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9 Copies of the Deed or Deeds, conveying
such lands, are to be lodged at the Colonial
Secretary'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 is-
sued;—unless sufficient cause should be shewn
for its being withheld, for a time—or altogether
refused.

10. No Crown Grants will be issued until, at
    least, twelve months after the receipt at the
    Colonial Secretary's office, of certified Copies of
    the Surveys and Deeds of Sale above-mentioned;
    and, on the issue of Grants—Fees, at the rate of
    one penny per acre, will be required by Go-
    vernment.

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
    enquivalent 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.

Given under my Hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at Government House,
(L. S.) Auckland, this tenth day of Oc-
tober, in the year of Our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and
forty-four.

ROBERT FITZROY,
Governor.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1844.

N consideration of the Property Rate Ordi-
nance having been brought into operation
so soon after its enactment; and of the distance
at which some Rate payers are resident;—I am
desired by the Governor to give notice that His
Excellency will not authorise any legal pro-
ceedings to be taken, under the provisions of the
said Ordinance, against any person who makes
the required Return, and pays the proportion of
Rate, due on the first day of November last,
prior to the first day of January next, in the
Northern Division of New Zealand, or the first
day of February next, in the Southern Division.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1844.

N consequence of the press of other matter,
the advertisement of the additional Lands
for Sale on the 30th instant, is unavoidably
postponed. The List referred to will, however,
appear in the course of the ensuing week.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1844.

R EFERRING to the Notice in the Govern-
ment Gazette, dated the 12th of October,
last, His Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that—the legal reasons for the with-
drawal of the name of JEREMIAH NAGLE, Esq.,
from the Commission of the Peace for this
Colony, no longer existing—Mr. Nagle has
been replaced in his former position on the
Commission.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1844.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOSIAH FLIGHT, Esq.,
JAMES WEBSTER, Esq.,
and
WILLIAM HALSE, Esq.,

of New Plymouth, to be Justices of the Peace
for the Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1844.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

RICHARD DAVIES HANSON, Esq., of Wellington,
and
CHARLES BABINGTON BREWER, Esq., of Nelson,
to be Commissioners of Courts of Requests in
the Southern District or Division of New Zealand.

The former of these appointments bears date
the 1st day of October—the latter, the 5th day
of December, 1844.

By Command

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.