Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 8

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✨ Provincial Legislation



NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

VOL. V. NELSON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1857. No. 8.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 27th March, 1857.

His Honor the Superintendent directs that the following Bill, about to be brought before the Provincial Council at its next sitting, be published for general information.

By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

WASTE LANDS BILL.

A Bill to provide for the Sale, Letting, Disposal, and Occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Nelson.

WHEREAS, by an Act made and passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Waste Lands Act, 1856," it is amongst other things enacted, that, subject to the provisions in the said Act mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of each of the Provinces of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, at any time and from time to time, to make laws for regulating the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the waste lands of the Crown within such Province, and also to amend, alter, or repeal any laws, ordinances, or regulations then in force for any such purposes within the same: Be it therefore enacted, by the Superintendent of the Province of Nel- son, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows:—

  1. From and after the [blank] day of 1857, all Ordinances and Regulations now in force for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the waste lands of the Crown in the Province of Nelson, in the colony of New Zealand (except such regulations as are hereinafter confirmed), shall be and the same are hereby repealed; and all such waste lands shall be sold and disposed of in the manner and accord- ing to the Regulations hereinafter prescribed, and not otherwise: Provided that nothing herein contained shall affect any contract, pro- mise, or engagement made by or on behalf of her Majesty, or of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, or so far as relates to any such contract, promise, or engagement, any regulations conferring or imposing any rights, powers, or obligations upon any of the parties to any such contract, promise, or engage- ment.

  2. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other officer duly authorized in that behalf to be appointed by the Superintendent, within three months after notice shall have been given in the Government Gazette for the Province of Nelson, to cause to be surveyed, at the appli- cant's cost (which shall be paid by such appli- cant before the Crown grant shall be issued), all lands remaining unsurveyed which shall



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🏛️ Publication of the Waste Lands Bill

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 March 1857
Provincial Council, Waste Lands Bill, Legislation, Nelson
  • Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

🗺️ Waste Lands Bill text

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Waste Lands, Crown Lands, Land Sales, Legislation, Nelson