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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

6. Whenever any such selection shall have been
   made, and approved by the said Commissioner, the
   person selecting shall be entitled to receive a certi-
   ficate of selection in the form or to the effect set
   forth hereunder :-

Form of Certificate of Selection.

This is to certify that [Name in full], a person
entitled to select acres of land out of the
Block of Confiscated Lands known as the Wairoa
Block, has this day selected out of the said block a
parcel of land containing acres or thereabouts,
situate at and bounded as follows:-[Set out
the boundaries], for which land he has [State clearly
the mode and amount of payment].

This Certificate is issued in accordance with the
Regulations of the fourth day of March, 1874.

Dated this day of 18
(Signature)

Wairoa Confiscated Lands Commissioner.

7. Every such selection shall be made as nearly as
   may be out of lands adjoining the land of the Mili-
   tary Settler entitled to select; but where there is not
   any such land adjoining the land of such Military
   Settler, or not sufficient land out of which such
   selection shall be made, then he shall be entitled to
   make his selection out of other part of the said
   block: Provided that in making such selection he
   shall not be allowed to interfere with the previous
   selection of any other settler, or to prejudice any
   future right of selection such other settler may then
   be entitled to.

8. Where two or more Military Settlers shall be
   joint owners of, or otherwise in any way jointly
   interested in, any one parcel of land held by them
   as such settlers, they shall together only be entitled
   to exercise the right of selection which one settler
   would be entitled to.

9. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore con-
   tained, any Military Settler who shall be the holder
   of several blocks of land shall be entitled to select
   any lands to which he may be entitled under these
   Regulations in one block, should he so desire it.

10. The price to be paid for land selected under
    these Regulations shall be at the rate of six shillings
    and eightpence per acre, and the period for payment
    shall extend to five years from the date of selection;
    but should any Military Settler desire to pay for his
    land in full at the time of selection, the price shall
    be at the rate of five shillings per acre. In case of
    deferred payments, such payments may be made at
    any time before the expiration of the said period of
    five years, but payment of a part only of the purchase
    money will not be permitted.

11. Where payment for land selected is deferred,
    the Military Settler selecting such land shall expend
    annually thereon a sum equal to at least five shillings
    per acre, either in fencing, draining, or improving the
    said land by laying the same down in English grass.

12. If at any time the land selected under these
    Regulations has not been paid for, and remains un-
    occupied for a period of six months from the date of
    selection, or if the Military Settler shall fail or neglect
    to expend such a sum in improvements as provided by
    the last preceding clause hereof, the right of occupa-
    tion of any such settler shall cease, and he shall be
    deemed to have forfeited all claim to the land so
    selected.

13. Crown grants shall be issued to the persons
    entitled under these Regulations upon full payment
    of the purchase money for the land to be comprised
    therein, and upon fulfilment of all conditions herein
    contained by the persons claiming such grants. The
    Secretary for Crown Lands shall be the sole judge as
    to the fulfilment of such conditions.

14. In every grant of such land from the Crown
    there shall be reserved to the Governor, on behalf of
    Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, the
    right at any time within ten years from the date of the
    grant to take and lay off for public purposes one or
    more line or lines of road through the lands comprised
    therein, but so that the total quantity of land which
    may be taken for such line or lines of road shall not
    be more than after the rate of five acres for every
    one hundred acres: Provided that the term "road"
    shall extend to and include any land required by the
    Governor on behalf of Her Majesty, Her Heirs, or
    Successors, for a railway, tramway, bridge, or other
    public work of a like nature: Provided also that it
    shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, by
    indorsement on the grant or on a subsequent instru-
    ment of disposition, or by separate deed, to release
    any such right, and to discharge the land comprised
    therein from the said liability; and nothing herein
    contained shall authorize the taking of any lands
    which shall be occupied by any buildings, gardens,
    orchards, plantations, or ornamental grounds.

15. The provisions of the 5th, 6th, and 7th clauses
    of certain Regulations made by the Governor in
    Council on the 11th day of May, 1871, under the
    authority of "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
    1863," and the several Acts amending the same,
    shall and may be applied and enforced with respect
    to the said Wairoa Block as fully as if the same had
    been herein set forth.

16. Every Military Settler intending to select lands
    out of the said block under these Regulations, shall do
    so within six months from the date fixed for the com-
    ing into operation of these Regulations; and after the
    expiration of such period of six calendar months, any
    such settler having a right to select lands out of the
    said block may make a further selection out of any
    part of the block which may then be unappropriated
    in the like proportion as he would have been
    entitled to under the preceding part of these Regula-
    tions, and under and subject to the same terms and
    conditions in all respects; and after the expiration
    of twelve months from the coming into operation of
    these Regulations, no further selection shall be allowed
    to be made.

17. Should two or more settlers select the same
    land, or a portion of the same land, and the claim-
    ants, in the opinion of the said Commissioner, have an
    equal right to select, the land so disputed shall be put
    up to auction at the upset price fixed in clause ten.
    Such auction shall be held at such time and place as
    shall be appointed by the said Commissioner, and at
    such auction the persons in dispute shall only be
    entitled to bid, and the highest bidder thereat shall
    be declared the purchaser. All the expenses of and
    attending such sale shall be borne by the purchaser.

18. Whenever any dispute or question shall arise
    as to the right of Military Settlers to make a selec-
    tion of lands out of the Wairoa Block, or as to the
    priority of application for selection, or as to the terms
    and conditions of these Regulations, or as to any
    breach thereof, or alleged breach thereof, in any par-
    ticular, the same shall be decided by the Commissioner;
    and in case any of the parties in dispute shall be dis-
    satisfied with such decision, such dispute or question
    shall be referred to the Secretary for Crown Lands
    for the time being, and his decision thereon shall be
    final and conclusive on all the parties concerned :
    Provided that if at any time there shall be no such
    Commissioner, then any such dispute or question
    may be at once referred to and decided by the
    Secretary for Crown Lands.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,