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be named in the Gazette in which the same | undue expense, the Superintendent, with the ap-
shall be published, not being less than one ca- | proval of the Provincial Council, may direct that
lendar month from the publication thereof. | portions thereof, to be defined by him, shall be
AND WHEREAS the Superintendent and the | successively surveyed and declared open for pur-
Provincial Council of the Province of New | chase.
Plymouth have recommended to me the fol- | 6—The Governor will in the first place appoint
lowing Regulations for the sale, letting, dis- | such reserves for military purposes and for civil
posal, and occupation of the Waste Lands of | purposes of the General Government as he shall
the Crown within the said Province. | think expedient.
Now therefore I, the Governor, pursuant to | 7—Other public reserves and also sites for
the authority vested in me in that behalf by | towns will be appointed by the Governor, being
the said recited Act, do hereby, with the ad- | first recommended by the Superintendent and the
vice of the Executive Council, proclaim and | Provincial Council.
issue the following Regulations, and I do | 8—The Superintendent, with the approval of
hereby declare that the same shall come into | the Provincial Council, shall from time to time
force one month from the day of the date of | determine upon the division of the Rural Land
the publication of such Regulations in the | into sections, where the intended mode of sale
Government Gazette of the Province of New | shall render such division requisite. Town Land
Plymouth, not being less than one month from | shall in all cases be divided into sections, which
the date hereof. | shall be determined upon by the Superintendent
Given under my hand and issued | and Provincial Council.
under the public seal of the | 9—Reserves, lines of road, and sections, shall
Colony of New Zealand, at Auck- | be laid down on the proper maps, each section in
land, in the Colony aforesaid, this | a district having a distinguishing number or
twentieth day of October, in the | mark. A separate plan shall be made of each
year of our Lord One thousand | town site.
eight hundred and fifty-five. | 10—Further reserves for civil or military pur-
THOMAS GORE BROWNE, | poses may from time to time be made, if deemed
Governor. | requisite, by the like authority and in like man-
By His Excellency's command, | ner as the first reserves.
ANDREW SINCLAIR, | 11—The subdivision into sections of rural land
Colonial Secretary. | and town sites, and the laying out of roads and
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! | streets, may from time to time be altered by au-
REGULATIONS | thority of the Superintendent with the approval
FOR THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF THE | of the Provincial Council.
WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWN WITHIN | 12—Roads and streets shall not be less than
THE PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. | one chain in width, except where local circum-
I.—GENERAL. | stances shall render an adherence to this rule im-
1—All regulations now in force in the Province | practicable.
of New Plymouth for the sale and disposal of the | 13—In laying out rural sections the following
Waste Lands of the Crown within the said Pro- | rules shall be adhered to as nearly as pos-
vince are hereby repealed. | sible:—
2—All such Waste Lands shall, from and after | 1. Every section shall front on a road.
the day on which these Regulations shall come | 2. Road and water frontage and natural
into force, be sold and disposed of according to | advantages shall be equally distributed.
these Regulations and not otherwise. | 3. Road frontage shall not exceed two-thirds
3—So soon as the Native title shall be extin- | of the depth of the section.
guished in any district, and the same shall be | 4. Natural boundaries shall be availed of.
open for settlement, the fact shall be duly notified | 5. Acute angles in the boundary line shall be
to the Superintendent. | avoided.
II.—SURVEYS AND RESERVES. | 14—No rural section shall exceed in area 240
4—The Surveyor-General, or other proper | acres, and at least one-half of the total area of
Officer, shall, with all convenient speed, make a | of any rural land which shall be divided into sec-
general survey of any district in which the Na- | tions prior to sale shall be laid out in sections not
tive title shall be extinguished after the issue of | exceeding 100 acres.
these Regulations, and also of the unsold portions | 15—No town section shall exceed in area one
of the districts in which such title has already | quarter of an acre.
been extinguished, and shall prepare maps | 16—An authentic copy of the map or plan of
thereof exhibiting, so far as practicable, their cha- | every district and town site, and all reports of the
racter and natural features, and shall transmit | Surveyor respecting the same, shall be deposited
the same to the Superintendent, accompanied by | in the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
reports containing any information obtained by | or with such other Officer as shall be appointed by
the Surveyor which cannot be conveyed by a | the Governor for that purpose, not less than one
map. | calendar month before such district or town site,
5—If it shall not be possible to survey the | or any part thereof, shall be declared open for
whole of any tract of land without great delay or | purchase; and such maps, plans, and reports
| shall, during the said period of one month, and at
| all times thereafter, during office hours, remain
| open to public inspection. The Commissioner of
| Crown Lands, or other Officer appointed as afore-
| said, shall from time to time be informed by the
| Superintendent of any correction in the said maps
| and plans requisite in consequence of further re-
| serves, or of alterations in the sub-division into
| sections of any rural land or town site, and of all
| other requisite corrections in the said maps and
| plans, and shall cause such corrections to be made