THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

Zealand, order and declare that the several parcels of
land mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto
shall be, and the same are hereby withdrawn from
reservation as aforesaid, and the same have ceased to
be reserves for the purposes in the said Schedule
mentioned, or for any other purpose whatsoever.

SCHEDULE.
| Description. | Purpose. |
|---|---|
| PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. Okotuku District, Nos. 45 and 171 | General Government. |
| PROVINCE OF TARANAKI. Manutahi District, No. 350 | General Government. |
| PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. Cambridge East Town, four acres of northern portion of No. 584 | Site for a Redoubt. |
| Puniu District, Nos. 132 and 133 | Municipal purposes for Town of Alexandra. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863," for the sale of the Wairoa Block.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of March, 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
towns, suburban, and rural lands shall be sold, oc-
cupied, 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 Amendment 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 Amendment 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 consideration, 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
Amendment Act, 1866," it is provided that the said
land 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 Con-
tinuance Act, 1865," or either of them, and sold or
disposed 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 regulations shall be published in the New
Zealand Gazette: And whereas the block of land
described in the Schedule has been taken under the
said Acts, and it is expedient that regulations should

be made for the sale and disposal of the said land in
the manner hereinafter mentioned:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fer-
gusson, Baronet, 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 following
regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the
sale and disposal of the block of land described in
the said Schedule.

REGULATIONS.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on
   the fourth day of March, 1874.

2. In the construction of these Regulations, —
   The term "Military Settler" shall mean and
   include any person who, under the provisions
   of "The Hawke's Bay Military and Colonial
   Defence Corps Settlement Act, 1865," shall
   have received or become entitled to grants of
   land within that portion of the Colony of
   New Zealand known as the "Wairoa Militia
   District," (as such district is described in the
   Schedule to "The Militia Act, 1870,") and
   shall also mean and include any person who
   shall have purchased or otherwise lawfully
   acquired the estate or interest of any such
   Military Settler in the land granted to him
   or to which he has become entitled as afore-
   said: Provided that in every case to entitle
   any such Military Settler, or any such person
   as aforesaid, to obtain the benefit of these
   Regulations, he must be a bona fide settler
   actually resident within the said Militia
   District.
   The term "month" shall mean a calendar month.

3. These Regulations shall apply to the block of
   Confiscated Land hereinafter described, (hereinafter
   called "the Wairoa Block,") that is to say, — All
   that block of land in the Province of Auckland, com-
   mencing at the mouth of the Kauhauroa Stream, then
   up that river to its source, thence to the Mangapoike
   by the shortest line, thence down the Mangapoike to
   its junction with the Wairoa River, thence down to
   the mouth of the Mangaaruhe River, thence up the
   Mangaaruhe to the mouth of the Mangakapua,
   thence to its source to Ahia Te Atua, thence in a
   straight line to the junction of the Waikaretaheke
   with the Waiau, thence following the course of the
   Waiau to its junction with the Wairoa, thence to the
   mouth of the Kauhauroa, the starting point.

4. The Governor may from time to time appoint
   some person to carry these Regulations into effect,
   and such person so appointed shall be styled the
   "Wairoa Confiscated Lands Commissioner." He
   shall receive and keep a record of applications from
   Military Settlers entitled to select land out of the
   Wairoa Block; he shall cause a map of the said
   block to be prepared indicating the land available for
   selection; and he shall have power to arrange and
   carry out, subject to the approval of the Secretary
   for Crown Lands, all matters connected with the
   selection, survey, sale, and allotment of the lands
   to be dealt with by these regulations.

5. Every Military Settler shall be allowed to select
   and purchase out of the Wairoa Block lands at the
   rate of four acres (or as near thereto as may be) for
   every one acre occupied by him in the said Militia
   District at the time of selection. No selection shall
   be allowed to be made until at least ten applications
   to select have been made; and no person shall be
   allowed to select a greater area than one thousand
   six hundred acres, nor a less area than one hundred
   acres.