THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 83

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
seventeenth day of February, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act intituled "The New
Zealand Settlements Amendment and Con-
tinuance Act, 1865," it is provided that the order
and manner in which land taken under the provisions
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," shall
be laid out for sale and sold shall be in the discretion
of the Governor, who shall have power to cause such
land, or any part thereof, to be laid out for sale and
sold from time to time, in such manner as he shall
think fit, subject to such regulations as he shall with
the advice of his Executive Council from time to
time prescribe in that behalf. And whereas by an
Act intituled "The New Zealand Settlements Act
Amendment Act, 1866," it is provided that all lands
sold or otherwise disposed of under the abovemen-
tioned Acts, shall be sold or disposed of under
regulations to be made by the Governor in Council,
which regulations shall be published in the New
Zealand Gazette. And whereas by Orders in Council
bearing date the fourth February, 1867, the fifth
April, 1867, the twenty-sixth November, 1867, and
the eighth January, 1868, respectively, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette, certain regulations were
made for the sale and disposal of lands taken under
the New Zealand Settlements Acts within the districts
of Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki, and Ngatiruanui.

And whereas it is expedient to make further regula-
tions in that behalf, in accordance with which town
and suburban allotments of the township of Patea,
and other townships within the aforesaid district,
except the township of Raleigh (Waitara), shall be
sold and disposed of:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance of all powers and authorities vested in
him in that behalf, doth hereby with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
make the following additional regulations for the sale
and disposal of lands taken under "The New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1863," in the districts of Ngatiawa,
Middle Taranaki, and Ngatiruanui, to be construed
and read with and form part of the regulations con-
tained in the abovementioned Orders in Council:

Provided that the regulations contained in the first-
named Order in Council of fourth February, 1867,
shall continue in force as regards the township of
Raleigh, anything in the following regulations to the
contrary notwithstanding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Sale of Town and Suburban Allot-
ments in the districts of Ngatiawa, Middle Tara-
naki, and Ngatiruanui.

1. All town and suburban allotments in the
   districts of Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki, and Ngati-
   ruanui, which may be offered for sale, shall in the
   first instance be put up for sale by public auction, in
   open Court, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands

for the Province of Taranaki, or some other person
duly authorized in that behalf by the Colonial
Secretary.

2. The time and place of every such auction sale
   shall be fixed by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be
   notified in the Government Gazette of the Colony,
   at least forty-two days before such sale shall take
   place, and such notice shall specify the allotments
   to be sold, and the upset price of each, and shall note
   any case where allotments may be put up with im-
   provements or in conjunction with other allotments.

3. Plans, showing the allotments offered for sale,
   shall be open for inspection at the Land Office, New
   Plymouth, the Custom House, Whanganui, and at
   such other places as shall be specified in the notice
   of sale, for at least fourteen days prior to the day of
   any sale.

4. No bid shall be received at any such sale unless
   it be in advance of the previous bidding by at least
   one pound.

5. The purchaser of any lot shall immediately on
   its being knocked down to him, deposit with the
   Commissioner or other person by whom the sale is
   conducted, one-tenth of the purchase money, in cash,
   and shall pay the balance, in cash, within one
   calendar month, or forfeit his deposit.

6. In case of doubt as to the highest bidder for
   any lot, or in case the person to whom a lot has been
   knocked down shall fail to make the deposit above
   required, the Commissioner or other person by whom
   the sale is conducted, shall at once put up the lot
   again, at such upset price not being lower than the
   original upset price, nor higher than the highest bid,
   as he shall think fit.

7. The Colonial Secretary may order any lot to be
   withdrawn at any time before it is put up.

8. When any lot has been put up and not bought,
   it shall remain open for purchase for cash at the
   upset price at the Land Office, New Plymouth, for
   twelve months, unless withdrawn in the meantime
   by the Colonial Secretary.

9. When the deposit on any lot shall have been
   forfeited by non-payment of the balance of the
   purchase money, the lot shall remain open for
   purchase for cash at the Land Office, New Plymouth,
   at the price at which it was knocked down, unless
   withdrawn in the meantime by the Colonial Secre-
   tary.

10. Any lots withdrawn from sale by the Colonial
    Secretary may be put up to auction again at another
    time at such upset prices as he may direct.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, from time to time, by notification in the
New Zealand Gazette, to fix the places within the
district at which every District Court shall be held.

And whereas by warrant bearing date the twenty-
second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six, sittings of the District Court of Auckland
were appointed to be held, and it is expedient to
alter the place of sitting of the said Court:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby fix
and appoint that from and after the twenty-fourth
day of March, 1868, the building lately used as the
Supreme Court House, in Eden Street, in the City
of Auckland, shall be the place at which the District
Court of Auckland shall be held, and that the said
District Court shall then cease to be held in the