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against non-residential holders of large areas of conditionally pur- 

 chased land extending their holdings, to the exclusion of selectors 

 willing to take up land to make their homes thereon. 



Wliere a parent and child hold land under conditional purchase or 

 conditional lease adjoining each other, the child may continue to reside 

 with the parent until the age of 21 is reached in the case of a boy, 

 or 24 in the case of a girl. 



In the case of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman holdinsf 

 incomplete conditional purchases, and then marrying before the 

 completion of the term of residence, they are permitted to reside for 

 the balance of the term on either one of the holdings. 



The condition of residence on any conditional purchase may be 

 suspended by the Local Land Board for a definite period in case of 

 illness, drought, or for other sufiicient cause. 



Condition of Fencing or Tmjyrovement. 



Land held under conditional purchase or conditional lease has to be 

 fenced in within three years from the date of confirmation of appli- 

 cation ; but the selector may dispense with fencing, provided that he 

 effects substantial improvements to the value of 6s. per acre within the 

 first three years after the date of confirmation, and brings their value 

 up to 10s. per acre within the next two succeeding years. In no case, 

 however, need the exiDcnditure exceed £384 within the first, or £640 

 within the second term. In other Avords, no greater expenditure is 

 required on 2,560 acres in the Central Division than on 1,280 acres in 

 the Eastern Division. 



Conditional purchases and conditional leases held by a parent and 

 child may without the imposition of any extra conditions be enclosed 

 together with a ring fence. 



Local Land Boards are empowered to extend the period for fencing 

 in any case, and in case of illness, &c., &c., to suspend the condition 

 of fencing or improvements. 



Non-residential Conditional Purchases. 



Provision is made for conditional purchases exempt from any condition 

 of residence. The minimum area is 40, the maximum area 320 acres. "^ 

 The price, deposit, and annual instalments are double those which would 

 be payable for the same land if taken up under residential conditions. 

 This does not apply to the survey fee. Within twelve months after 

 the date of confirmation of the application the land must be fenced, and 

 within five years from that date improvements (excluding the fencing) 

 have to be made to the value of £1 per acre. With the permission 

 of the Land Board the fencing may be dispensed with, in which case 

 the improvements within the five years referred to are required to be 

 of the value of £1 10s. per acre. Anyone who has made any con- 

 ditional purchase is disqualified from making or holding a non- 

 residential conditional purchase ; and the making of a non-residential 

 conditional purchase disqualifies the conditional purchaser from at any 



• If the land is v/ithin a special area the maximum area is limited by the terms of the 

 proclamation. 



