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Acts Affecting Native Lands, Etc. (In English and Maori), Passed by the General Assembly, Session 1892, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1899.

Leases of Small Areas

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Leases of Small Areas.

61. Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding sections, the Public Trustee may from time to time set apart for lease, with perpetual right of renewal, portions of reserves not exceeding fifty acres each, to be open to all persons for selection by application to the Public Trustee in such manner as he shall direct.
(1.). Every applicant shall, with his application, enclose a statutory declaration in the form contained in section fifty, or to the effect thereof, the form being amended to suit the case, and shall also deposit the amounts stated in the aforesaid section.
(2.) If more persons than one apply for the same allotment on the same day the right to occupy the allotment shall be determined by lot amongst the applicants in manner as the Public Trustee shall direct.
(3.) Renewals of leases of allotments set apart as aforesaid shall be made as in other cases of perpetual leases, and shall be disposed of by public tender at a valuation of the fee-simple of the lands to be leased, exclusive of improvements thereon.

Except as hereinbefore mentioned, all the provisions of this Act shall apply in respect of allotments taken up under this section.

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