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purposes, whether temporary or permanent, for which Crown lands may from time to time be reserved according to any law for the time being in force. 9. Particulars of every assignment whereby the land demised by any lease or any part thereof, or the estate or interest of the lessee therein, is transferred, shall be recorded in such manner as the Commissioner thinks best, and the instrument of transfer shall be produced to the Commissioner for that purpose within one month from the date thereof. Upon recording any assignment the Commissioner shall indorse on the instrument of transfer a certificate or memorandum that the same has been recorded, and there shall be paid in respect of any such certificate or memorandum a fee after the rate of 10s. for the first one hundred acres or fractional part of one hundred acres, and Is. additional fee for each additional one hundred acres or fractional part of one hundred acres so recorded : Provided that no assignment or transfer of a part of a leasehold shall be made, and no assignment or transfer of the entirety of a leasehold shall take effect, without the consent of the Crown Lands Commissioner. 10. All rents or moneys payable under or in respect of any lease shall be due and paid annually in advance on the first day of January in each year of the term 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 issued subsequent to the thirtieth day of June in any year.

FIRST SCHEDULE. Application fob, Lease. To the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Nelson. I HEREBY apply for a lease under Appendix E of " The Land Act, 1877," of the land the particulars of which are as follow :— District: Signature in full: Boundaries: Eesidence: Description: Occupation: Acreage: Date : Deposit: £

SECOND SCHEDULE. This deed made the day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- , between Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, of the one part, and , who and whose heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, is and are, unless where the context requires a different construction, styled the lessee, of the other part: "Whereas the lessee has made application to the Land Board of the Land District of Nelson for a lease of the Crown lands hereinafter demised, under and by virtue of and subject to the terms and conditions imposed by "The Land Act, 1877," and the Appendix E thereto and the regulations made thereunder respectively: And whereas the lessee has complied with the regulations and conditions, and has paid the deposit by the said regulations required : And whereas the said Board has assessed the said land at its value to sell, as provided by section eight of Appendix B to the said "Land Act, 1577," and the same is assessed at pounds: Now this deed witnesseth that, in consideration. of the rents hereinafter reserved, and the covenants on the lessee's part hereinafter contained, Her Majesty the Queen doth hereby demise and lease unto the lessee all that as the same is delineated on plan drawn hereon, bordered red, together with the appurtenances, to hold the same unto the lessee, subject to " The Land Act, 1877," and the said Appendix E thereof, and to any amendments thereof respectively, and of any Act or law passed for the like purpose, and to any regulations made thereunder respectively, and to the terms and conditions applicable to or directed to be implied in leases by any law or ordinance for the time being, for the term of fourteen years from the day of , one thousand eight hundred and eighty- , yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year during the said term the annual rent or sum of sterling, payable in advance on the first day of January in every year. Except and always reserved out of this demise unto Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, all mines, minerals, in, under, or upon the said demised premises, with full and free liberty of ingress, egress, and regress for her or their agents, servants, and workmen, and her and their lessees and licensees, and all other persons whomsoever, holding a license or authority from the Governor or from the Minister of Lands, with or without horses, carts, carriages and other vehicles, into, through, and over the said land and premises, to search for and work the said mines and minerals, and to sell, carry away, and dispose of the same, and to make all necessary and convenient roads for such purposes. And also excepted and always reserved out of this lease, unto Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, the right to lay out and construct through and over the said lands hereby demised such roads, other than the roads before mentioned, as by Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, or the Government of the colony, or the Minister of Lands, may be deemed necessary for the public benefit, without any compensation being made therefor, other than the reduction of the rent hereinafter mentoned. Provided also that the lands taken for the purpose of such roads, other than the roads for access to mines before mentioned, shall not exceed the proportion of five acres for every hundred acres herein comprised. Provided also that the rent hereby reserved shall, whenever any part of the said land shall be taken for such roads, be reduced at the rate of ten per centum for every acre or part of an acre so taken. And the lessee covenants with Her Majesty, her heirs, successors, and assigns, that the lessee shall not, nor will, during this demise, assign, underlet, or otherwise dispose of or part with the