purposes.

[Assented to, December 21st, 1901.]

E it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of

BE

the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

incorporation.

1. This Act may be cited as "The Crown Lands, Closer Settle- Title and ment, and Blockholders' Loans Amendment Act, 1901." Sections 3, 4, and 5 hereof shall be incorporated and read with "The Crown Lands Act, 1888," and all the Acts incorporated therewith.

2. Section 3 of "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1898," Repeal. is hereby repealed.

rendered for perpetual

3. Any lessee under any Crown lease heretofore granted may, Leases may be surbefore the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred leases. and two, apply in writing to the Surveyor-General to surrender his lease for a perpetual lease under the provisions of this Act: Provided that this section shall apply only to any lease which is Exception. solely used for pastoral or agricultural purposes, or both, or which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, may not be required for sub

division.

3/705/98.

4. Any lessee under any lease heretofore granted may, before Reduction of rents the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and and purchase-money. two, apply in writing to the Surveyor-General for a reduction of rent or purchase-money under such lease, and if a reduction shall be recommended by the Surveyor-General and approved by the Com

missioner

Rent to be fixed at per square mile.

Repeal and substituted section.

Land re-purchased, how dealt with. 3/688/97.

To be cut into blocks not exceeding £2,000 unimproved value.

Blocks with valuable
improvements or suit-
able for pastoral pur
poses not to exceed
£4,000.

To be taken up on perpetual lease.

Conditions as to value of holdings and transfer.

Loans to be repaid by annual instalments.

6/515/91.

The Crown Lands, Closer Settlement, and Blockholders' Loans
Amendment Act.-1901.

missioner the same shall be made, and shall take effect from the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and a memorandum of the reduction shall be indorsed on the lease.

5. In respect of any lands which are only suitable for pastoral purposes, the Surveyor-General, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, shall fix the annual rent at per square mile, subject to the same conditions as land under Pastoral Acts.

6. Sections 3 and 12 of "The Closer Settlement Act, 1897," hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act," are hereby repealed, and the next two succeeding sections are substituted in lieu thereof, and shall be incorporated and read with the said Act.

7. All land re-purchased under the principal Act shall be dealt with as follows:

(a) The land, except such portions as may be required for dedi-
cation or reservation for public purposes or for towns,
shall be cut up into blocks not exceeding Two Thousand
Pounds in unimproved value:

(b) Where, in cutting up any re-purchased land, improvements to
a large value would necessarily be included in one or more
blocks, and the value of such improvements would be out
of proportion to the value of the blocks if the limitation of
Two Thousand Pounds unimproved value were not
exceeded, the block or blocks on which such valuable im-
provements are situated, or where the land is suitable only
for pastoral purposes, may exceed Two Thousand Pounds,
but not Four Thousand Pounds, in unimproved value:
(c) The blocks shall be offered as open to be taken up on per-
petual lease under the Crown Lands Acts, but subject to
the provisions of the principal Act.

8. No lease shall be granted under the principal Act to any person who is already the holder of land of the unimproved value of Two Thousand Pounds, or who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding such value, and no transfer of any lease granted under this Act shall be permitted except on the recommendation of the Land Board for the district and with the consent of the Commissioner, and no such recommendation or consent shall be given to any transfer in favor of any lessee or owner of land who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding Two Thousand Pounds of unimproved value.

9. Section 6 of "The Blockholders Loans Act," being an Act numbered 515 of 1891, is hereby repealed, and the section immediately hereafter following is substituted in lieu thereof and shall be incorporated with such Act.

10. All

The Crown Lands, Closer Settlement, and Blockholders' Loans

Amendment Act.-1901.

10. All moneys advanced to any blockholder shall by him be Moneys, how repaid. repaid to the Commissioner by twenty equal annual instalments, the first of such annual instalments to be paid at the expiration of twelve months from the date of such advance; and, at the option of the blockholder, any part of such moneys may be repaid at any earlier times than those mentioned in this section.

11. The lessee of any lands leased under "The Ostrich Farming Right of purchase of Act, 1882," who has complied with the covenants contained in his ostrich leases. lease may purchase the fee-simple of such lands at any time during the currency of such lease after the expiration of the first six years, and upon payment of the purchase-money the Governor may issue to such lessee a grant of the fee-simple of such lands.

12. The provisions of "The Taxation Acts Amendment Act, Provisions of Act 734 1900," shall apply to all lands the rent or purchase-money of which of 1900 to apply to shall be reduced under this Act.

this Act.

13. All reductions heretofore granted by the Commissioner Validating reductions. under assumed authority of any Act are hereby validated, although the time for applying for or making the same may have expired before the making thereof.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.

TENNYSON, Governor.

Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North Terrace.

An Act to amend the "Early Closing Act, 1900."

[Assented to, December 21st, 1901.]

E it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of

BE

the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Early Closing Amendment Short title, incorporaAct, 1901," and shall be read and construed and be concurrent with tion, and duration. the "Early Closing Act, 1900" (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), and shall come into force on a day to be fixed by

Proclamation.

2. The word "shopkeeper" as defined in the principal Act shall Definition. include any person having the management of any shop.

Repeal of sub-section

(2) of section 7, principal Act.

Substituted sub

3. The whole of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof :(2) The choice of a shopkeeper as to the closing time on the Wednesday in respect of any shop occupied by him shall be made section. by sending to the Minister a notice in the form prescribed, and affixing and keeping affixed a copy of such notice in a conspicuous position in his shop front window, and such choice shall apply to all shops in which he has any proprietary interest, situate within a radius of one hundred yards from the shop in respect of which

su h choice has been made.

A shopkeeper desirous of making another choice shall give one month's written notice of such other choice to the Minister. which notice shall not determine at any time prior to three months from the date of his former choice, and at the expiration of such month a

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