Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act of 1901 (1 Edw VII No. 25) (Qld)

8152 LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 1 EDW. VII. No. 25, Improve· ments.. (4.) In order that the selector may become the purchaser of the Homestead, the certificate of the Com- missioner given under section one hundred and thirty- eight of the Principal _\.ct must show that a sum at the rate of ten shillings per acre has been expended in sub- stantial and permanent improvements on the land. The value of any improvements made upon the portion in the Township shall be reckoned as part of the improve- ments required to be made upon the Homestead. Regulations. S. The Governor in Council may make Regulations prescribing the manner in which applicants for Agri- cultural Homesteads under the provisions of this Act shall give proof of their qualification to become selectors, and prescribing such other matters and things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act. 1 Edw. VII. An Act to make provision for the Granting of New Leases No. 25. THE of Crown Land now or formerly leased under the PASTORAL HOLDINGS provisions of "The Crown Lands Acts, 1884 to 1886,"' NEW LEASES ACT OF 1901. and for other purposes. [ASSENTED TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1901.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Short ti tie. ,1. l.'his Act may be cited as " The Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act of 1901." . PART I.- PASTORAL LEASES. P A.RT I.-P A.STORAL LEASES. 2. In this Act the term" pastoral lease" means any Itinotner.pret,a' l O ea r s o e wn m L a a d n e ds un A d c e t r o th f e 18 p 8 r 4 o , v " i * sioannsd oinf cPluadrets I a l n l y . eoxfte " n T si l o t n e of such a lease made under the provisions of "The Orown Lands Act Amendment Act of 1886"t or " The Pastoral Leases Extension Acts, 1892 to 1900. " ~ Except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise indicates, the terms used in this Act • 48 Vie. No. 28, supra, page 1137. t 50 Vie. No. 33, supra, page 1174. :J: 56 Vie. No. 30, supra, page 4645; 58 Vie. No. 26, supra, page 4986; 59. Vie. No. 30, supra, page 5645; 61 Vie. No. 14, supra, page 6226; 62 Vie. No. 7, .supra, pa~ e 6599; and 64 Vie. No. 20, ,upra, page 7359.

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 8153 PART 1.- PASTORAL LEASES. have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them by" The Lanrl A.ct, 1897,"* hereinafter referred to as "the Principal Act." 3. At any time within twelve months after the passing l< ~ xpired of this Act the Court, upon a reference by the Minister in rst,oral that behalf, may certify to the Minister that the whole or eases. any specified part of any land which was comprised in any pastoral lease of the duration of fifteen years the term whereof has expired at the passing of this Act, together with the whole or any specified part of any land, which was originally comprised with such land in any lease from the Crown, and which was resumed in pursuance of any Act, but has not been or is not at the date of the certifi- cate reserved, selected, alienated, or otherwise disposed of, is not likely to be required for the purposes of settlement, or township reserves, or any other of the purposes referred to in section one hundred and ninety of the Principal Act. Thereupon the Court shall classify the land with respect to which the certificate has been given in accord- ance with the classifieation hereinafter mentioned. A notification of such certificate and of the classifica- .tion of the land shall be forthwith published in the Gazette. At any time within three months after the date of such publication the former lessee, if still in possession of any part of such land, may apply to the Minister for a lease under the provisions of this Act, and shall thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Act, be entitled to receive a lease from the Crown for the whole of the land with l'espect to which the certificate has been given according to the classification of the land and subject to the condi- tions hereinafter mentioned as applicable to land of that classification. 4. (1.) At any time within six months after the Notice or passing of this Act, the lessee of any holding held under election. an existing pastoral lease may give notice to the Minister that he elects to take advantage of the provisions of this Act. Such notice shall be in the form in the First Schedule Schedule 1. to this Act or to the like effect, and when received by him shall be irrevocable, and shall bind both the lessee and his successors in interest and the Crown. Such notice shall be published in the Gazette. (2.) At any time not earlier than seven years and, if Classification. possible, having regard to the date of expiration, not later «< 61 Vie. No. 25, supra, page 6228.

8154 PART I.- PASTORAL LEASES. LANDS. Pa8toral Holding8 New Lea8e8 Act.1 Enw. VII. No. 25, than three yeari before the date of the expiration of the lease of the holding with respect to which such notice has been given, the Court, upon a reference by the Minister in that behalf, which reference he shall be bound to make, shall classify the holding in one or other of the classes hereinafter mentioned. (3.) If before making such classification the Court certifies to the Minister that the whole or any specified part of any land, which was originally comprised with the holding in any lease from the Crown and which was resumed in pursuance of any Act, but has not been or is not at the date of the certificate reserved, selected, alienated, or otherwise disposed of, is not likely to be required for the purposE's of settlement, then the land or part or parts thereof with respect to which the certificate has been given shall, with the consent of the lessee, pro- vided that such land has been proclaimed open for selection for a period of not less than twelve months without any portion having been selected, be included with the holding in the classification to be made, and shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be comprised in such holding. (4.) Suoh holdings shall be classified according to the new lease which may be granted with respect thereto, namely:- Class I.-A new lease for the term of ten years of one-half of the land comprised in the holding at a rent to be fixed by the Court. Class II.-A new lease for the term of fourteen years of two-thirds or the whole of the land comprised in the holding as the Court may determine, at a rent to be fixed by the Court and to be reassessed at the expiration of the first seven years of the term. Class IlL-A new lease for the term of twenty-one years of three-fourths or the whole of the land comprised in the holding, as the Court may determine, at a rent to be fixed by the Court and to be reassessed at the expiration of each period of seven ;vears of the term. Class IV.-A new lease for the term of twenty-eight years of the whole of the land comprised in the holding, at. a rent to be fixed by the Court and to be reassessed at the expiration of each period of seven years of the term.

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 8155 PART 1.- PASTORAL LEASES. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the Oourt, when making the classification of any holding, may, if it thinks it desirable so to do, fix the area to be com- prised in the new lease at not less than· forty thousand acres. (5.) The Court in making its classification shall take into consideration the present or probable future demand for land for purposes of settlement. (6.) The Court shall report its classification of each holding to the Minister, and shall in each case state whether the holding is to be divided. 5. (1.) The Minister shall, if the report so states, Division of cause the holding to be divided into two parts, one ofholdmg. which, hereinafter called" the resumed part," shall from and after the expiration of the existing pastoral lease be deemed to be Crown land, subject to the right of depasturing thereon as provided by sections sixty-five, sixty-six, and sixty-seven of the Principal Act. (2.) The 1Jroportion of the holding to be included in the resumed part shall be determined according to its classification as follows : - (a) If the holding is classed in 'Class 1., one·half is to be included; (b) If the holding is classed in Class n., one-third is to be included; (0) If the holding is classed in Class 111., one- fourth is to be included. (3.) For the purposes of making the division the Com- missioner, or some other fit and proper person appointed by the Governor in Council, shall be required to inspect the holding and report as to the best mode of making a fair division thereof. (4.) In making a division the following rules are to be observed:- Ca) The whole resumed part shall be in one block, and when practicable shall be separated from the remainder of the holding by one straight line, and at least one-fourth of the external boundaries shall coincide with the original boundaries of the holding. But this rule may, with the consent of the lessee or former lessee, be departed from if it appears to the Court to the public interest so to do.

8156 PART I.- PASTORAL LEASES. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 1 EDW. VII. No. 25, Cb) The average qualities and capabilities of the resumed part are to be as far as practicable the same as the average quality and capabilities of the whole holding. (c) In cases where the qualities and capabilities of different parts of a holding are unequal an allowance may be made in area, and the pro- portion to be included in the resumed part may be increased or diminished accordingly, so as to make the relative values of the resumed part and the remainder of the holding bear the relative proportions hereinbefore prescribed. (5.) Upon receipt of the report of the Commissioner or other {Jerson appointed as aforesaid, the Minister shall refer the same to the Court. (0.) The Court shall by order confirm the division so recommended with or without amendment, and the division so confirmed shall be forthwith notified by the Minister in the Gazette. New leases. 6. (1.) In all cases where the Court has not stated in its report that the holding should be divided, the lessee shall, at the expiration of the existing pastoral lease, be entitled to receive a new lease of the holding for the term of fourteen, twenty-one, or twenty-eight years, according to the claSlsification of the holding and on the conditions hereinafter stated. (2.) In all cases where the pastoral holding has been divided pursuant to the report of the Court, the lessee shall, at the expiration of the existing pastoral lease, be entitled to receive a new lease for the term of ten, four- teen, or twenty-one years of one-half, two-thirds, or three- fourths, respectively, of the holding, according to the classification of the holding and on the conditions herein- after stated. (3.) The new lease shall begin to run from the date of the expiration of the expired or existing pastoral lease, as the case may be. . What rent 7. A new lease under the provisions of this Act shall bmeufostrebegrpaanitd only be granted after the payment of- of new lease. (i.) All rent payable under the terms of the pastoral lease; and

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 8157 PART I.- PASTORAL LEASES. (ii.) All rent payable under the terms of the new lease in respect of the time which has elapsed between the expiration of the term of the pastoral lease and the granting of the ~ ew lease. 8 Save as by this Act is otherwise provided, all the A.pplication provI . s . IOns 0 f the 'Prm' Cl.palAct or any Act amen( ] m. g the o L f a " n 'l d "k A e ct, same, which are applicable to a lessee or to a holding 1897." under Part Ill. of that Act, shall be applicable to a lessee or holding under this Part of this Act as if the terms "lessee" and "holding" in that Act included a "lessee" and "holding" under the said provisions of this Act respectively; and for the purposes of this section the Court shall have and may exercise all the powers conferred upon it by that Act. Nevertheless, section two hundred and nine of that Act shall not apply to holdings under this Part of this Act, but the following provisions relating· to resumptions. from holdings in Classes H., Ill., and IV. above men- tioned shall have effect, namely : - (1) With respect to holdings in Class II.- At any time after the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term of the new lease the Governor in Council may from time to time resume from lease any part of the holding not exceeding in the aggre- gate one-half thereof, and no compensation shall be payable to the lessee in respect of such resumption except for improvements on the part so resumed. In making such resumptions the same rules as defined in clause five, subsection four, of this Act shall be observed: Provided as follows- (a) A notice signed by the Minister must be pub- lished in the Gazette, and served on the lessee either personally or by post letter addressed to. him at the holding six months at least before the date at which the resumption takes effect: such notice may, however, be given at any time before the expiration of the said seven years; (b) Unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Court" upon reference in that behalf, determines that the resumption cannot otherwise effectively be made for the purposes required, the part which may be so resumed without compensation" except for improvements, shall not comprise

PART 1.- PASTORAL LIlASES. LANDS. Pastoral Holdin.qs New Leases Act. 1 EDW. VII. No. 25, the head station or the principal woolshed wash- pool or reservoir upon the holding; and, unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Oourt, upon a reference in that behalf, determines as afore- said, the part so resumed at any oue time shall be in one block. (2) With respect tf) holdings in Glass IIL- At any time after the expiration of seven years from -the commencement of the term of the new lease any part not exceeding in the aggregate one-third of the holding, and at any time after the expiration of fourteen years from the commencement of the term of the new lease any part not exceeding in the aggregate one-half of the land then com- prised therein, may from time to time be resumed by the Governor in Oouncil, and no compensation shall be payable to the leAsee in respect of any such resumption except for improvements on the part or parts AO resumed. In making such resumptions the same rules as defined in clause five, .subsection four, of this Act shall be observed: ..Provided as follows- (a) A. notice signed by the Minister must be pub- lished in the Gazette, and served on the lessee either personally or by post letter addressed to him at the holding six months at least before the date at which the resumption takes effect: such notice may, however, be given at any time before the expiration of the said seven years or fourteen years, as the case may be; (b) Unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Oourt, upon a reference in that behalf, determines that the resumption cannot otherwise effectively be made for the purposes required, the part or parts which may be so resumed without compensa- tion, except for improvements, shall not com- prise the head station or the principal woolshed washpool or reservoir upon the holding; and, unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Oourt, upon a reference in that behalf, determines as aforesaid, the part or parts so resumed at any one time shall be in one block. (3) With respect to holdings in Glass IV.- (i.) The Governor in Oouncil may from time to time resume from the holding any lands not exceeding in the

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 8]59 PART 1.- PASTORAL LEASES. aggregate one-third of the area of the holding, and no com- pensation shall be payable to the lessee in respect of any such resumption except for improvements on the part or parts so resumed. In making such resumptions the same rules as defined in clause five, subsection four, of this Act :shall be observed : Provided as follows- (a) A notice signed by the Minister must be pub- lished in the Gazette, and served on the lessee either personally or by post letter addressed to him at the holding six months at least before the date at which the resumption takes effect; (b) Unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Court, upon a reference in that behalf, determines that the resumption cannot otherwise effectively be made for the purposes required, the part or parts which may be so resumed without com- pensation, except for improvements, shall not comprise the head station or the principal woolshed washpool or reservoir upon the hold- ing; and, unless the lessee otherwise agrees, or the Court, upon a reference in that behalf, determines as aforesaid, the part or parts so resumed at anyone time shall be in one block. 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Power to Act or the Principal Act, the Governor in Council may resume lands. from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, resume any part or parts of any holding under this Act for town- ship reserves, or for any of the purposes referred to in section one hundred and ninety of the Principal Act, other than for purposes of closer settlement without compensa- tion for such resumption, except for improvements on the iand resumed; when such land is resumed for roads, the provisions of Part IX. of the said Act shall apply. In case of any such re~ mmption the lessee shall not be required to pay any rent in respect of the land resumed from the date on which such resumption takes effect. 10. Save as hereinafter mentioned, the provisions of Application .Part I. of this Act shall not be applicable to any holdings of f~ r~ going :situated within the limits described in the Second Schedule ; : o~ : ~ ~ ns to this Act: Schedule n. Provided that if at any time not earlier than five years nor later than three years before the date of the expiration of the lease of any such holding held under

8160 LANDS. PART 1.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PASTORAL LEASES. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 1 Enw. VII. No. 25.. pastoral lease the Court certifies to the Minister, upon a reference by him in that behalf, that having regard to the present and probable future demand for land for the pur- poses of settlement it is of opinion that the provisions 01 Part I. of this Act should be applied to such holding, then upon the publication of such certificate in the Gazette the provisions of Part 1. of this Act shall be applicable to such holding in all respects as if the same were not so situated as aforesaid. And notice of election to take advantage or the provisions of this Act may be given in the form herein prescribed by the lessee at any time within six months. after such publication of the certificate relating thereto. :ns Application 11. A pastoral tenant of a run subject to the pro- : ! rt~ f! visions of " The Pastoral Leases Act of 1869,"* which is under" The situated in any part of Queensland to which Part Ill. of of " - r: : ! : ; ~ ct The Crown Lands Act of 1884" t applies or has at any 1869." time been applied or extended, may, if his lease has not expired, or if it has expired and he is still in possession of' the whole or any part of the land which was formerly com- prised in such lease as the pastoral tenant thereof, within six months after the passing of this Act, give notice as hereinbefore provided of his election to take advantage of the provisions of this Act with respect to such run, and thereupon the Oourt, upon a reference by the Minister in that behalf, shall classify the run in one or other of the' classes hereinbefore mentioned, and, save as herein other- wise provided, all the provisions of this Act shall apply to- such run. If the pastoral tenant has given notice to the Minister' before the passing of this Act electing to take advantage of "The GJ"own Lands Act of 1884 "t in respect of the run, he may nevertheless, if the order confirming the division of the run has not been made by the Land Court,. give notice of election under the provisions of this Act as aforesaid, and in such case the notice of election previously given shall be deemed to be revoked: Provided always that- (i.) The term of the new lease to be issued in pursuance of this section shall commence on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two; ... 33 Vie. No. 10, supra, page 1199. t 48 Vie. No. 28, supra, page 1137.

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings New Leases Act. 816t PAR'r 1.- PASTORAL LEASES. (ii.) The new lease shall only be granted after the payment of all rent for the run up to the com- mencement of the new lease at the rate payable under the pastoral lease immediately prior to the determination thereof; and (iii.) In the case of two or more conterminous runs being held by the same pastoral tenant the whole shall be dealt with as one run. PART ll.-GENERAL PROVISIONS. PART n.- 12. Whenever any Crown land has remam • ed open PRGOEVNIESRIOANLS. for selection and unselected for a period of two vears or Power to upwar d S, t,he G overnor I . n C ounC '1 I, on the recomme ~ n d a t I ' On o g f ra l n a t nd leases of the Court, may, from time to time, authorise the grant remaining o f a Iease f or a perlO . d 0 f fi ve years 0 f' t he whoIe or any v tw ac o a y n e t a f r o s r . part of such land on such conditions as to rent or otherwise as the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Court, may think fit. The iand shall be declared open for lease by the Minister by notification in the Gazette specifying the areas to be leased and the rent per square mile, and appointing a place and a time, not being les8 than four weeks from the date of the notification, at which the land will be so open; and at and after the time so notified the land shall be open for lease accordingly. If at or before the time appointed by the notification an application for a lease is lodged at the Land Agent's office by the occupier of such land, such application shall be entitled to priority over all other applications. Subject as last aforesaid, the first applicant shall be entitled to the lease: Provided that when two or more applications for the same land are lodged at the same time the Commissioner shall, at the time appointed for considering them, cause the land to be offered at auction to the several applicants and to no other persons; and the applicant who makes the highest bid for the land and pays the amount of the rent to the Land Agent shall be declared the successful applicant, and the annual rent payable by him in respect of the land shall be the amount so bid by him instead of the amount specified in the notification as aforesaid. 13. The holder of any pastoral lease or lease made Right to select under the provisions of this Act may make a request in ~ : ~ : a~ i~ ~ nof writing to the Minister that upon the expiration of such lease. lease any specified area, consisting of lands comprised

8162 PARr II.- GENERAL PROVISIONS. LANDS. Pastoral Holdings .New Leases Act. 1 EDW. VII. No. 25, therein or of lands formerly excluded or resumed therefrom under the provisions of this Act and not subsequently selected, shall be declared open for selection. Every such request shall be referred to the Court for its report thereon. If the Court reports that no objection exists against the granting of such request, the Court shall also report as to the tenure upon which such lands ought to be selected, and upon the expiration of such lease the lands shall be declared open for selection upon such tenure. If at or before the time appointed by the notification an application for a selection is lodged at the Land Agent's office by such holder, such application shall be entitled to priority over all other applications. It shall not be competent for such holder to select under the provisions of this section a larger area than the area allowed by law to be selected in respect of land of the same tenure in the same District by anyone person at the date of his application. All land selected under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the laws in force relating to lands of the same tenure in the same District at the date of applica- tion. Grants and 14. Any person may at any time apply to the Minister lCear, oew<noflands for any Crown land to be granted or leased to him in ex- in exchange change for any land of equal value held by him under any fsourrrleannddesred grant or lease from the Crown previously made or agreed to Hi. to be made. Majesty. Every such application shall be referred to the Court for its report thereon. . If the Court reports in any case that the land so held by the applicant is equal in value to the land applied for, and that there is no objection to the exchange, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name of His Majesty, to accept a surrender of the land so held by the applicant aforesaid, and to grant or lease to him the land so applied for as aforesaid by way of exchange for the surrendered land. All land surrendered to His Majesty under the pro- visions of this section shall be deemed to be Crown land. Reserves prior 15. At any time before the expiration of the term of to lea.e. the existing pastoral lease of a holding, or if the holding is to be divided before the confirmation of the division thereof, whichever is the later date, the Governor in Council may, by notification in the Gazette, reserve from

1901. LANDS. Pastoral Holdin.qs New Leases Ad. 8163 PART II.- GENERAl PROVISIONS the holding, as from the expiration of the term of the existing lease thereof, such areas thereof as in his opinion may be required for township reserves or for any of the purposes referred to in section one hundred and ninety of the Principal Act other than for purposes of closer settle- ment, without any compensation except for improvements on the areas reserved: Provided that no rent under any new lease granted under the provisions of this Act shall be payable by the lessee in respect of any land so reserved. 16. Whenever, for the proper execution of this Act,General duty it is necessary for the Court to make anv classification of of the Court. land or to give any certificate, the Court shall hold an inquiry at which the Crown and all parties concerned shall have the right to appear and be heard and to adduce evidence; and for the purposes aforesaid the provisions of Part H. of the Principal Act shall bf~ applicable. 17. The Governor in Council may from time to timePower~ mak& make Regulations for carrying into effect the provisions I{ogulatlons. of this Act: Provided that the Regulations for the time being in force under the Principal Act. which are applicable to a lessee or holding under Part II r. of that Act shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and unless or until the samp "ire varied hy Regu- lations made in pursuance of this Act, be applicablt> to a lessee or holding under this Act respectively. SCHEDULE I District of Name of Holding: To the Minister for Lands. [Soction 4.1' I [or We], the undersigned, being- les~ ee of the holdin~ known as in the abnve District, do herphy Plect to take advantage rh· of the provisi(lnB of " Pastoral Holdings New D-as8s Act qf 1901 " with respect to such holding. Given under hand at this day of ,19 . Witness: , J.P it-B. SCHEDULE 11. [Section 1O.J ('ommencing at the confluence of Dl>gwood Cre... k with the Cnndamine and Balonne Rivers, and bounded then<'e by the Condamine I{,ver upwards to the most ea8tern corner of Murilla Holding; thence by that holdmg south-westerly to Canmaroo Con~ oi iJatlOn; thence by thp, eastern boun- daries of that couRolidation and of KoOrOtlU and J:t'alrymounr Huldings, l'allwood Re~ umption. portion B, and Newinga H.,lrling to the boundary between the States of Queensland and ~ ew South Wales; tbence by that boundary easterly and nortberly to Herries Range; b.v that range and the watershed separating the waters of the L'ondamine l{iver from those

8164 LANDS-LOANS. Queensland Stock Inscription Acl .d..mendment Act. 1 Enw. VII. No. 5, of the Macintvre Brook and Weir River to the most southern corner of Daandine Coti'solidation j thence by the eastern and north-eastern boun- daries of that con solidation to the eastern corner of portion 3A, parish of Greenbank j thence by the north-east boundaries of that portion and portions 2A and lA, same parish; thence by the north-east boundaries of P.P. n., portion lv, and P.P. I., and the eastern boundary of portion 101; thence by the north-eastern boundaries of P.P. 91 and portion 1252, parish of Mile", to the Condamine River j thence by that river downwards to the confluence of Cooranga Creek j thence by that creek upwards to the south-east corner of Coorllnga Consolidation j thence by that con- solidation northt'rly and liorth-easterly to the Great Dividing Range j thence by that range south-easterly to the watershed separating the waters of the Brisbane River from those of the Burnett River j thence by that watershed north-easterly to the western watershed of the Mary River j thence by that watershed northerly to the north-east corner of Ban Ban Holding j thence by the north-eastern boundary of that holding, by the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Wetheron Consolidation to the Kurnett River, by that river downwards to the south corner of Walla Consolidation; thence by the south-western boundaries of that consolidation to the southern watershed of Gin Gin Creek j thence by that watershed westerly to the western watershed of Gin Gin Creek and the Kolan River j thence by that watershed northerly to the northern watershed of Splinter Creek, Thrt'e Moon Creek, and the Rawbelle River j thence by that watershed westerly to the eastern watershed of the Dawson River j thence by that watershed southerly to the Great Dividing Range j thence by that range south-westerly and westerly to the north-west corner of Dulacca Holding j thence by the western boundaries of that holding and of Dulacca West and Dulacca South Holdings; by . the south-west and part of the south-east boundaries of Marra Marra Oonsolidation, the south-west boundaries of Caliitris and Moraby Con- solidations to Dogwood Creek; and thence by that cr.eek downwards to the point of commencement. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES. See ASSURANCE. LOANS. The Queensland Stock .Inscription Act Amendment Act of 19v1 1 Edw. VII. No. 5 The Treasul'Y Bills Act of 1901 ... 1" " 4 1 E N dw o. . 5 V . II. An Act to Authorise the Treasurer to satisfy Judgments, THE Decrees, and Orders in Proceedings in the United QUEENSLAND STOOK Kingdom in respect of Queensland Stock. INSORIPTION W· J AOT AMENDMENT AOT OF WOl. Prpamble. [ASSENTED TO 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1901. HEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland intituled "The Colonial Stock Act, 1877,"* it is enacted that, o~ provision being made by the legislature of a colony and otherwise for the inscription and transfer in a register * 40 & 41 Vie. e. 59, supra, page 3815.