A.—3

18

FORM OF LEASE. This Deeu, made the day of , 1876, between Her Majesty the Queen, hereinafter called " the Lessor," of the one part, and , of , in the Province of , hereinafter called "the Lessee," of the other part, witnesseth, that, in consideration of the rent hereinafter reserved, and of the covenants, conditions, and agreements hereinafter contained and herein implied, the lessor doth hereby demise and lease unto the lessee, executors, administrators, and assigns, all that parcel of land situate at , in the Province of , containing by admeasurement more or less. Bounded — as the same is delineated in the plan drawn on the back hereof and therein coloured Together with the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging. To hold unto the lessee, executors, administrators, and assigns, for the term of seven years, to be computed from the first day of January, 1876, subject, however, to the provisoes hereinafter contained: Yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year the annual rent or sum of five pounds, by equal half-yearly payments to be made on the first day or January and the first day of July in each year, the first of such payments to be made on the first day of July now next ensuing: And it is hereby declared and agreed, That all covenants on the lessee's part implied in leases under or by virtue of the Conveyancing Ordinance of New Zealand (Session 11., No. 10) shall, except in so far as the same may be modified by these presents, be herein implied: And it is hereby expressly agreed and declared that the lessee, executors, administrators, and assigns shall not be bound to keep the buildings erected or which may be hereafter erected on the demised premises in good repair, nor shall he or they be liable to reinstate such premises as may be destroyed either by fire or other inevitable accident: And it is also agreed that the lessee, executors, administrators, and assigns, shall and may, prior to the expiration of the said term hereby granted, remove from the land hereby demised such buildings as may now stand or which may be erected thereon during the term hereby created. Provided always that if the rents hereby reserved, or any part thereof, shall at any time during the said term be in arrear and unpaid for the space of twenty-one days next after any or either of the days hereinbefore appointed for the payment thereof, it shall be lawful for the Lessor, Her successors or assigns, to re-enter upon the demised premises, and thereby determine this lease : Provided lastly, and it is hereby expressly declared and agreed, that in case it may be necessary to exercise the power of re-entry hereinbefore contained, or any other power or authority which may be exercised hereunder by the Lessor or Her successors, it shall be sufficient if such be exercised on behalf of the Lessor or Her successors by the Colonial Secretary of the Colony for the time being, or by any person authorized by him for that purpose. • In witness whereof His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, on behalf of the Lessor, hath hereunto set his hand, and hath caused these presents to be passed under the Seal of the Colony; and the lessee ha hereunto subscribed name , the day and year first above written.

IH.—ORDER IN COUNCIL DEFINING PORTIONS OF "COLLIERY RESERVE" AT WESTPORT REQUIRED FOR RAILWAY PURPOSES. Nobmanby, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, 1876. Present: The Honobable the Pbemiee PEEsmiifo in Council. Wheeeas by the twenty-fourth section of " The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1875," it is enacted that such portions of the " Colliery Reserve" situate at Westport as are required for the railway from Mount Rochfort to Westport, and for a railway station and other purposes connected with the said railway, shall be forthwith defined by an Order of tho Governor in Council, and that thereafter the same shall be reserved and held for the said purposes and no other : And whereas the portions of the said " Colliery Reserve " described in the Schedule hereto are required for the purposes mentioned in the above-recited section : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and under and by virtue of the above-recited power and authority, doth hereby declare that such portions of the " Colliery Reserve " as are in the Schedule hereto defined shall be henceforth reserved and held for the purposes of the railway from Mount Rochfort to Westport, and for a railway station and other purposes connected with the said railway and no other. FOESTEE GOEING, JuLITS VOGEL, Clerk of the Executive Council. Presiding.