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granted, and the rent thereafter payable under the lease shall be reduced in the same proportion as the deduction bears to the entire acreage. Conditions of Entry to Search for Gold. 25. The right of free entry is reserved to the Superintendent upon any land so leased as aforesaid, for the purpose of searching for gold or any other metal or mineral, and of determining any lease when such gold, metals, or minerals shall have been discovered therein; and further, when any ground held under an agricultural lease is supposed to be auriferous, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to authorize any person to prospect the said ground, upon giving sufficient security for compensation for any actual damage that may be caused thereby; and when any agricultural lease shall be determined on account of the auriferous character of the ground, the compensation to which the lessee is by law entitled shall be paid by the persons desirous of mining thereon, in such manner and proportion as the Superintendent shall determine; and there is also reserved the right of granting permission to prospect without compensation upon any unimproved land subject to such regulations as the Superintendent shall from time to time appoint in this behalf. Schedule I. No. FlaceDate. To Wakden . ... hereby apply for a Lease of Land for Agricultural Purposes situate at , and comprising acres or thereabouts ; and I deposit herewith the Receiver's receipt for pounds , shillings and pence, in accordance with the Agricultural Lease Regulations of the day of 187 , made under ' The Gold Fields Act, 1866." , - n , Signature (Same m i ml.) Address The above application will be heard before me at ,on , the day of , 187 . A. 8., Warden. Schedule 11. N°- Place. Bate. Received from , by way of deposit on account of application for acres of land situate at , under application No. , under the Agricultural Leases Regulations of the day of , the sum of pounds , shillings and pence. £ Receiver of Gold Revenue. Schedule 111. (Not Transferable without the Sanction of the Superintendent.) Pbovince oe Nelson. District of , 187 . Weeebas the application of for an Agricultural Lease of Crown Lands situate at , and containing acreß roods perches, was heard before me on 187 , and whereas the Superintendent has approved of the said application : This is to certify that the said is hereby authorized to take possession of the land so applied for, and the same to hold, use, and enjoy, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Agricultural Lease Regulations in force at the date of the issue hereof. A. 8., Warden. 10. This certificate is to be exchanged for a lease when the said is notified that such lease is ready for his acceptance. Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Oswald Cuetis, Superintendent. Attested — Alfbed Greenfield, Provincial Secretary.