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Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3419, 4 August 1879, Page 3

Government Notices AMENDING REGULATIONS RESPECTING AGRICULTURAL LEASES UNDER " THI MINES AOT, 1877." Hkbcules Robinson, Governor. WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of " The Mines Act, 1877" (herein re.farred 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, alt er amend, and revoke rules and regulations for all or any of the purposes thereinafter enumerated: And whereas by the fifty-third section of the snid Act it is enacted that the rules and regulations contained in tbe Appendices to the said Act shall be deemed to be the first rules and regulations made under the fiftyfirst and fifty-second sections of the said Act : And whereas it is expedient that the regulations respecting agricultual leases under Appendix B to the said Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, and eighteen, should be amended : Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor of the Colony of New ji Zealand, do hereby order that the regula- "^ latioos under Appendix B particularly referred to above shall be and are hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof : — WHO MAY APPLY. 3. Every application must be made by the appl : cant in person ; and the Warden shall not entertain any application unless he is satisfied that the person is of the full age of twenty-one years, and legally capable of beinp bound by the contract into which ib is thereby proposed to enter!, and is not in respect of the land applied for. or in respect of any part thereof, tbe agent or servant of or a trustee for any other person. OBECTIONS. 5. Objections that the the applicant is not of the full age of twenty-one years, or that he is in respect of the land applied for the agent or servant, of or the trustee for any other persoa, or that the whole or any portion of 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 public purpose, must be made in writing to the WardeD, and lodged at the office at which the application shall have been lodged twenty-four hours at least before the time appointed for hearing ; and the person objecting must at the time appointed for hearing urge the objection personally, or by ounsel or agent. 10. At any time before finally dealing ■ witb any application the Warden may require ■ a report or survey to be made by the District Surveyor, and in such case the coßt 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, aB may be decided by the Warden. gk: nttvg certificate. 12. If no valid objection as aforesaid be made, and no reason be known to the Warden why the application ifcunld not be granted. or if on hearing such application be shall decide that a part only of the land applied for should be granted, he shall require the applicant to pay to the Receiver of Gold Revenue a sum, calculated in the case where survey fees have not been paid by tho applicant at the rate of three shillings per acre, and in the case where survey fees have been paid by the applicant at the rate of one shilling and sixpence per acre of the land intended to be granted ; and such payment shall cover all charges in respect of such grant, inclufive of rent for the first six months of the term ; and upon production of the Beceiver's receipt for the above sum to the Warden, he shall give to the applicant a certificate in the form of Schedule B hereto, bearing even date with such receipt, from which date the commencement of the term of the lease (if a lease be granted) shall be taken and computed. governor's power to refuse lease reserved. 13. On issuing any certificate the Warden shall forthwith forward to the Governor a duplicate of such certificate, and notwithstanding^ tbe issue of the same, it shall be lawful for the Governor within sixty day from the date thereof to refuse to grant it the applicant a lease of tbe land referred to in such certificate; and immediately upon such refusal being communicated to the applicant, either personally or by letter addressed to him at his usual 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 S3 possession of the said land, and failing s so doing he may be proceeded against as a trespasser on Crown lands. CONDITION OF OCCUPATION. 12. Every certificate and lease shall be subject to the conditions following, that is to say— 1. That no sale or assignment shall be made without license. 2, 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 the, or one-fourth 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 reside on the land, and continue so to do until the land becomes freehold. Building and residence may be dispensed with in the case of an applicant who resides during the currency of the lease within three miles of the land applied for. Buildings and residence may also be diswith in all cases where the major part of the land is declared bj the District gurveyor to be of a greater altitude above sea level than two thousand feet. SCHEDULE B. District of ,18 . Whereas the application of for an agricultural lease of Crown lands, situated at , was heard before me on 18 ; and whereas I have decided that a lease of acres roads perches should be granted to the said applicant : This is to certify that the said is hereby authorised to take possession of the said land, and the same to hold, use, and enjoy, subject* to the terms and conditions specified in the Agricultural Leases Regulations in force at the date of the issue hereof. Warden. N.B.— This certificate is to be exchanged for a lease when the said is notified that such lease is ready for his acceptance, and will become void if the said iB 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 June one thonsand eight hundred and seventy-nine, J BALLANCfc.