Special Settlements.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1607, 13 January 1886, Page 2

Special Settlements.

(Coutinitedj; The purchaser sliall lie entitled to a Crown grant of the land selected by hinij upon proof to tile Satisfaction 1 of the Commissioner that he Had been continuously m residential occupation df" the hind selected by liihi; either peradri: ! ally or by a registered substitute; for a period of six years, and has fulfilled all the <cariditib'nfl-:[ Provided that m bush lanrl residence" need not commence \ within two years f roim the date of allotment. - ---■• ■-■ ■' -•-- The provisions of the foregoing section relating to residential occupation by pur.chase.rs.shall apply equally. t« lessees, with the exception of the right of acacquiring the freehold of the land. All usual and accustomed fees for the time being; payable for the issue ot the Crown grant shall be. paid by the settler. The settlers sfiall; ie members of the association 1 , ana 1 shall not be under 17 years of age. ; The secretary shall inform the Commissioner of the names of the settlers, and also furnish the Commissioner with minutes of proceeding* ot the association if so required. A certificate signed by the secretary of the association- shall be sufficient evidence that the person claiming to select land is a member thereof. Each settler shall, within two years from the date of his selection, bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the land selected by him. „ ( . , v Each settler shall,, within four years from the date of his selection, bring into cultivation not less than one-fifth of the land selected by'hiim. '"' '■'"•' '* Each settler shall, within six years from the date of his selection, m addition to -the cultivation' : of one-filth, of the. land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character, oa the land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land. I ■ • ' '"' ' ; ■■'••■*'." ' :r ,' - The expression " substantial improve- : m'ehts~6f a ! permanent* character " shall, for all purpoees of these regulations, mean and include reclamation: -from swamps, clearing of bush; or scrub, cultivation, planting^with tree* or live hedges; the laying out and cultivating of gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, -sinking wells or water tanks, constructing water ; races, m any way ifiiproving-ihe character or fertility of the soil, or the erec. tion of any buiidirisv : : , : Cultivation shall'mean — (1.) Fencing the land with timber or other durable material, not beinc; T / Vy'a '!J r l 18a fence ; or (2.) Breaking up and laving downJthe same m English'or other culti-* i' '. [ , vpteil grass. ; or : „.;: ;. r: ,.;,.; .. (3.) Breaking, up and planting or aow r - ing 'root or other crops therein ; and,' m case of bush. lands, the // :.'.! -'felling an>i clearing ot timber and so wing of grass. ;In the «yent of'the death of a settler before haying received a grant or lease' of his land, his interest in.tlie^allqtment will revert' to his legal representatives,, who may dispose of it "to a bbna fide settler approved by the Commissioner ; and' the purchaser shall be deemed to stand m. the position of 'the original ■ settler. , .■••;■■ : ■-,■:■-' ." . i Should, any settler be compelled to leave the district previous to his completing the 'requisite term of occupation, it shall be competent for the Coinmis'sioner to permit suoh settler to. transfer his rights, -title; and interest m the land selected toianother bonafide settler, who shall be deemed to occupy theipositidn x>£ the original occupant : Provided always that no settler shall be allow&J to . hold more than ,150 acres under .these regulations on deferred payment,' or 200 acres' on perpetual-lease; - Nopersqn who is a holder, of land on deferred payments, or ,who~has acquired any freehold under that system,^ or yrh6 is the holder of land on^perpetual lease, and no person whqis the owner of a^pre . emptive right, or "who is' the bwnerin' fee of land m all in -New Zealand, which together with the land included m his application under these regulations would exceed 150 acres on deferred payments or 200 acres on perpetual lease, and no person 1 who has made an arranger ment or agreement to permit any one, -save Kis son. or daughter, to acquire by purchase or -otherwise the allotment m respect of whibh his application is made, shall be entitled to become a settler under these, regulations.'? ';. ■ r . Any settler who .shall fail to comply, with these regulationsinany respect shall, -upon sufficient proof thereof to ths satisfaction of the Commissioner, forfeit his interest m the land selected, and the Commissioner shall cause such interest to be sold by public auction to a bona fide settler; and these \ conditions shall be sufficient authority for such forfeiture and reallotment. i?ny settler ac purchasing shall be deemed stand m the position: of the oria^nal" setder._^~ T=fc^_ . „,. The association may make such rules and regulations from tini^'fq time at'lt may deem! necessary^ subject^tp^ the > 9& proval of- the Commispione'r. -* * % '. * ,' In case my doubt' ihall^ris^'asjpthe^ construction of these Sndxorio' i<X tions with'reference to the selection and occupation of clearing any^lapd, or other. ; wise arising thereunder, -the same'shali 1 .be settled by .the .Commissioner.. . -, ; , The following'ruies are suggested for tbe guidance of Asaociatipus;:— - .7. , . The^Asaociation is founded .for the purpbse"bf tafeingup j j.;,., acregin r ,f under : the Ispepial- settlement regulatiqns issued by i the; Qoy«rnment, also tQfpur 7 . cljase 640 acres from. the .Government for. each for the. purpose, of cutting, .up. .into town and suburban sections. ",, y , .. 1 ' The name of the settlement shall be the I Special Settlement, ', „ ii( ,\ There Wjill be,.a. Committee of Manage-,, meat elected; by ballot annually by the.' Association,. insisting of a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and B«ycnraeniber3, 'five to form a quorum, whose duties shall beto carry sut the objects of, the Association. ; ..;»;.... ,-, • The Committee from, time to time may levy contributions not exceeding 3d per acre to cover working expenses. . Sections may b^eut up m sijses rarying from 50,/ to 200 acregin extent, according to the. requirements of members: Provided that the average area held by each member does not exceed 100 acres on deferred payment, and 150 acres on perpetual lease./ * „ . The^ price or, rent, to be paid for each 'allotment shall be at the same rate as that paid by the Association to the Government. : .'. ;■ ... •"':•- , . Each member shall be entitled to select one town section and 4 acres suburban land at cost price, with cost of survey and street-iolearing added. 1 iThe sections shall' be'allotted by ballot, each 6ettlfr'tp" take,' the number oh the plan corresporidihglib that drawn by him, Som No. 1 to No. lOO: ""' "'' ' Up to the time of the allotment of sections, no settler will be' allowed to transfer his interest without Che' consent ; of the Committee ; and m no ease will a transfer be allowed a money consideration. . ■ : - ; :; i: ■ ; ■•'.■:.-< : '.• . iV V :.',.'■■ wmmm tm _^^^^^ . ,/ . .-.>r: Dyspepsia, billtoaanois, nervousness, and miser , bleness all cured with Hop Bitters. Genuine made by American Co. See.' ' : Messrs' G-KEBirw'qoD & Box, Dentists " Wanganui, Registered under the Imperial Colonial Acts. Dentistry m all itsbrancb.es. Mn G-reenwood brings with him all the requisite apparatus for administrating* Nitrious Oxide Gas -for the painless -extraction of teeth. 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