A pastoral lease skives no right to the soil or to the timber, except for fencing 



or other improvements on the lands leased, ami the lands may be reserved, sold, 



or Otherwise disposed of by the Crown during thelea-e. 



Any pastoral lessee upon being deprived by the Commissioner of the use of 

 any land held under pastoral lease shall, subject to the provisions of the Land 

 Regulations, receive fair value for all improvements on the land of which he has 

 been deprived ; in the event of the land being selected from his lease under con- 

 ditional purchase, he is entitled to claim from the conditional purchaser fair value 



of any lawful improvements on or. appertaining to the land applied for, and for 

 severance ; the value of the improvements to be ascertained by arbitration as pi-e- 

 scribed by Clause 108 of the Land Regulations. All pastoral leases expire on 31*1 

 December, 11)07. 



Reduction of Rent Jot Stocking Any lessee in the Kimberley Division, or in 

 that part of the Kucla Division westward of a north line from Point Culver, may 

 have a reduction of one-half the rental due under the regulations, if within fourteen 

 years from the 1st day of January, iSS;, he have in his possession, within the 

 division, 10 head of sheep or one head of larger stock for every thousand acres 

 leased. 



Penalty for Son-Stocking A penalty of double rental for the remaining 

 portion of the lease is imposed, except in "the South-West Division, if the lessee 

 has not, within seven years, complied with the conditions as to stocking. 



l6o ACRES GRANTED FREE. 

 Free Homestead Farms. 



Under "The Homesteads Act, 1893," and Amending Act, 1894, any person 

 who is the sole head of a family, or a male 18 years of age or over, and who does 

 not already hold over 100 acres of land, may apply for any Crown land which has 

 been surveyed and thrown open for selection in the South-Western Division of 

 the colony, or in the Eastern and Eucla Divisions, if situated within 40 miles of a 

 railway, 'as a free homestead farm, subject to the undermentioned condi- 

 tions : 



Application in either case must be made on the prescribed form, accompanied 

 by a fee of i. On approval an occupation certificate is issued, within six 

 months from the date of which the selector shall take personal possession of the 

 land, and shall reside thereon for at least six months during each of the first five 

 years of occupancy. 



In certain cases, of illness or for other valid reasons, absence may be allowed, 

 and forfeiture waived. 



Within two years a habitable house must be erected of not less than 30 

 value ; or 30 expended in clearing and cropping ; or t\vo acres of orchard or 

 vineyard properly prepared and planted. Within five years one-fourth of the land 

 must be substantially fenced, and one-eighth cleared and cropped. Within seven 

 years the whole "must be fenced, and at least one-fourth cleared and 

 cropped. 



At the end of seven years, if all the conditions have been fulfilled, a Crown 

 grant may be obtained on payment of survey and Crown grant fees, but if the 

 conditions are not carried out, the land is forfeited. 



The Crown grant may be obtained after twelve months' residence if the 

 required improvements have been made, and on payment of 53. per acre, together 

 with the fees referred to in preceding paragraph. 



A homestead farm cannot be mortgaged or transferred until all conditions 

 entitling the holder to a Crown Grant have been fulfilled. 



The holder of a homestead farm may hold other land under existing Land 

 Regulations, 



Any person holding land, not exceeding i< o acres, and residing upon such 

 land, may obtain a homestead farm from any Crown lands adjoining his holding, 

 subject to all the preceding conditions except that of residence, which in that case 

 may be performed upon his former holding in lieu of on the homestead 

 farm. 



