VICT

(1)

supplement t o the Qrreenslanlad Covernment Gtcrzette, Tlwrsday, 13th Dccemlier, 1%94.-NO. 158.

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A N N 0 QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVO

No. 27.

An Act

t o

make Provision for the Purchase of Lands suitable for Inimediate Settlement, and for Facilitating the Settlement thereof.

[ASSENTED

TO 1 1 DECEMBER, ~ ~ 1894.1 E it enacted by tlie Queen’s Most Excellent M?jesty, by a i d with

the advice and consent of the Legislative Council ancl Legis- lative Assenibly of Queensland i n Parliament assemblecl, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-

1.

This Act may be citecl as

‘‘

T h e Agmkziltzcral Lands Pzcr- Short tille.

chase Act of 1894.”

Acqziisition of J u n d .

2. The Governor in 0oui:cil may accept surrenclers of land t o I;siid may be surrendered i n tei-ins of this Act.

H e r Majesty for the purposes of this Act upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed.

3. Any

owner of land may offer to surrender t o Her Majesty O I T ~ ~ ~ of sorrcncler.

4.

Any such offer sliall be referrecl to tbe Land Board for tlicir ~~~d B ~i o ~ ~ ~ I

any land a t a price

to

be named in the offer.

report upon the following matters, that is to say, ^repoi+.

(1) The fair d u e of the land to the owner ;

(2) The deinancl for lahcl in the neiglibourhoocl for agricul- (3) The suitabili4 of the land offerecl for agricultural settle- (4) The permanency of the mater supply ;

(5) The probaldity of the immediate selection of tlie land ; (6) The absence of a sufficient quaiitity of Crown lands in

the neighbourhood availnblc for agricultural settlement.

tural settlement ; ment ;

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G o r e m o r 111 Coninril

5 .

If

it

appears from the report of the Boarcl in any case that the land ofFered is suital)le, and is likely t o be imniediately selected, for agricultural settlemeat, ancl that there is no suficieiit quantity o l Crown laiicls in thc neighbourhood anilable for such settlenieut, tlic Secretary for Public Lands, or other Aliiiister who for the time being perlIorms liis duties (hereinafter called ^“the Minister ”), with the sanction of the Governor in Council, and sullject to the conditions prescribecl by this Act, inay nialie a contract for the acquisition of the laiid by surrender, at the price fixed

by

the Board as the fair value thereof or at any lesser price.

B.

The total liability incurrecl in the prcliase of land uuder illis .Act shall not exceed, in any period from the first clay of July in any one year t o tlic tliirtieth clay of June in the following year, the sum of oiie liuudred tliousancl pounds.

7. The price of any land acquired under the provisions of this Act niay be paid by the issue bo thr: on-iier of debentures secured upon tlie Cousoliclatccl Revenue Fund of Queensland, beariug interest

at

a rate not exceeding four pounds pcr centuni per auiiuni, ancl redeeiiiable twenty-five years after the clnte thereof.

Securities qigned by

8.

All Debentures purporting t o be issued by the Governor,

t’le

Vice-l’rrsiclent Or of t h e under the authority of this Act, aiid siguccl by the Governor or by tlie

Exccutlve collllLli Vice-President of the Esecutivc Council, and countersigned by the

to i w i e i l he c‘ecilie~’ (‘rlly Colonial Treasurer, s h d l be deemed to liavc been duly issued, aiid the holder thereof sliall not be bo~inil t o inquire wliether such issue was iii fact duly authorised.

9.

The interest ~ipoii any sums borrowed under the authority of this Act shall be a chnrgc upon the Coiisoliclatecl Bevenue Fund, and sliall Tylieii due be lsaicl by the Colonial Treasurer out of such Fund i n priority to all demands thereon, except the charges and expenses of tlie collection of tlic Revenue and the interest upon the several sums borrowed under the authority of the Government Loan Acts of 1870, 1872, 1875, 1876,

1877,

1878, lS79, 1883, 1882, 1884, 1884 No. 2, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, and 1893 No. 2.

10.

No staiiip duty shall be chargeable upon or in respect of any contract enterett into under this Act.

niny pin*ch nae.

L i m i t t o linbdlty incurred.

P r i r e inny he p 1 1 in ilebentnres.

Interest t o bc n prininrj oliwge on

I’evc11IIc.

Stnmp rluty not pnynble.

Sale of LLaiaci.

11. All

land surrcndercd to IIer 3Iajesty under the provisions o l this Act shall be deemed t o be Crown Lands, and shall bc disposed of in accorclance with tlie provisions of this Act.

12. A sufficient part of the l a d sliall be set apart for roads, public reserves, townsliips

,

ancl such other purposes as the G o v x t o r in Couucil tliinks necessary.

Disposd of land ncquired under this Act.

Reserves

Price at vliicli lmcl

13.

The reiiiaiiider of $lie land sliall be proclaimed open

t o

selection as Agricul.lura1 Farms, under the provisions of ^“TJw Ciwon Laizds Act of 1384,” ancl of any Act niiiencling the sanie. The p ~ ~ r - chasing price sliall bc asccrtaiiiecl as lollows :-

(1) ^il.sum equal t o one-tenth part of the price actually paid in cash or Debentures for the land shall be added to that price or value, aiid the total so arrived a t sliall be the least aggregate purchasing price to be paid by tlie selectors

of

the land so proclnimecl open to selection ;

is t o be sold.

(3)

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Agricultural Lands Pzlrchnse

Act.

(2) The purchasing price of each Farm shall be fixed by tlie Governor in Council, but so that the aggregate price of all the Farms into which the land is divided shall not be less tlian that hereinbefore prescribed :

Provided always that the provisions of the seventy- fourth section of " T h e Crozoi~ L a n d s Act ^of 1854 ^"

shall not apply to any such land.

14.

I n the case of land subject to the provisions of this Act, Tern1 of lease

selected by conditional selcction under Part

IV.

of the Principal Act,

the term of the lease shall be twenty years instcacl of fifty years as the case of

Provided always that if the prescribed conditions of improve- ment and occupation are duly fulfilled, all sunis of money mliich have been paid as rent in respect of the holding. shall be credited to tllc lessee in part payment of the purchasing prlce and interest thereon.

any agricultural farm, whether by conditional or unconditional selection, shall be a t the rate of seven pounds twelve shillings and teiipencc for every hnndrecl pouiids of the purchasing price.

chase money which €or the time being remains unpaid, together with 1 1 1 t e ~ .

a n instalment of the purchase money as set forth in the Sclied~~le to this Act.

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therein provided : conditionnl selection

15.

The annual rent to be paid under this Act by the lessee Of Annnnl rent.

Such rent includes the interest upon the portion of the p w - ^R~,,(illrl,,c~,,s

16.

The amount to be paid by B lessee upon acquiring the Amonnt to be pnid

fee-simple of a Farm before the expiration of t h e term of tlie lease ;;:,";;:rL1tecl

shall be a sum equal to the amount then remaining unpaid in respect of the principal of the purchase momy, cnlculatecl in accordance with tlie rates specified in the Scheclule to this Act.

Pcryinent of DsDert t w e s uizd Interest.

17.

When Debeiiturcs have been given in payment of the price Approprintlon of

. of 1:iiicl acquired under the provisions of this Act, all moneys receivecl rece'p'u

for rent, survey fees, 01. purchase money, in respect o l land selected under this Act, and forming part of any parcel of land so acquired, shall be paid into thc Consolidated Revenue Pund, and shall be placed to the crcclit of a Special Trust Fund by a name descriptive of the purchase, and sliall be applied i n the first place i n defraying the cost of the survey of the lancl, and in the seconcl place in payment of the interest upon the Debentures issued in respect of such purcliase, or upon any Inscribed Stock into which the Debentures have been converted under (' The Queensland Stoclc Iiascr@tion Act of 1SS3,"

and the surplus shall be accumulated t o forin a f und for redeeming the Debentures or Stock a t maturity.

Iwpovenzeiats on Lciizc2 Acqtiiiwl.

18.

Notlxithstaiiding anything hereinbefore contninccl, if there Improvements may

are upon any land acquired under the provisions of this Act any !::r:: oc sl"eclQ1

improvcments, tlie Governor in Council, on tlie recomiiiendation of the Land Roarcl, may sell such improvenients with or without the land

011 which they stand, or any acljacent lancl which may advantageously be used with

it,

t o any person for snch price, ancl upon such terms, and niny require the payment

to

he secured by such security, ns he thinks

fit,

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Agaiczcltzcrnl Lnitcls Pzcrcl~nse Act.

Tlie value of any snch imlirovcineiits, and of the land sold with theni, shall not be talieii into consideration i n estimating thc aggregatc piircliasing price of the reuiaindei. of tlic lmd as prcscribed by the thirteenth section of this d c t .

The purcliase uioiiey upon any such salc, and any interest received in respect thereof, shall bc clisposed of in the saiix manlier as rent and pLircliase nioney of the land as hercinbeforc provided.

Report 1 0 Lo

19.

Within thirty days after the meeting of Parliament in each

p'"'"ltc11 l o

L'arlimucnL. year a report sllall be prchciited to both I-Iouses of Parliamcnt

( U ) Tlie locality niid area of each block of land purchased

under this Act, the iianie of tlie person or compa11;y from wlioiii

it

was acquired, the price p i c l for the smie, aiicl the valuntiou Cor tasatioii purposcs as sliomn by tlic books of tlic Local Authorities ;

( b ) Tlie report of the Uonrcl on each transaction, and the condition and settleiiieiit of all land acquired uiiclcr this Act.

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Section 22 of BS Tw.

20.

Section tmcnty-two of ^"The

C ~ O ~ U I L

Lmcls A c t ^qf 1804"

siiall not apply t o lands snrreadcred to TTer Majesty under the provisions of this Act.

21.

Except as lierein

otherwise

provided, tlic proirisions of

" The CI-OIDU Lniicls A c t s , 1SS4 to 1894,'' relating t o tlie sale OS lands by selection, sliall apply t o tlie sale of l a n d acquired under this Act.

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