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Mines, and shall not at any time set over or assign or part yvith this lease, or demise the same premises or any part thereof unto any person or persons without the consent in writing of the said Commissioner of Crown Lands : Provided also, and it is hereby declared, that if the said lessees, their executors, administrators, and assigns, shall be desirous of putting an end to this demise at the expiration of any year of the said term, they shall give not less than two calendar months' notice thereof in writing to the Commissioner of Crown Lands aforesaid at the Crown Lands Office in Nelson. Then and in such case, upon payment of all arrears of rent, or royalties or payments in lieu thereof, and performance of the covenants herein reserved, contained, or implied on the part of the said lessees to be paid, kept, and performed, this deed shall cease and be void at the expiration of the current year aforesaid. In witness whereof the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Nelson, on behalf of the lessor, hath hereunto set his hand, and the lessees have hereunto subscribed their names, the day and year first above written. Signed by , Commissioner of Crown Lands for Nelson, in the) presence of — I Signed by the said Arthur Joseph Washbourn and Henry Phillip) Washbourn in the presence of — ) I hereby consent to the transfer of the within lease from Arthur Joseph Washbourn and Henry Phillip Washbourn to the Public Trustee. Dated this 14th day of May, 1908. F. W. Flanagan, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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