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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2044, 23 July 1875, Page 3

Lease to be forfeited if not executed within-one montli. 16. If any applicant shall fail to sign and execute the counterpart of his leaao for the space of one calendar month after notice shall hare been given that the same is ready for signature, he shall forfeit his right to such lease. Any such notice may, be delivered personally or sent by post, addressed to the place of abode of the applicant. ■Rent to be paid in advance. 17. The rent to be reserved upon every lease shall be at the rate of two shillings and sixpence per acre per annum, and all rents or moneys payable under or in respect of aiiy lease shall be due and paid annually, in advance, to the Receiver of Gold Eerenu?, on the first day of January in each year of the terra of lease. Provided always that one full year's rent shall be paid at the time of issue on all leases issued prior to the thirtieth day of June in any year,and one-half year's rent shall be paid on leases subsequent to the thirtieth day of June in any year. Lease to be void if rent in arrear. ~i£. If at any time during the currency of any lease the annual rent payable in. respect thereof shall be in area for six months, or that: the conditions hereinafter imposed are not fulfilled, such lease shall be declared void, and all rights thereunder forfeited. . . .'..',, Conditions of'lease. j- 1&'-Every-Ieare granted under these/Segu]fations: shall .be subject to the conditions following:— (1) Cultivation of not less than one-tenth the .whole area within (12) '-.>months;from- the-commencement of the .; C 'term';.of "ihVlease, ;'ov one-half^bf the ; ■whole area substantially fenced within, ; the same time. (2) Cultivation and other improvements to, be, commenced within ; three months from the date of the lease.: . : Lease may be transferred. : 20. The beneficial interest in any lease may, with the sanctisn aud authority of the Superintendent, be at any time after the issue of the same transferred by the, holder thereof. "Provided always that no r-uch transfer shall be valid unless all the conditions upon which the^ lease was granted shall have been complied with, and that upon any such transfer a fee of one pound (£1) shall in every case be paid, 'i\- Survey Fees. : 21. The fees charged for survey" shail he as follows:— For an ordinary survey where the area does not"exceed "10 acres three pounds (£3), for any larger area three pounds (£3), and an extra two shillings (2s) fcr every ■' -. acre in excess of 10 acres. Roads. 22. Where land shall he leased in any part of the goldfield in which roads shall net hive been determined on and laid out such laud shall be subject to the right on the part of the Superintendent to lay out* stiph "roads over the said land when required, ajd no compens ition shall be allowed in respect or. any such land so taken, except where the same is occupied by buildings or ornamental grounds. Application to enter to search for gold. '-23. Any holder of a Miner's Eight desiring to enter for the purpc&e of searching for gold upon any land held under '* gricultural Lease shall apply to the Warden in such form as he may prescribe, aDd shall serve upon the occupant or lessee of the land a duplicate copy of application. --, t'n the ..receipt, of. such ■•application the IVarden-'uhall appoint Vday and place for heaiing the same, and en the day appointed shall proce°d to hear the application, and any objection thereto that may be: made by the lessor or occupier, and shall report to the Supcrin'endent, who may thereupon grant or refuse such application. , Deposit. ,24., In any case in which permission shall.' be granted to any holder"of a Miner's Right to enter upon any such land for the purpose of searching for gold he sLall deposit with the Receiver of -Bevenue such sum of money as the - Warden may consider sufficient as security for the due performance of any conditions of such, permission:,'.and it shall be- lawful :ior the Warden, in ca3e of failure to comply "with such conditions, or any cf them, to order payment of the whole ;or-, any.paU.o£ sucli money to the lessee or occupier of thes -land, -orio make such, other order in relation to tho same as to him shall seem fit, and the decision of the Warden sha'l be fin'at and conclusive .as regards all . paities concerned. Conditions of entry to search for gold. 25. The Superintendent reserves the light of free entry to aDy land so leased as aforesaid for the purpose of searching and mining for gold, or for any other "metal, or mineral, aDd cf determining any lease when such gol'l, metals, or minerals shall have b?en discovered therein, and also-of granting permission to prcspect without compensation upon any unimproved land. • - Eocemptifjiis. 26. Agiicultural leases will not, except in special cises, be granted for lands comprised within the boundaries of procjaimed. townships or publh reserves, nor for any area including a permanent water-course, or which may present auriferous indications, and in all cases a public roadway one chain in width will bs reserved along the margins of navigable streams and , rivers. Hivers, Sfc , may not he diverted. i 27. 'Ihe granting of any lease shall not ' authorise the diversion of. any river, stream, ' or water-course required for public purposes, ' or for the use of mineis generally, or authorise the use of any water therefrom, or from anynalural spring", except far domestic purposes, bufc all such -water on any demised land shall be subject to the Goldfields Kegulations for the time being; in force for regulating the grant- , ing of water rights. Superintendent may reserve land in ' certain cases. 28. The Superintendent may at any time, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the province, pioclaim any land included in any agricultural lease tojbe a reserve for the site of a township or for auy other purpose of public utility, and the estate of the lessee in the land . so reserved shall, at the expiration of tho period of fix months from tbe date of such proclamation, cease and determine on payment to the lessee of the amount cf loss or injury he may have rustained by the exercise of such right, such amount to be ascertained by two impartial pei sons,* one ti be appointed by the Superintend°nt, and the" other by the les-ee, or by any umpire to be appointed by two such appraisers. Superintendent may exclude land from lease, I 29. Provided always that it shall be lawful I for the Superintendent at sny time before the execution of any lease to exclude from the land proposed to' be comprised- therein any land which may appear to him to be suitab'e and necessary for any purpose of public utility. | .. „ . Lapsed Leases. " 30. Should any lease granted as aforesaid lapse,, or be frrfeited, the Warden may, with the approval and in tbe name of the Supprintendent, re-enter on the land so demised, and the same re-possess and enjoy as effectually as ■ if no such lease had existed. Provision for acquisition of land, 31. In the event of the acquisition by Government of the freehold of the lands comprised in the Ohinemiiri Goldfield, all applications which may be made by Lessees for the purchase of»the lands demised to them under these Kegulations shall be forwarded to the Warden, who'shall report thereon, and shall as soon as conveniently may . : be thereafter submit the samr, together with, such report, for the consideration of the Government.