Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

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THE AUCKLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1874.

An Act to consolidate and amend the Waste Lands Laws of the Province of Auckland.

[81st August, 1874.]

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short Title.

1. The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1874.”

Act divided into Parts.

2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—

• PART I.—Preliminary, Interpretation, and Repeal of previous Acts.
• PART II.—General Provisions affecting Waste Lands.
• PART III.—Sales of Town, Village, and Suburban Lands.
• PART IV.—Rural Lands — Classification — Cash Sales and Leases — Homestead and Deferred-payment Lands.
• PART V.—Special Settlement Lands.
• PART VI.—Timber Lands and Mineral Lands.
• PART VII.—Miscellaneous Provisions.

PART I.

PRELIMINARY, INTERPRETATION, AND REPEAL OF PREVIOUS ACTS.

Interpretation.

3. In the construction of this Act, the words and expressions following shall respectively have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context, that is to say,—

“Waste lands” shall mean all such lands within the Province of Auckland (not being land acquired by Her Majesty under “The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” or any Act amending the same) as are already or hereafter may be subject to the disposal of the Government of the said province.

“Province” shall mean the Province of Auckland.

“Superintendent” shall mean the Superintendent of the said province, acting by and with the consent of his Executive Council.

“Provincial Council” shall mean the Provincial Council of the said province.

“Receiver of Land Revenue” shall mean the Receiver of Land Revenue appointed for the said province.

“Provincial Government Gazette” shall mean the Gazette published by or under the authority of the Government of the said province.

“Gold mining district” and “gold field” shall mean any part of the said province proclaimed to be a gold mining district or a gold field under “The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873,” or other gold fields laws from time to time to be in force within the said province.

“Cultivation” shall mean planting any cereal or root crops, planting an orchard vineyard or shrubbery, or planting forest trees, or laying down lands with artificial grasses.

“Proclamation” shall mean and include as well any Proclamation in any Provincial Government Gazette as in the New Zealand Gazette.

“Land Office” shall mean the principal Waste Lands Office at Auckland.

Repeal of existing Acts and saving of existing rights.

4. The Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Act annexed, and all Proclamations relating thereto respectively, are hereby repealed: Provided that nothing in this Act contained (except where otherwise expressly provided) shall effect any contract promise or agreement made with or by and on behalf of Her Majesty previously to the coming into operation hereof, and then incomplete or unfulfilled; and nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect any licenses or leases for the occupation of waste lands for depasturing or other purposes, granted or issued under any former Acts Ordinances or Regulations, and existing and being in force at the time of the coming into operation of this Act, or during the term or currency of any such licenses or leases, the waste lands held thereunder, or the rights of the holders thereof, except when otherwise expressly provided; but such licenses or leases, and the rights of the holders thereof and the waste lands held thereunder, shall be and continue to be, during the terms and currency of such licenses and leases, except as aforesaid, and all such contracts promises and agreements.