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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
disposed of by the Government, the portions of
Confiscated Lands which have been or may hereafter
be laid out for sale in the Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki,
or Ngatiruanui Districts, may be occupied by
settlers, on obtaining a license from the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands of the Province in which
such lands are situate, upon approval in each case of
the Honorable the Colonial Secretary.
2. Such license shall not in any case be for more
than one hundred acres, and shall give no right to the
soil, or the timber upon it, nor shall it prevent a
right-of-way being laid out across such land, where it
may be decided to be necessary by the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, acting under the authority of the
Honorable Colonial Secretary; and every license shall
immediately determine over any land which may be
sold, granted, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by
the Government.
3. When any lands so occupied shall have been
built upon or fenced, or otherwise improved, the value
of such improvements, to be assessed by a valuer
appointed by the Government, shall be added to the
upset price of the land before sale by the Govern-
ment, and shall be paid over to the occupier
immediately after the sale, and the occupier shall
thereupon give up all improvements to the purchaser;
or, if the occupier be the purchaser, the value shall
be deducted from the total sum payable by him to
the Government.
4. In the case of land so occupied which may be
required and taken by the Government for public
purposes, the occupier shall have the right of
removing any buildings, or other improvements,
within one month of the time when notice shall
have been given to do so.
5. Every application for a license must specify the
boundaries of the land to be occupied in such manner
that its position can be clearly identified, and it shall
be at the discretion of the Commissioner of Crown
Lands, subject to the approval of the Honorable
Colonial Secretary, to grant the license or not, or
with such conditions as the circumstances may seem
to warrant.
6. No license shall be transferable, and non-
occupation shall render the licensee liable to the
forfeiture of the license and all improvements on the
land. The Government to be the sole judge of the
question of occupation, and they may re-enter and
resume possession at any time without any claim for
compensation, in case the conditions of occupation
shall not in their opinion have been complied with.
7. There shall be paid to the Commissioner on
every such license a fee of ten shillings, and such
annual rent as may be determined by him with the
authority aforesaid, not exceeding twenty shillings
nor less than two shillings per acre.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
fifth day of April, 1867.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Native Reserves Act, 1856," certain powers therein
specified are vested in the Commissioners under the
said Act, and whereas by another Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Native
Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that
the Governor may by Order in Council from time to
time delegate all or any of the powers competent to
the Commissioners under "The Native Reserves Act,
1856," unto any person or persons for any period,
and that every such delegation may from time to

thereupon the title of the aboriginal inhabitants in
the land to which the same shall relate shall be
deemed to be extinguished, and the land shall from
the date of such Order in Council vest in Her Majesty
for the purposes and subject to the provisions of the
said "Native Reserves Act, 1856," as altered by the
recited Act, and that as effectually as if the same had
been ceded and conveyed by such aboriginal inhabi-
tants to Her Majesty:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, doth hereby declare that the assent of the
aboriginal inhabitants to the bringing the pieces of
land described in Schedules A. and B. hereunder
written under the operation of "The Native Reserves
Act, 1856," has been ascertained.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE A.
All that piece of land situate in the Omata District,
bounded towards the North by Barrett's Reserve D.
four thousand five hundred and twenty (4520) links,
towards the East by the Paritutu line eight thousand
two hundred and twenty (8220) links, towards the
South by rural allotments Nos. forty-eight (48) and
forty-eight A. (48 A.) four thousand five hundred and
twenty (4520) links, and towards the West by rural
allotments Nos. forty-eight A. (48 A.), forty-seven
(47), forty-six (46), and forty-three (43), eight thou-
sand two hundred and twenty (8220) links.

SCHEDULE В.
All that piece of land situate at Waiwakaiho
bounded towards the North by allotment C. and an
Educational Reserve four thousand eight hundred and
nine (4809) links, towards the South by the said
Educational Reserve two thousand four hundred
(2400) links, and towards the West by allotments
J. I. and H. four thousand one hundred and sixty-
three (4163) links.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
fifth day of April, 1867.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Native Reserves Act, 1856," certain powers therein
specified are vested in the Commissioners under the
said Act, and whereas by another Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Native
Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that
the Governor may by Order in Council from time to
time delegate all or any of the powers competent to
the Commissioners under "The Native Reserves Act,
1856," unto any person or persons for any period,
and that every such delegation may from time to
time in like manner be altered or revoked; and
whereas on the twelfth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, His
Excellency the Governor did by Order in Council
delegate to George Frederick Swainson, all the
powers competent to Commissioners under "The
Native Reserves Act, 1856," and whereas the said
George Frederick Swainson is desirous of being
relieved of the further exercise of such powers:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Grey,
in exercise of the power and authority vested in him
in this behalf, doth, by this Order in Council revoke