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ther enacted, that no lands so to be granted as
aforesaid within any Province to the Superin-
tendent thereof and his successors, should be
alienated by way of sale, or mortgage, or by
lease, for any longer term than three years,
except by the authority of some act or ordi-
nance of the Provincial Council of such Pro-
vince to be passed in that behalf, nor except
by deed signed by the Superintendent and
sealed with the public seal of the Province :
And whereas, by a certain deed of grant, bear-
ing date on or about the 11th day of February,
1856, under the hand of Colonel Thomas Gore
Browne, C.B., Governor of the colony of New
Zealand, and sealed with the public seal of the
colony, the said Governor, in the name and on
the behalf of Her Majesty, with the advice of
the Executive Council, did grant unto the
Superintendent of the Province of Nelson and
his successors, all that piece or parcel of land
containing 2 acres, more or less, situate in
the town of Nelson in the Province of Nelson,
bounded on the north-east by Town Sections
Nos. 1,116 and 1,117; on the south-west by
Hampden-street; on the north-west by Town
Section No. 1,095; and on the south-east by
a native reserve; Also, all that piece or parcel
of land containing 1 acre more or less, bounded
on the south by Examiner-street; on the east
by Waimea-street; on the west by Wel-
lington-street; and on the north by a line
parallel to Examiner-street: Also, all that
piece or parcel of land containing 7 acres,
more or less, situate in the town of Nelson
aforesaid, bounded on the south-west by
Motueka-street; on the south-east by Ngati-
awa-street; on the north-west by Waimea-
road; and on the north-east by a line parallel
to Motueka-street: Also, all that piece or
parcel of land containing 6 acres, situate in
the town of Nelson aforesaid, bounded on the
north-west by Vanguard-street; on the north-
east by a reserve for a grammar school; on
the south-west by Northbesk-street; and on the
south-east by a line parallel to Vanguard-street;
Also, all that piece or parcel of land contained
330 acres, more or less, situate in the district of
Motueka in the Province of Nelson, bounded
on the north by Crown land, and by Sections
Nos. 44 and 40; on the east by a public road
and by Section No. 15; on the south by Sec-
tions Nos. 15 and 13, and by Crown land;
and on the west by Crown land, and by Sec-
tion No. 44; And also all that piece or parcel
of land containing 311 acres more or less,
situate at Motupipi in the district of Massacre
Bay, in the Province of Nelson, bounded on
the north-east by a road; on the south-west
by Country Section No. 160, and by a public
road; on the north-west by a road, and also
by the Motupipi mud-flat; and on the south-
east by Crown land; And also, all that piece

or parcel of land containing 600 acres, more or
less, situate at the Wairau, in the Province of
Nelson, bounded on the south by a tide creek,
and also by Country Section No. 1; on the
east by a road; on the north-east by an irre-
gular line north-westerly to the tide creek; on
the north-west by the tide creek; and on the
west by a mud-flat; the boundaries of which
said pieces or parcels of land thereby granted
are delineated in the plan drawn in the margin
thereof: to hold the same as an endowment
for hospitals and lunatic asylums: And
whereas, by a certain other deed of grant,
bearing date on or about the 7th day of June,
1856, also under the hand of Colonel Thomas
Gore Browne, C.B., Governor of the colony of
New Zealand, and sealed with the public seal
of the colony, the said Governor, in the name
of the Executive Council, did grant with the
advice of the Executive Council, did grant
unto the Superintendent of the Province of
Nelson and his successors, all that allotment
or parcel of land containing 51 acres and 32
perches, more or less, situate at the Motueka,
in the said Province, being Section numbered
193 on the plan of the Motueka district; to
hold the same upon trust for public recreation:
Be it enacted by the Superintendent of the
Province of Nelson, with the advice and con-
sent of the Provincial Council thereof, as
follows :—

1. Superintendent may Lease certain Public
   Lands for 21 Years.—It shall be lawful for
   the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson,
   with the advice of his Executive Council, at
   any time and from time to time, to demise and
   lease all or any part or parts of the pieces or
   parcels of land hereinbefore described and so
   granted to him as aforesaid, for any term not
   exceeding 21 years from the time of granting
   the same, upon such terms and conditions as
   the Superintendent and his Executive shall
   deem expedient.

2. Commencement of Act.—This Act shall
   not come into operation until the time in
   which it may be disallowed by the Governor
   shall have expired.

COMPENSATION BILL.

Title.—A Bill to authorize the Superin-
tendent to issue a Commission to inquire into
certain claims for Compensation under certain
contracts of the New Zealand Company.

Preamble.—Whereas certain persons within
the Province of Nelson have alleged that they
are entitled to compensation for losses and
damages sustained by them in consequence of
the non-fulfilment, by a certain Company called
the New Zealand Company, of certain contracts
entered into with them: And whereas it is
expedient that the Superintendent should be
empowered to issue a commission to inquire