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In this case it will be enacted
that the boundaries of these settlements
shall be such as you may define by proclamation.

9 As Otago is under the direction of
an Association in this Country it will be
more convenient that its case should be
kept separate, and I will instruct you
respecting it at a future time. That of
Canterbury is already provided for by its
separate Act of Parliament.

10. I take the same opportunity of desiring you to inform me, as soon as possible, what steps have been taken for
    extinguishing the Native Titles at New Plymouth.

I have the honor to be, &c.,
(Signed) Grey.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
&c. &c. &c.

Downing-street,
31st May, 1851.

SIR,—I transmit to you herewith, for
your information and guidance, a copy of
a letter from the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, together with the
answer returned to it by my direction, on
the claims of Mr. Rake, and of Mr. White
on behalf of the Legatees of the late Mrs.
Frances Parsons, for the Compensation
Land offered by the New Zealand Company in their Circular letter of the 6th
October 1849 to Non-Resident Holders
of their Land Orders in the Settlement
of Wellington—an offer which applies
equally to Purchasers in the New Plymouth Settlement.

I have no doubt you are already in
possession of a Copy of that Circular,
but I nevertheless enclose a Copy herewith in order that I may call your attention to a point on which it will be necessary you should take some step.

You will perceive that in the 3rd Condition of the Arrangement it is stated
that the land to be taken must be selected in any District of which notice
shall have been given by the Company’s
Agent that it is open for selection,
within six months after such notice.

This notice, so far as I am informed,
has not been issued by the Company’s
Agent, and I have therefore to instruct
you, should you not already have issued
it, to give the required notice as soon as
you are able to do so. But the “District” in each case must be a District
within the local Boundaries of the settlements, which in my Despatch of this
date, No. 48 I have informed you must
be laid down with as little delay as possible.

I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
Grey.

Governor Sir George Grey,
&c. &c. &c.

ANNO NONO & DECIMO,
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.

CAP. 382.

“An Act to grant certain powers to the
New Zealand Company.”

18th August, 1846.

(Extract.)

LI. And whereas divers Land Orders
or Contracts for the Sale or Conveyance
of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
in New Zealand have from Time to Time
been issued and made by the Company,
but as to which no Conveyances have
hitherto been required, and from Deaths
of and Dealings by Purchasers various
and conflicting Claims to Conveyances
under such Land Orders or Contracts
may arise; be it enacted, That a Conveyance by the Company or their Trustees
in whom the same shall be vested of the
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
to which any such Land Order or Contract shall relate, for the Estate and
Interest thereby contracted to be conveyed remaining unexpired or undetermined at the Time of the Conveyance to
the Purchaser or Purchasers named in
such Land Order or Contract, on his,
her, or their Request, or to any Person or
Persons deriving Title from, through, or
under such Purchaser or Purchasers, on
the Request of such Person or Persons,
and on Proof of his, her, or their Title to
the Satisfaction (if the Conveyance shall
be required in England) of the Secretary
for the Time being of the Company, and
if required in New Zealand of a Nominee
or Nominees of the Company approved
of by the acting Governor of the Colony
for the Time being in Writing registered
in the Colony according to the Laws for
the Time being in force for the Registration of Deeds and Instruments affecting
Real Property therein, shall be deemed,
both at Law and in Equity, as well in
the Colony of New Zealand as elsewhere,
a full and complete Performance by and
on the Part of the Company of the Contract or Obligation contained in or resulting from such Land Order to convey the
said Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments