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land within the boundaries of tlie lease, or in and upon any reserves 

 or roads witliin such boundaries ; and when so destroyed to keep such 

 land free from the same ; and shall commence to destroy the same 

 within three months after the commencement of the lease. And if 

 the rent thereon shall not be paid within the time allowed, or if in the 

 opinion of the Minister, after report by the Local Land Board, subject 

 to appeal, the holder shall have failed to comply with any condition 

 of his lease, the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare 

 such lease to be forfeited ; and all improvements on such lands shall 

 be the property of the Crown. 



Leases of Inferior Lands. — Such leases shall be subject to such con- 

 ditions as may be specified in the Gazette. 



Imi^rovement Leases. — The lease may contain such covenants and 

 provisions as to the Governor may seem expedient, according to the 

 circumstances of each case, and all such covenants and provisions shall 

 be notified in the Gazette, and in a local newspaper before the lease is 

 offered for sale or tenders called for. The lease shall contain covenants 

 and provisions for the improvement of the land leased, and for the 

 expenditure of money thereon, for the payment of rent, and for the 

 determination of the lease upon any breach by the lessee of the 

 covenants and pi'ovisions thereof. 



The last holder of an Improvement Lease is granted tenant-right in 

 improvements, and the Governor may grant tenant-right to the holder 

 of a Scrub Lease or a lease of inferior lands. With respect to any of 

 these leases (where the land is not witliin a Pastoral or Homestead 

 Lease) 640 acres may be converted into a Homestead Selection. 



Annual Leases. 



Annual Leases of unoccupied land may be obtained for grazing pur- 

 poses on application to the local Crown Land Agent and payment of a 

 deposit of £3 for each 640 acres or less area, or may be offered by auction 

 or tender. They carry no security of tenure, but are somewhat 

 largely availed of for temporary purposes ; and if the land should not be 

 absorbed by conditional purchase, &c., they are renewable from year to 

 year by payment of rent in advance on or before the 31st December. 

 No one lease can comprise more than 1,920 acres ; but there is no limit 

 to the number of leases any one person may hold. No conditions of 

 residence or improvements are attached to them, the only condition 

 being, as already explained, payment of rent annually in advance. 



With respect to a lease applied for, the land is allotted, and the rent 

 appraised, by the Local Land Board. The Minister may refuse any 

 application, and, after three months' notice, cancel any Annual Lease. 



Leases Surrounduig Artesian Wells. 



The discovery of artesian water in large quantities promises to be a 

 fact of the largest importance to lands in the Western Division of the 

 Colony, and, as an encouragement to the holders of land in that 

 division under the insecure tenures of annual lease or occupation 

 license, the law contains the following provision : — Any such holder 

 desirous of boring and searching for water may, on making- application 

 to the Minister and depositing £10, obtain the reservation of an area 



