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of Jane one thousand eight hundred «nd seventy-nine,]