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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Terms and Conditions of Settlement of Scandinavian
Immigrants under "The Wellington Special Settle-
ments Act, 1871."

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of February, 1873.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Wellington Special Settle-
ments Act, 1871," it is, among other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent
of the Province of Wellington, with the advice of his
Executive Council, by Proclamation in the Govern-
ment Gazette of the said Province, to set aside, out of
the waste lands within the Province of Wellington,
the Native title of which has been extinguished, any
block or blocks, for the purpose of special settlement,
not exceeding in the whole one hundred thousand
acres, on such terms as may be sanctioned by the
Governor in Council, anything in the existing regu-
lations for the management or disposal of the waste
lands in the Province to the contrary notwithstand-
ing: And whereas the said Superintendent, with the
advice of his Executive Council as aforesaid, hath
proposed to set aside certain allotments of land
within the Township of Palmerston, in the Manawatu
District, in the said Province, containing one thou-
sand seven hundred and four acres one rood and
eleven perches or thereabouts, as the special settle-
ment under the said Act for Scandinavian immigrants
placed on the said land by the General Government
of the Colony upon the terms and conditions herein-
after mentioned: And whereas the said Superin-
tendent, with the advice of his Executive Council as
aforesaid, hath requested the Governor to sanction
the said terms:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in him by the said Act, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Colony, doth hereby sanction the terms
and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto as the
terms and conditions under which the said proposed
special settlement shall be made under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE OCCUPATION AND
PURCHASE OF THE BLOCK OF LAND PROPOSED TO
BE SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL SETTLEMENT AS AFORE-
SAID.

THE upset price of the land shall be one pound per
acre, the whole amount to be paid on or before the
first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, in yearly payments of not less than one-
fifth of the full amount of the purchase money.

In those cases where the immigrants failed to pay
the first instalment on the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, they will
be allowed to retain their selections of land provided
they pay, on or before the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, two
instalments, equal to two-fifths of the purchase
money, but not otherwise.

The land laws and regulations now in force in the
Province of Wellington shall be applicable to the
foregoing land, except so far as they may be altered
or amended by the above conditions.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions for Settlement of Road
Labourers under "The Wellington Special Settle-
ments Act, 1871."

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of February, 1873.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Wellington Special Settle-
ments Act, 1871," it is, among other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent
of the Province of Wellington, with the advice of his
Executive Council, by Proclamation in the Govern-
ment Gazette of the said Province, to set aside, out of
the Waste Lands within the Province of Wellington
the Native title of which has been extinguished, any
block or blocks, for the purpose of special settlement,
not exceeding in the whole one hundred thousand
acres, on such terms as may be sanctioned by the
Governor in Council, anything in the existing Regu-
lations for the management or disposal of the waste
lands in the Province to the contrary notwithstand-
ing: And whereas the said Superintendent, with the
advice of his Executive Council as aforesaid, hath proposed
to set aside certain allotments of land within the
Township of Palmerston, in the Manawatu District,
in the said Province, containing nine hundred and
thirty-six acres one rood and twenty-nine perches, or
thereabouts, as a special settlement under the said
Act for road labourers placed on the said land by the
General Government of the Colony, upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter mentioned: And whereas
the said Superintendent, with the advice of his
Executive Council as aforesaid, hath requested the
Governor to sanction the said terms and conditions:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in him by the said Act, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Colony, doth hereby sanction the terms
and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, as the
terms and conditions under which the said proposed
special settlement shall be made under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE OCCUPATION AND
PURCHASE OF THE BLOCK OF LAND PROPOSED TO
BE SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL SETTLEMENT AS AFORE-
SAID.

THE upset price of the land shall be one pound per
acre, the whole amount to be paid on or before the
first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, in yearly payments of not less than one-
fifth of the full amount of the purchase money.

In those cases where the road labourers have failed
to pay the first instalment on the first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, they
will be allowed to retain their selections of land,
provided they pay, on or before the first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, two
instalments, equal to two-fifths of the purchase
money, but not otherwise.

The land laws and regulations now in force in the
Province of Wellington shall be applicable to the
foregoing land, except so far as they may be altered
or amended by the above conditions.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.