New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 32

Page 213

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  1. It shall be lawful for the Governor at Governor authorised
    to fulfil contracts, &c.
    any time to fulfil and perform any contract, promise, or engagement
    heretofore made under the authority of Law, by or on behalf of
    Her Majesty, with respect to any Lands situate in any of the said
    Provinces, and nothing contained in this Act, or in any law made
    in pursuance hereof, shall prejudice any such contract, promise, or
    engagement, or any subsisting rights or claims in respect of land
    or land orders, land scrip or Government Scrip.

  2. It shall moreover be lawful for the Governor Governor empowered
    at any time, and from time to time, to except from sale, and either to make reserves.
    reserve to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or to dispose of
    in such other manner as for the public interest may seem best,
    such of the said Waste Lands in any of the said Provinces
    as may be required for the purposes of Military defence,
    for the construction of trunk lines of road, or as
    sites for public buildings for the use of the General Government ;
    and all such exceptions shall be deemed to have been made when-
    ever the Governor by writing under his hand shall have notified to
    the Superintendent of the Province in which any Land so excepted
    is situate, that the same is required for any of the purposes aforesaid,
    and such notification shall have been published in the New Zealand
    Government Gazette. Provided always that no lands hereafter
    acquired from the aboriginal inhabitants, shall be open for sale or
    disposal, until the Governor shall have notified by Proclamation in
    the New Zealand Government Gazette, that the native title shall
    have been extinguished over such lands.

  3. The term "Governor" shall mean the person for the time Interpretation of the
    being lawfully administering the Government of New Zealand. word"Governor."

  4. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Waste Short title.
    Lands Act, 1856."

GOVERNOR'S SALARY ACT, 1856.

IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.

SESSION 4, No. 26.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Continuation of Waste Lands Act, 1856 provisions regarding land contracts and reserves (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 August 1856
Waste Lands Act, Governor powers, land reserves, native title extinguishment, 1856

🏛️ Commencement of The Governor's Salary Act, 1856

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Governor's Salary Act, 1856, Session 4, Queen Victoria