THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 177

sittings at such times and places as shall be from
time to time fixed by the Governor in Council, and
proclaimed in the Government Gazette sixty days at
least before the time so fixed respectively:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby fix that a Sitting of the
Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within
the Supreme Court, in the City of Wellington, and
Province of Wellington, upon the fourth day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon.

WILLIAM Fox,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March,
1870.

Present:
THE HONORABLE WM. FOX, THE PREMIER, PRESIDING,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the second section of "The Public
Debts Sinking Funds Act Amendment Act,
1869," it is enacted, that if it shall appear to the
Governor expedient that the Sinking Fund created
for the payment of any Loan or portion of a Loan
raised under any of the Acts or Ordinances mentioned
in either of the Schedules to "The Sinking Funds
Act, 1868," the Sinking Fund of which has been
invested outside the Colony, should be exempted
from the management of the Commissioners of the
Public Debts Sinking Funds, it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by Order in Council published in the
New Zealand Gazette, to direct that the Sinking
Fund of any such Loan or portion of a Loan shall
be exempted from the management of the said Com-
missioners:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
doth hereby order that the several Sinking Funds
created for the payment of the Loans raised under
"The Canterbury Loan Act Ordinance, 1856," "The
Canterbury Loan Act, 1860," and "The Canterbury
Loan Ordinance, 1862," respectively, shall be ex-
empted from the management of the Commissioners
appointed under "The New Zealand Sinking Funds
Act, 1868."

WILLIAM Fox,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March,
1870.

Present:
THE HONORABLE WM. FOX, THE PREMIER, PRESIDING,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Settlements Act,
1869," it is enacted that the Superintendent
of the Province of Otago may at any time after the
passing of the said Act, upon a Resolution to that
effect being passed by the Provincial Council of the
said Province, by Proclamation in the Gazette of the
said Province, set apart at Martin's Bay and
Preservation Inlet, respectively, eligible sites for
settlements for Colonization, not exceeding in extent
however in each case one hundred thousand acres of
land, and that within each of the Settlements so
constituted, the lands set apart for the same
respectively shall be held and disposed of under the
provisions of the said Act and not otherwise, and
that the Superintendent of the said Province may
cause a town and suburban and rural allotments,
respectively, to be laid out in each of the said Settle-
ments. Such town, suburban, and rural lands shall
be granted without payment of any purchase-money
therefor, or shall be sold or disposed of for such
prices, in such manner, upon such terms and condi-
tions as in the said Act contained: Provided that it
shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the said
Province, with the advice of the Executive Council,
to make such further Regulations in accordance with
the said Act as may be requisite for carrying into
execution the provisions thereof: And provided
further that no such Regulations shall have any
force or effect until the same shall have been
approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas the Provincial Council of Otago did,
on the ninth day of December last, resolve that an
Address be presented to His Honor the Superinten-
dent, recommending that one hundred thousand
acres of land at Preservation Inlet, and one hundred
thousand acres at Martin's Bay, be set apart for
purposes of settlement and colonization, in terms of
"The Otago Settlements Act, 1869:"

And whereas the Superintendent of Otago did, on
the fifth day of January last, by two several Proclama-
tions respectively published in the Otago Provincial
Gazette on the said fifth day of January, in exer-
cise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by the
said Act, set apart the lands therein respectively
mentioned as sites for settlements for Colonization:

And whereas on the eleventh day of February last
the said Superintendent did, in exercise and pursu-
ance of the power and authority conferred on him by
the said Act, and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Province of Otago,
make the Regulations set forth in the Schedule
hereto: And whereas it is expedient that the ap-
proval of the Governor in Council should be given to
the said Regulations :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor doth,
in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred on him by the said Act, and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, hereby approve of the said Regulations.

SCHEDULE.

THE land set apart at Martin's Bay by Resolution
of the Provincial Council will be divided into four
classes, A, B, C, and D, respectively.

CLASS A.

1. Class A will comprise a block of 10,000 acres,
   which shall be divided into four sections, each section
   containing 50 allotments of 50 acres each.

2. Free grants shall be made, subject to the provi-
   sions of "The Otago Settlement Act, 1869," and of
   these Regulations, of the allotments in each of the
   said sections.

3. The conditions of every such free grant shall be—
   (a.) That the applicant therefor shall not be
   under fifteen years of age.
   (b.) That he shall have actually resided upon the
   land for which he shall apply for a period of
   at least two years out of a period of three years,
   during which he shall have lawfully occupied
   the said land.
   (c.) That it shall be a condition of every such
   free grant that such public roads as may be
   deemed necessary may be taken through the
   land comprised therein, free of all compensa-
   tion, costs, charges, and expenses whatever: