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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Assent of Natives to bringing certain Lands under
"The Native Reserves Act, 1856."

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this
second day of February, 1874.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Native
Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," it is, amongst
other things, provided that where, under the pro-
visions of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," the
assent of the aboriginal inhabitants is required to
bringing land under the operation of the said
"Native Reserves Act, 1856," the Governor may, by
Order in Council, declare such assent to have been
ascertained; and thereupon the title of the aboriginal
inhabitants in the land to which the same shall relate
shall be deemed to be extinguished, and the lands
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 hereinbefore in part recited Act,
and that as effectually as if the same had been ceded
and conveyed by such aboriginal inhabitants to Her
Majesty: And whereas it hath been certified and
reported to the Governor by Alexander Mackay,
Esquire, a person duly appointed in that behalf, that
the aboriginal inhabitants entitled to the several
pieces or parcels of land described in the Schedule
hereto, have assented that the said several pieces or
parcels of land shall be subject to the provisions
of "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856:"

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 entitled to the several pieces
or parcels of land described in the Schedule hereunder
written, that the said pieces or parcels of land shall
be subject to the provisions of "The New Zealand
Native Reserves Act, 1856," has been ascertained.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situate at Waikawa, Queen
Charlotte Sound, in the Province of Marlborough,
containing an approximate area of 252 acres, being
as follows:-Bounded towards the North and East
partly by high watermark in Waikawa Bay, and
partly by the Waikawa Stream; towards the South
by Picton suburban land; and towards the West by
a Government reserve.

All that piece of land situate at Ngakuta, Queen
Charlotte Sound, in the Province of Marlborough,
containing an approximate area of 300 acres, the
boundaries thereof being as follows:- Bounded
towards the North by high watermark in Ngakuta
Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound; and towards the
East, South, and West by Crown land.

All that piece of land situate at Te Puru, Queen
Charlotte Sound, in the Province of Marlborough,
containing an approximate area of 220 acres, the
boundaries thereof being as follows:- Bounded
towards the North, South, and West by Crown
land; and towards the East by high watermark in
Queen Charlotte Sound.

All that piece of land situate at Te Iro, Queen
Charlotte Sound, in the Province of Marlborough,
containing an approximate area of 70 acres, the
boundaries thereof being as follows:- Bounded
towards the North, East, and West by Crown
land; and towards the South by high watermark
in Queen Charlotte Sound.

JULIUS VOGEL, Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863."

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of February, 1874.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863," it is provided that, after setting
apart sufficient land for all persons who shall be
entitled thereto under the contracts therein referred
to, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
cause towns to be surveyed and laid out, and also
suburban and rural allotments; and that all such
town, suburban, and rural lands shall be sold, occu-
pied, and disposed of for such prices, in such manner,
and for such purposes, upon such terms, and subject
to such regulations, as the Governor in Council shall
from time to time prescribe for that purpose: And
whereas by "The New Zealand Settlements Amend-
ment and Continuance Act, 1865," it is enacted that
the order and manner in which land taken under the
authority of "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amend-
ment and Continuance Act, 1865," should be laid out
for sale and sold, should be at 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, for such considera-
tion, and in such allotments as he shall think fit, and
subject to such regulations as he shall, with the
advice of the Executive Council, from time to time
prescribe: And whereas by "The New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1866," it is provided that the said
lands shall be sold for such consideration, or at such
price, and whether for cash or otherwise, as the
Governor shall from time to time prescribe; and
that all lands taken under the authority of the said
"New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and "The
New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continu-
ance Act, 1865," or either of them, and sold or dis-
posed of under the authority of the said first recited
Act, shall be sold or disposed of under regulations to
be made by the Governor in Council, which regula-
tions shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette:
And whereas by Orders in Council, issued under the
hereinbefore in part recited Acts, dated respectively
the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, and the eighth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, the
Governor did make certain Regulations for the sale
and disposal of the lands taken under the said Acts
as therein mentioned: And whereas it is expedient
that certain additional Regulations should be made
for the purposes hereinafter set forth:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fergus-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities
vested in him for that purpose, doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Colony, make the Regulations set forth in the
Schedule hereto for the purposes of the hereinbefore
in part recited Act.