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IV.-Native Reserves.
8. An amount of land equivalent to 5 per cent. of
the value of every rural and suburban block within
the West Coast District shall, before the same is
offered for sale, be reserved for the benefit of such
persons of the tribes of Ngatiawa, Taranaki, Nga-
tiruanui, and Ngarauru, as were residing in the
district aforesaid on the 30th day of June, 1867,
and have since remained loyal, and as the Governor
may from time to time appoint in accordance with
the Proclamation to that effect made on the 26th
November, 1867.

V.-Lands for Sale.
9. All lands sold under these Regulations shall be
sold by auction either as—

1. Town land.
2. Suburban land.
3. Rural land.
4. Mineral land.
   And all lands so to be sold shall be previously sur-
   veyed.

VI.-Notices of Sales.
10. Notice of every intended sale by auction shall
be given by the Commissioner, together with the
numbers, localities, amounts of acreage, and upset
prices of the sections to be offered for sale, in the
New Zealand Gazette, for a period of not less than
one month nor more than three months before the
days appointed for such sales respectively.
11. All sales of land shall take place in the Land
Office of the Province in which the lands to be sold
are situated, or at such other place as the Govern-
ment shall direct, and at such times, subject to the
foregoing Regulation as to notice, as the Commis-
sioner shall direct.

VII.-Withdrawal of Land from Sale.
12. The Government may order any lot to be
withdrawn from sale before it is put up.

VIII.-Mode of Conducting Auction Sales.
13. At every sale by auction, the land shall be put
up lot by lot at the upset price, and shall be sold to
the highest bidder.
14. No bid shall be received at any such sale
unless it be in advance of the last previous bid by at
least one pound.
15. In case of doubt as to the highest bidder, or in
case any purchaser to whom a lot has been knocked
down shall fail to make the deposit required, the lot
shall be at once put up again at the upset price.
16. Every purchaser to whom a lot has been
knocked down shall sign his name in full, adding his
description and address, and the number and price of
the lot purchased, in a book to be provided for that
purpose by the Commissioner.

IX.-Payment of Purchase Money.
17. The purchase money of every allotment of
land shall be paid by the purchaser thereof, or his
agent, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, or other
officer duly appointed in that behalf, as follows,
viz. :-
One-fourth at the time of sale, by way of de-
posit, and the remaining three-fourths within
three calendar months after such sale.
18. In the event of the second payment not being
made as aforesaid, the sale shall be void and the
deposit forfeited.

X.Town Land-Price.
19. All town lands shall be sold in quarter-acre
sections, at an upset price fixed by the Commissioner,
which price shall in no case be less than twenty
pounds an acre.

XI.-Suburban Land-Price.
20. Suburban lands shall be sold at an upset price
to be fixed by the Commissioner, which price shall in
no case be less than three pounds per acre.

XII.-Rural Land-Price.
21. Rural land shall be sold at an upset price of
from five to forty shillings per acre: Provided always
that lands supposed to contain minerals other than
gold may be put up for sale at such higher price as
may be fixed by the Commissioner with the approval
hereinbefore required.

XIII. Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands, put up
and not sold at Auction.
22. Any land that has been put up to auction and
not sold, or sold and the deposit forfeited, may be
purchased by any person, for cash, at the upset price
at which the same was put up for sale, or the price at
which it was sold, as the case may be, at any time,
unless it shall have been specially withdrawn from
sale by the Government: Provided always that it
shall be lawful for the Commissioner, instead of per-
mitting any land to be purchased under the last
foregoing regulation, to cause the same to be put up
again to auction, giving such notice thereof as is
hereinbefore provided in respect of land to be offered
at auction.

XIV.-Sale of Improved Lands.
23. The Government may, at its discretion, sell to
any person who had, prior to the date of these Regu-
lations, occupied and made valuable improvements
upon any land taken under the said Acts, the section
or sections upon which such improvements shall have
been made: Provided that no land shall be sold
under this regulation at a lower rate than that at
which adjoining lands or lands corresponding in
value would sell for.

XV. Timber Licenses.
24. The Colonial Secretary may cause such annual
licenses as he may think fit to be issued and renewed
in his name, authorizing the licensee to cut and
remove timber from such land as shall be fully de-
scribed in such license, and there shall be paid for
every such license and renewal such fee as the
Colonial Secretary shall direct, not being less than at
the rate of five pounds for twelve months.

XVI. Pasturing Licenses.
25. The Colonial Secretary may cause pasturage
licenses of any land to be issued. Every such license
shall be granted by tender, and shall be terminable by
the Colonial Secretary, as to the whole or any part of
the land comprised therein, on two months' notice,
and shall be subject to power to the Governor to
cause such surveys, roads, or railways, as he may
think fit, to be from time to time made within,
through, or across the land comprised therein.

XVII.-Licenses or Leases to occupy Reserves.
26. The Colonial Secretary may cause a lease or
leases to be issued in his name of the whole or any
part of the land now described, or which shall here-
after be described, on the maps of the West Coast,
as the Railway Reserve; such lease to be granted by
public auction or tender for any term not exceeding
ten years, and with or without liberty to cut timber,
and subject to such reservations as he may think fit;
subject always to power to the Governor from time
to time to cause such surveys, roads, or railways as
he may think fit to be made within, through, or across
the said reserve, and to take such timber as may be
necessary for public works from any part thereof.
27. The Colonial Secretary may cause a lease or
license to be issued in his name of any other
reserve, or part of any reserve, not required for
immediate or early use for the purposes for which
they may have been reserved respectively: Provided
always that every such lease or license shall be
surrendered to Government upon demand at any time,
after notice of not less than one month, without
any right to compensation on any account whatever
accruing to the lessee.