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and as if the decision of the Commissioner appealed against were the decision of such Waste Lands Board.
82. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to set apart blocks of first-class lands for settlement within or in the immediate vicinity of any gold field. Such lands shall be laid off in sections of from five to twenty acres, and such sections shall be open to be taken up by residents on such gold fields for occupation and cultivation in the same manner as in the case of lands opened under the deferred-payment system, at such price as may from time to time be fixed by the Commissioner, not being less than twenty shillings per acre, excepting that no selection by any family or number of persons occupying one household shall exceed forty acres, and that within twelve months after selection a dwelling-house shall be erected on the land in the same manner as in the case of homestead selections. Such lands shall be sold or occupied only under the provisions of "The Resumption of Land for Mining Purposes Act, 1873."
83. In addition to and in furtherance of any powers already given in that behalf, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, in order to facilitate and effectually carry out the objects of this Act, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, to make vary alter amend revoke and repeal regulations: And any such regulations may provide for the imposition of penalties for breaches thereof or any part thereof, not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds for any one breach; and any such penalty may be recoverable upon conviction in a summary manner before any Resident Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace in manner provided by "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866." Provided, however, that no regulations to be made hereunder shall be repugnant to the provisions of this Act, and that they shall receive the approval of the Governor in Council, and be notified in the Provincial Government Gazette for fourteen days before coming into force.
SCHEDULE.
Schedule.
"The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1867."
"The Auckland Waste Lands Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1869."
"The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1870."
"The Auckland Mineral Leases Act, 1871."
"The Auckland Waste Lands Act 1870 Amendment Act, 1872."
And all other Acts or portions of Acts of the General Assembly of New Zealand or the Provincial Legislature of the Province of Auckland inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by W. C. Wilson, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government, at his General Printing Establishment, 10, Wyndham Street, Auckland.
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