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nterval of at least twelve months from the time
of paying the abovementioned fees; additional
payments will be required, at the rate of six
shillings per acre, in ready money, to be applied
to the Land Fund, and for the general purposes
of Government.

9. Land so obtained is to be surveyed, at the
   expense of the purchaser, by a competent sur-
   veyor, licensed or otherwise approved of by
   Government, who will be required to declare
   to the accuracy of his work, to the best of his
   belief, and to deposit certified copies of the
   same at the Surveyor General's Office previous
   to the preparation of a Crown Grant.

10. Copies of the Deed or Deeds, conveying
    such Lands, are to be lodged at the Surveyor
    General's Office as soon as practicable, in order
    that the necessary enquiries may be made; and
    notice given in the Maori, as well as in the
    English Gazette, that a Crown Title will be
    issued; unless sufficient cause should be shewn
    for its being withheld, for a time; or altogether
    refused.

11. The Government, on behalf of the Crown
    and the Public, will reserve the right of making
    and constructing roads and bridges for public
    purposes, through or in Lands so granted;-
    the owners being fairly compensated by other
    equivalent Land; as settled by arbitration.

12. No Crown Grants will be issued under
    the foregoing arrangements to any person or
    persons who may be found to have contravened
    any of these regulations; and the Public are
    reminded that no title to land in this Colony,
    held or claimed by any person not an aboriginal
    native of the same, is valid in the eye of the
    Law, or otherwise than null and void unless
    confirmed by a Grant from the Crown.

(L. S.)

Given under my Hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at Government House,
Auckland, this twenty-sixth day
of March, in the year of Our
Lord One thousand eight hundred
and forty-four.

ROBERT FITZROY,
GOVERNOR.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

PETER DODDS HOGG, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner of Audit, in succession to
R. A. Fitzgerald, Esquire, who has been
relieved from that duty.

ROBERT APPLEYARD FITZGERALD, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner of Land Claims, in addi-

tion to his present duties as Registrar of Deeds,
but without additional Salary. And

Mr. CHARLES HUNTER M'INTOSH
to be Secretary to the Land Claims Commis-
sion, in addition to his preeent duties of Chief
Clerk and Draftsman in the Department of the
Surveyor General, but without additional Salary.

The foregoing appointments are to have effect
from this date.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN TINLINE
to be Clerk and Maori Interpreter to the Magis-
trates at Nelson. Date of appointment, 1st
March, 1844.

Mr. T. E. TAYLOR,
to be Clerk to the Sub-Collector of Wellington.

His Excellency has been pleased to appoint,
at the recommendation of the Acting Deputy
Postmaster General,

Mr. J. F. HOGGARD,
to be Post-Office Clerk at Wellington.

By Command.

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Council Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct that the Meeting of the
Legislative Council, adjourned to Tuesday the
9th day of April, be further postponed to Friday
the 3rd of May, then to meet and proceed to
the Dispatch of Business.

J. COATES,
Clerk of Legislative Council.

COUNCIL—PRIVATE BILLS.

Council Office,
Auckland, 18th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency, the Governor has been
pleased to direct it to be notified for
general information, that persons intending to
apply for Private Ordinances during the ensu-
ing Session of the Legislative Council, must
transmit drafts of the Bills to the Clerk of
Councils, on or before the 31st day of May next.

J. COATES,
Clerk of Legislative Council.