Land Acts Amendment Act of 1936 (1 Edw Viii No. 3) (Qld)

16012 LA~ DS. LaJ/d Lids limclIdmClIl Act. 1 EDw. VIII. No. ;3, LANDS. (1) Land Acts Amendment Act of 193G (2) SawmillsLicensingAct of 193G .. 1 Edu'. VIII. No. 3 1 Ed/c. VIII. No. 2 1 En N w o . . V 3. III. An Act to Provide a Further Extension of Relief in THl,LAND Respect ofthe Rents of Certain Sheep Holdings; A} I~ ~~ ~ ~EKT to Amend H The Land Acts, 1910 to 1934," ArT OF 1936. and other Acts in certain particulars; and for other purposes. [ASSENTED TO 2ND OCTOBER, 1936.J Short title and con- struction. Collective title. B E it ellacted by the King's l\.l:)st Excellent l\ lajes~ . \ - , tl'le LeO'lS- ' " ," \ ' . 1" .. 1' . - ' 1 ~ " '_. . ~ ,, - (, . . ' 1 , " l " " . l. " 1. ( . [ ' '. "" \ ))1 ~ ' " -- '0 _ 11t (")f ~ • lative Assembly of Queensland in Parlialllellt assemhled. and b:v the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1936," and shall so far as any amendments of or references to *" The Land Acts, 1910 to 1934," are concerned, be read as one with *" The Land Acts, 1910 to 1934," hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively be cited as "The Land Acts, 1910 to 1936." Amendments of the Principal Act. Amendment 2. Section four of the Principal Act is amended of s, 4. by inserting in the definition of the term "Public purposes," after the word "Hospital," the words " Landing ground fot air craft_" Amendment 3. Section forty-six of the Principal Act is amended [ ~rs~ v~ ~ ion in by the addition thereto of the following paragraph, case of , namely:- oVerstocklllg ~ ccupation " If in the opinion of the Minister any licensee is ltcense.] injuriously using the land comprised in a license granted in pursuance of the provisions of the second paragr;:tph of this section by overstocking it, the Minister may require the licensee to reduce the number of the stock * 1 G o. V. No, 1;3 and amending Acts, 8upm, pages 8775 et seq. See Alphabetical Table.

LANDS. 16013 Land Acts .,:1mendmcnt Act. therecn to weh an extent as the Minister may think fit; and if the licensee fails to comply with such requisition within thirty days thereof (or within such extended time as the Minister may in his absolute discretion allow) the license shall be determined forthwith." 4. Section one hundred and sixteen of the Principal Amendment Act is amended, as follows : - [ ~ ~ ti~ ~ ~ tion (a) Paragraph (c) of subsection one of the said of lan~ for sectI·On· IS repea I ed - sparolev- elmme-nts.] (b) A new paragraph (d) is added to subsection two of the said section, as follows:- "(d) Declare the value or state a provisional Improve- valuation of any improvements upon the ments. land." 5. Section one hundred and twenty-one of the Amendment Principal Act is amended by the addition thereto of a of s. 121. new paragraph (viii.), as follows :- "(viii.) The provisions of sections 123 and 123A of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to land sold or leased as Perpetual Town Leases, and/or Perpetual Suburhan Leases, and/or Perpetual Country Leases." 6. Section one hundred and seventy-nine of the Amendment PneriwncsipubalseActcI.tOins asemveennd, endabmye I ayd:di-ng thereto the following [ loeSfapsse.eCs ~ l.a] 719 "(7.) The provisions of sections 123 and 123A of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to land leased under this section." Amendment of *"The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1927" . (as s'ltbsequently amended.) sectI.O 7 n . 1T6hAeoffo * ll " ow Th in e g L n a e n w d A se c c ts ti A on me 1 n 6 d B m i e s nt in A s c e t r o te f d19a2ft7e"r L oA a fm" n e dT n hA d e m cts ent (as amended by t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of Amendment 1929," t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931," and ( !~ tOf1927" §" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934 "), as follows:-subasmeeqnudeedn) . tly "[l6B.] (1.) The lessee of any pastoral holding or New s. 16B. the selector of any Grazing Selection, to which pastoral P~ovision for holding or Grazing Selection have been extended the ~ : r~ ! ~ neases. provisions of section fourteen or section fifteen of this , ~ 18 Geo. V. Xo. 17. supra, page llD49. t ;W Geo. V. :010. L), supra, page 12642. :j: 22 Oeo. V. Xo. 39, supra, page 13797. § :25 0E'0. V. No. BI, 8Upra, page 1.5017.

16014 LA~ DS. Land Ads Amendment Act. 1 EDW. \,HI. No. 3, Act, or the lessee of any Pastoral Development Lease or Stud Holding, or the selector of any Development Grazing Homestead or Development Grazing Farm who, owing to adverse circumstances, has been unable to completely fulfil the development or stud conditions of his lease, may apply to the Minister to be allowed to surrender his lease or license to occupy and to obtain in substitution therefor a new lease or license to occupy, as the case may be, in respect of the holding for such term and subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council may decide. Inquiry by (2.) Upon any such application being received by Board. the Minister the· application shall be referred to the Board for report and recommendation. The Board shall consider the development or stud conditions, as the case may be, which have been carried out by the lessee or selector and the extent to which the lessee or selector has failed in carrying out the full conditions of his lease, and may recommend that a new lease or license to occupy, as the case may be, of the land be granted on such terms and conditions by way of variation of the terms and conditions of the subsisting tenure as the Board considers equitable in all the circumstances. Decision of (3.) The Minister with the approval of the Governor Mwiitnhister in Council may in his discretion adopt the recommenda- approval of tion of the Board, and shall give to the lessee or selector CGoouvnecrinlo. r in written notice of the decision of the Governor in Council in respect of the holding so dealt with. Notice of election. (4.) (a) At any time within three months after the date of such decision by the Governor in Council or such further time as the Minister in his discretion may allow, the lessee or selector of such holding may give notice in vvTiting under his hand or under the hand of his agent to the Minister electing to take advantage of such decision, and may lodge with the Minister a surrender of his lease or license to occupy. Lessee not electing. (b) Should the lessee or selector not elect to take advantage of the decision of the Governor in Council the subsisting lease or license to occupy in respect of the holding shall remain in force. New lease or (5.) Upon the surrender of the subsisting lease or license to license to occupy the late lessee or selector shall be occupy. entitled to a lease or license to occupy, as the case may be, from the Crown for the term and on the conditions determined by the Governor in Council.

Land Ads Amendmpllt Ad. lti015 The term of the new lease shall commence on the quarter-day following the registration of the surrender of the old lease or license. In the case of a surrendered lease or license to occupy which was subject to the condition of personal residence, it shall be a condition of the new lease or license that until the expiration of the period during which the condition of personal residence was obligatory such obligation shall continue in force. In all other respects the conditions of the new lease or license shall be such as are determined by the Governor in Council and as are provided by this Act and the Principal Act with respect to the class or mode of tenure for which the new lease or license has been granted." Extension of Wool Relief Rents. 8. (1.) Whereas pursuant to the provisions of *"TheAmend. rta Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934" the rents of certain ~ ; 1~ d Sheep Holdings, as reduced by the Minister or determined Acts n by the Court for certain specified periods ending on the ~ : eofd~ ~ ~ t" thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred (as amended and thirty-four pursuant to the provisions of t" The ~ ~~ ~ ~ :ts Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931," were continued in Amendment operation until the thirty·first day of December, one · t;~ : ~, ) thousand nine hundred and thirty-five: . And whereas it is deemed expedient to further extend the period for which such reduced rents shall be payable- Be it therefore enacted as follows:- This section shall be read as one with t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931" (as amended by *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934"). (2.) (i.) Notwithstanding anything in any Act or Extension of law or rule or process of Jaw to the contrary, it is hereby wool rolief declared, subject to paragraph (iii.) of this subsection, rents. that the rent of every Sheep Holding being a Preferential Pastoral Holding or Stud Holding or Grazing Selection, as reduced by the Minister or by the Court, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of Part H. of t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931 " (as amended by *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934") shall be deemed to be and shall be the rent payable in respect of * 2;-; Geo. V. No. 31, 8upm. page 15017. t 22 Ueo. V. No. 39, 8upra, page 13797.

16016 LA~DS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 1 EDw.VIIl. No. 3, the holding during a period of two YAars commencing on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, or such lesser period up to the date of expiration of the term. (ii.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, the following provisions regarding reassessment of rent shall apply:- Readjust· (a) In the case of a Sheep Holding in respect of amsesenstsomfent which the rent was reduced by the Minister, if the period periods. current on the date from which the rent was reduced by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931 " expires after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, the rent for the time commencing on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and ending on the date when such current period expires shall be payable at the rate fixed by the Minister or determined by the Court or the Commission~ as the case may be, before such rent was reduced in terms of the aforesaid Act. (b) In the case of a Sheep Holding of which the period current on the date from which the rent was reduced by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of*" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931 " expires on or before the thirty- first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, and in the case of any Sheep Holding in respect of which the Court determined the rent of the holding pursuant to. the provisions of the aforesaid Act at an amount lower than the rent determined for the current period under the Principal Act, the balance of the term of such holding after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, shall be divided into periods and the last period of the term shall be of such duration as will permit the other period or each of the other periods, as the case may be, to be of the duration of ten years in the case of a Preferential Pastoral Holding or Stud Holding and seven years in the case of a Grazing .Selection, and the rent of each such holding for such periods respectively shall be determined under the Principal Act accordingly without regard to the provIsions of Part H. of *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931." * 22 Geo. V. No. ay, supra, page 13797.

1936. LANDS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 160]7 (iii.) Within three months of the passing of *" The Holdings Land Acts .. 4men~ ment Act of 19.36 " the lessee o.f any :~ ru~ : d Sheep Holding bemg a Preferential Pastoral Holding or from . a Stud Holding, or. a Grazing Selection, the. ~ent of ~ ~ ~ ~ : ! ~ 7~ no~ . which was reduced m pursuance of the provIsIOns of t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931 " (as amended by t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934 ") and in respect of which a period of the term commences on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, or at any time between that date and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, may give notice in writing under his hand or under the hand of his agent to the Minister requesting that the provisions of paragraphs (i.) and (ii.) of this subsection shall not be applied to his holding, and thereupon such holding shall be excluded from the provisions of those paragraphs a:cordingly. Any such notice when received by the Minister shall be irrevocable and shall bind both the lessee and his successors in interest. (3.) (i.) The provisions of this subsection shall apply Provisions to holdings in respect of which notice under paragraph applicable to (iii.) of subsection two of this section is lodged with the ~ ~ ~ l~ ~ ; ~ Minister. (ii.) The rent for the period commencing on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty- six, or at any time between that date and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Court in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act, and without regard to the provisions of Part H. of t" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931." (iii.) In cases where a period of the term of the lease Qf a holding as referred to in paragraph (iii.) of subsection two of this section commences subsequent to the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-. six (but prior to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven), the rent for the time from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, to the date of the commencement of such period shall notwithstanding anything in any * 1 Edw. VIII. No. 3 (this Act). t 22 Geo. V. Ko. 39, .supra, page 13797. :j: 25 Geo. V. No. :31, supra, page 15017.

1601R LAXDS. LaJ/d ~ 1cts Amendment Act. 1 BDw. VIII. No. 3, -- -- .. - - - - ~ - - . - - - - ~ ~-. --- .-- ~~. --- ~~- Act to the contrary be fixed at the rate as reduoed by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1931." Amendments of t" The Prickly-pear Land Acts, 1923 to 1934." Amendments 9. Section eleven is amended by inserting three o;, r:~ Jz~ ~ pear new paragraphs after the first paragraph of subsection Land Acts, nine, as follows : - 1923 to 1934." Amendment " For the more effectual destruction of prickly-pear of s. II (9). on lands of whatever tenure, including land held in fee-simple, and whether included within a Prickly- pear Area or not, anclllotwithstanding anything in this Act or in any other Act or law contained, and notwith- standing any rule of law to the contrary, the Commission shall have full power fl,nd authority to insert in any newspaper generally circulating within the locality in which land infested with prickly-pear is situate addressed to the occupier or person in charge of any land situated within such locality, or if there is no occupier or person in charge upon the owner a notice requiring him to extirpate and destroy the prickly-pear upon the land or a specified portion thereof within sixty days from the date of the publication of the newspaper concerned. If at the expiration of such period of sixty days the Commission is not satisfied that reasonable steps have heen instituted and/or are being continued to extirpate and destroy the prickly-pear upon the land or specified portion thereof, the Commission shall have full power and authority by its servants or agents without further notice to enter upon such land and expend such sums of money as it may deem expedient in extirpating and destroying the prickly-pear to the satisfaction of the Commission. And all such expenses so incurred by the Commission in extirpating and destroying the prickly-pear shall be a charge upon the land on which it existed (notwithstanding that the notice related to a part only of the land) and shall be recovered from the occupier or person in charge of any such land, or if there is no occupier or person in eharge from the owner as a debt due to the Crown in any court of competent jurisdiction." * 22 Geo. V. No. 3n, supra, page 137\)7. t 14 Geo. Y. Ko. 34 and amending Ads. supra, pages ]0605 et seq. See Alphabetical Table.

LANDS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16019' 10. Section nineteen is amended, as follows : - Amendment of s. 19. (a) In the third paragraph of subsection three all the words, beginning with the words" and the rent" and ending with the words "fourteen years," are repealed and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- " and the last of which shall be of such duration as will permit the intervening or each of the intervening periods, as the case may be, to be of the duration of ten years in the case of a pastoral holding and seven years in the case of a grazing selection." (b) The last paragraph of the said subsection three, beginning with the words " The rent " and ending with the words" the said period," is repealed and the following new paragraph is inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- " The rent determined by the Commission in respect of the holding shall be the rent for the aforesaid period of twenty years or fourteen years, as the case may be, and the rent for each subsequent period shall be determined by the Court." (c) In the second paragraph of provision (ii.) of subsection six the words "thirty years" are repealed and the words "fifteen years" are inserted in lieu thereof. (d) In the first paragraph of provision (iii.) of the said subsection six the words "thirty years," where those words secondly occur, are repealed and the words " fifteen years" are inserted in lieu thereof. 11. Section thirt'; is amended, as follows : - . Amendment clL~ (a) The second paragraph of the said section thirty is repealed. (b) The following proviso is inserted after the first paragraph of the said section, as follows :-- "Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or have any operation in regard to new leases issued or to any holding applied for after the passing of *"The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1936."" * 1 F.dw. VIII. No. 3 (this Act).

1G020 LANDS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 1 EDW. VIII. No. : : ~ , Operation of 12. The amendments made bv sections ten and amendment. eleven of this Act to *" The Prickly-pear Land Acts, 1923 to 1934," shall be deemed to have been made therein at the commencement of t" The Pr£ckly-pear Land Act of 1923," and to that extent this Act shall have retrospective operation accordingly. Election of lessee. 13. Any lessee of a pastoral holding or selection affected by sections ten or eleven of this Act may in the prescribed manner, within six months after the commencement of this Act, notify the Minister of his desire to have his lease excluded from the provisions contained in the said sections, and in such case his lease shall not be affected by such sections. Collective 14. *" The Pr£ckly-pear Land Acts, 1923 to 1934," title. as amended by thie Act may collectively be cited as " The Prickly-pear Land Acts, 1923 to 1936." Amendment of t" The Sugar lVorkers' Selections Acts, 1923 to 1932." Amendment 15. (1.) Paragraph (b) of subsection two of section S o u f g " a T r he three of t" The Sugar Workers' Selections Acts, 1923 to Worh'ers' 1932," is amended by deleting therefrom the following ~ elcct~ 09n~ 8 . ,vords, namely :-" and as if in the first paragraph thereof l~ i~ . " ~ 3 to the word" either" and the words" or make substantial Amendment improvements on the land of a value equal to the cost of s. 3. of such a fence" were omitted therefrom." I Collective title. (2.) §" The Sugar Workers' Selections Acts, 1923 to 1932," as amended by t h is Act may col I ectively be cited as "The Sugar Workers' Selections Acts, 1923 to 1936." Amendment of 11" The Irrigation Acts Amendment Act of 1933" (as amended by ~ " The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934.") * 14 Geo. V. No. 34 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10605 et seq. Alphabetical Table. t 14 Geo. V. No. :H, supra, pages 10605. t 14 Geo. V. No. :!O and amending Acts, supra, pages 10629 et seq. Alphabetical Table. ~ 14 Geo. V. No. 20 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10629 et seq. Alphabetic-al Table. II 24 Geo. V. No. 21, supra, page 14793. 112.5 Geo. V. No. 31, supra, page 11;017. See Se'3 See

1936. LANDS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16021 16. (1.) *" The Irrigation Acts Amendment Act of Amendment ;;;;ation 1933" (as amended by t"The Land Acts Amendment Act ~ f ' ~ Th, ~ of 1934 ") is hereby amended, as follows :_ Amendment Act of 1933 .. (as amended by" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1934.") (i.) In the first paragraph of section six the words Amendment "Any Crown land within an Irrigation Area may be of s. 6. proclaimed" are repealed, and the words" The Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may by notification declare any Crown land within an Irrigation Area" are inserted in lieu thereof. ' (ii.) (a) Subsection one of section eleven is repealed Amendment and the following subsection is inserted in lieu thereof:- of s. ll. "(1.) The Minister, with the approval of the Subsection Governor in Council, may by notification declare any 1. Crown land within an Irrigation Area open for selection under the provisions of the Irrigation Acts and the Land Acts as Grazing Homesteads, Grazing Farms, Develop- ment Grazing Homesteads, or Development Grazing Farms." (b) In subsection two of the said section eleven the Subsection word " and," where it first occurs, is repealed, and after 2. the words" Grazing Farms," where they first occur, the words " Development Grazing Homesteads and Develop- ment Grazing Farms" are inserted. In the said subsection two the word "or" is repealed, and after the words " Grazing Farms," where they secondly occur, the words " Development Grazing Homesteads or Development Grazing Farms" are inserted. (iii.) In subsection one of section 11A the words Amendment " Any Crown land, being prickly-pear land as defined in of s. llA. the Prickly-pear Land Acts, within an Irrigation Area may be proclaimed" are repealed, and the words" The Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may by notification declare any Crown land, being prickly-pear land as defined in the Prickly-pear Land Acts, within an Irrigation Area" are inserted in lieu thereof. * 24 Geo. V. No. 21, supra, page 14793. t 25 Geo. V. No. 31, supra, page 15017.

16022 LANDS. Lal1d Acts Amendment .liet. 1 EDW. VIII. No. :3, New ss. llB, (iv.) The following new sections llB, lIe, llD, llE, g~, ! ! ~ ' llF. and llF are inserted, after section llA thereof, as follows :-- Group S & e 0 l . ection, " [liB.] Any Crown land within an Area may be opene d f or G roup S e " lectIOn as G raz ' mg H omestea d s, Development Grazing Homesteads, Prickly-pear Develop- ment Grazing Homesteads, or Perpetual Lease Prickly- pear Development Selections, and in any such case the provisions of section six ofthis Act shall, mutatis ml1tandis, apply: Provided that notwithstanding anything in section fifty-six of the Land Acts contained, a Grazing Home- stcad opened for selection under this section may contain any acreage not exceeding the maximum area declared in respect of Grazing Selections in pursuance of sec·tion fifty-one of the Land Acts. Pastoral [11e.] (1.) The Minister with the approval of the ~ :~ ~ l¥ ~ ~ ~ ses. Governor in Council may by notification declare any Crown land within an Irrigation Area that is exceptionally costly and difficult to develop open for Pastoral Development Lease. (2.) All the provisions of *" The Land Acts Amend- ment Act of 1927"' relating to Pastoral Development Leases shall apply to the opening of Crown land within an area as Pastoral Development Leases and to such holdings respectively applied for, acquired, and held under the Irrigation Acts and *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1927." Withdrawing [11D.] The Minister may in his discretion at any ,v hlaenidngfroopmen. toirmPeawstiotrhadlraDevaenloypmlaenndt fLroemaseb. eing open for selection Occupation [liE.] (1.) The Minister may in his discretion by licenses. notification declare any Crown land within an Irrigation Area to be open for occupation under occupation license. (2.) The Minister may in his discretion without notification grant to any person an occupation license in respect of any Crown land within an Irrigation Area at such rent per square mile as may be fixed by the Minister. * 18 Geo. V. No. 17, .supra, page 11949.

LANDS. 16023 Land Acts Amendment Act. (3.) All the provisions of the Land Acts relating to occupation licenses shall apply to the opening of Crown land within an area for occupation under occupation license and to such licenses respectively applied for, granted, acquired, or held under the Irrigation Acts and the Land Acts. [llF.] Special leases of land within an Irrigation Specia.l Area may be issued or offered for sale by auction. leases. The provisions of section one hundred and seventy- nine of the Land Acts shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to land dealt with under this section. The provisions of this section shall extend and apply Ratification. to any special lease of land within an Irrigation Area issued or offered for sale by auction prior to the passing of *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1936, " and shall have retrospective operation and effect accordingly." (2.) Any notification by the Minister with the Notification approval of the Governor in Council opening land for?f Jen~ ng t selection under t" The Irrigation Acts Amendment Act paa~si~~ l~~ 0 of 1933 (as amended by t" The Land Acts Amendment ~ The Land Act of 1934") prior to the passing of *"The Land Acts A~ : ndmcnt Amendment Act of 1936 " shall for all purposes of such Act oj 1936." Acts be and be deemed to be a full and sufficient compliance with the provisions therein prior to the passing of *" The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1936" relating to the opening of land for selection under such Acts. Conversion of Agricultural Homesteads to Perpetual Lease Selections. 1 7. Any selector of an Agricultural Homestead Conversion may, within six months of the commencement of this oAf . I I A C t or WI 'tln. n such furt her t'Ime as the Ml' nl.St er may I.n Hgonmceustteuardas his discretion allow, apply to the Minister to be allowed to Perpetual to surrender his license or'lease and obtain in substitution ~:~~tions. therefor a license or lease of the land as a Perpetual Lease Selection. The capital value of the land shall be the price at which as an Agricultural Homestead the fee-simple of such holding may have been acquired. Upon approval of the application and the surrender of the subsisting license or lease the selector shall be * 1 Edw. VIII. No. 3 (this Act). t 24 Geo. V. No. :H. supra, page 14793. :j: 25 Geo. V. No. :n, supra, page 15017.

16024: LA~ DS. Land Acts Amendment Act. 1 EDW. VIII. No. 3, 1936. entitled to a new license or lease of the land as a Perpetual Lease Selection. The term of the new lease shall commence on the quarter-day following the registration of the surrender of the old license or lease. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Principal Act, the new license or lease shall not be subject to the condition of personal residence- but shall be subject to the condition of occupation; such condition shall be deemed to be fully complied with if the condition be performed for a continuous period of six months in each and every year. In all other respects the conditions of the new license or lease shall be such as are provided by the Principal Act with respect to Perpetual Lease Selections. Re Issue of Deed of Grant under *"The Public Works Land Resumption Acts, 1906 to 1926," and t" The Sugar Works Act of 1911." Grant of 18. Whereas by Proclamation dated the eleventh slaimndplientfoee- day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, Corporation and published in the Gazette of the thirteenth day of ~ ~ ! : urer. July, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at page eighty-six, it was declared that in pursuance of * "The Public Works Land Resumption Acts, 1906. to 1926," and t" The Sugar Works Act of 1911" an area of one acre of land being Resubdivision 1 of Subdivision 10 of Portion 24, Parish of J ohnstone, County of Nares, was taken by the Crown for sugar works purposes as from the thirteenth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine; and whereas it is expedient thrtt a grant in fee-simple of the said land presently described as Portion 226, Parish of Johnstone, Countv of Nares, and shown on Plan Catalogue No. Nr. 1780 deposited iiI the Survey Office, be made to the Corporation of the Treasurer of Queensland: Now therefore it is hereby declared that notwith- standing any Act or law or rule or process of law to the contrary the Governor in Council is authorised to grant the said land in fee-simple to the said Corporation, and the provisions of t" The Land Acts, 1910 to 1936," shall extend and apply accordingly. -- - -- - -- - ~- - -- - -- - -~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- ------ * 6 l£dw. VII. No. 14 and amending Acts, supra, pages 8211 et 8eq. t 2 Geo. V. No. 8. 8upra, page 5211. :j: 1 Geo. V. No. ];3 an(l amending Aets, supra, pagE's 8775 et 861. See Alpllabetical Table.