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than 66 feet wide.—Unless, where local circumstances shall render an adherence to that rule, in the formation of a street, impracticable.

24. On the approval by the Superintendent of the plan proposed by the Surveyor-General, or on the settlement of any alterations which may be made therein.—The plan of the town or village and its suburban allotments will be published, in the manner before described, for country land.

25. All town and suburban allotments will be sold by auction, and each lot will be put up separately; at the prices which the Superintendent may have determined, after a full consideration of the probable future character of the town or village.

26. There will be a quarterly sale of such town and suburban allotments, as may have been applied for, during the preceding three months.

27. The certificate of the Provincial Treasurer, that the holder thereof has purchased an allotment endorsed by the Surveyor-general, will entitle the holder to take possession of the said allotment; and, he will be entitled to exchange the certificate, for a grant from the Crown, as soon as the deed can be prepared, on payment of a fee of 5s.

IMMIGRATION.

Every male adult, being a British subject, who shall arrive in the Province of Auckland from Great Britain or Ireland; from the British provinces of North America or from India, shall be entitled to a remission in the payment for any land which he may purchase to the extent of £40. If married, and accompanied by his wife and family, to a further remission on account of his wife of £20, and for each child of £10. Provided he shall, within three months after the arrival in the Province of himself and the parties in whose favour remission is claimed, produce to the Superintendent, a certificate from the agent of the ship, by which they arrived, that their passages had been paid for.

30. All parties purchasing land will, on application to the Surveyor-general, receive a certificate, which will entitle the holder thereof to have emigrants, of his own selection, sent out to the Province, at the expense of the immigration fund, to the extent of 80 per cent. on the amount he may have paid for land; provided the parties, for whom a passage is applied for, shall be of such descriptions as are eligible for bounty emigrants, according to existing regulations. Such orders to be transferable by indorsement.

MILITARY SETTLERS.

31. Every retired Military or Naval officer, who shall produce to the Superintendent, the usual certificate, issued from the Horse Guards and the Admiralty, to officers, desirous of settling in the colonies, will receive a remission of the purchase money of land, according to the following scale, viz.:

Field Officers in the Army, and Captains and Commanders in the Navy ........................ £320

Captains in the Army, Lieutenants in the Navy, Sailing Masters, Pursers, and Surgeons ............... 240

Subaltern Officers in the Army, Masters Clerks, and Masters Assistants in the Navy ................. 180

Officers of the Military Naval and Civil Department of the East India Company’s Service, according to the same scale, on the production of a certificate, from the proper Authorities in India, that they had retired from the Company’s Service, and had declared their intention of settling in New Zealand.

32. In all cases specified in paragraph 31; Deeds of grant from the Crown, will not be issued until the expiration of three years from the date of purchase. But the land may be occupied under lease; during that period, at a nominal rent, or the land may be paid for in full, and a grant issued. At the expiration of three years, on proof to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, that the applicant has actually resided during that period in the Province, the lease will be exchanged for a grant; or in cases where the full amount may have been paid, the amount to which the applicant is entitled to a remission will be refunded.

PENSIONERS.

Pensioners of the Army and Navy, although they may arrive in the Province at the expense of the Government, will be entitled to a remission in the purchase money of land, according to the following scale, provided they enrol themselves in any Militia Corps, which may be embodied in the Province,—

Non-commissioned officers of the Army, Warrant and Petty Officers of the Navy ..................... £40

And for wife if married .................... 20

And for each child ......................... 10

Privates and Seamen ....................... 20

And for wife if married .................... 10

And for each child ......................... 5

In pursuance of the 3rd section of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the “Waste Lands Act 1854,” the above Regulations, for the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown, within the Province of Auckland, are published in the Government Gazette of the said Province; and their adoption, by the Provincial Council thereof will be proposed by me, the undersigned, one of the Members of the said Provincial Council, in conformity with the Provisions of the said Act.

JAMES BUSBY, M.P.C.,
Auckland, 26th October, 1854.