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540 links; by Section No. 365, 3,520 links; and by
the public road on the south side of Section No. 121,
5,973 links; towards the North-east by Section
No. 339, 1,258 links; towards the East by Section
No. 347, 7,050 links; by Section No. 297, 4,181
links; by Section No. 345, 1,580 links; by Section
No. 344, 3,507 links; by Section No. 343, 2,394
links; by Section No. 342, 1,864 links; by Section
No. 341, 2,721 links; by Section No. 340, 6,746
links; by Section No. 338, 2,687 links; by a Native
Reserve of 500 acres for Kooro-te-One; by a Tramway
Reserve of 5 acres, and by the Oroua River:
towards the South by Section No. 297, 2,760 links;
by Section No. 344, 1,130 links; by Section No. 343,
1,980 links; by Section No. 342, 100 links; by Sec-
tion No. 341, 2,150 links; by Section No. 340, 2,695
links; by Section No. 338, 2,900 links; by a Tramway
Reserve of 5 acres; by a Native Reserve of 500
acres for Kooro-te-One; by Section No. 337; by a
public road between the said Section No. 337 and
to the said Native Reserve of 500 acres for Kooro-te-
One; by Section No. 365, 3,850 links; and by the
public road on the north side of Sections Nos. 76 and
77, 11,132 links; towards the South-west by the
public road on the north-west side of Sections Nos.
317 and 318: towards the West by Section No. 337,
by Sections Nos. 318 and 320, and across a public
road on the north side of said Section No. 318; by a
public road 8,310 links and 155 links; by Section
No. 365, 3,001 links; by a public road, 5,789 links;
by Sections Nos. 77, 78, 112, 113, 120, and 121, and
across the public roads on the north side of Section
No. 77 and on the south side of Section No. 121,
11,416 links; by Sections Nos. 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 45,
70, 71, and 74, and by the abutment of a public road
16,110 links; and by Section No. 304, 1,879 links;
and towards the North-west by Section No. 339, 100
links; by Section No. 340, 1,759 links; and by Sec-
tions Nos. 33, 34, and 36, 3,337 links.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE OCCUPATION AND
PURCHASE OF THE BLOCK OF LAND PROPOSED TO
BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPECIAL
SETTLEMENT.

1. In the construction of these terms and condi-
   tions, unless the context shall otherwise require, the
   following expressions shall have the meaning hereby
   assigned to them:-" Association," shall mean the
   said John Douglas and the persons associated or to
   be associated with him for the purposes aforesaid.
   "Land" shall mean the block of land described in
   the First Schedule hereto. "Purchaser" shall mean
   any one purchasing on behalf of the Association the
   said land. "Receiver of Land Revenue" shall mean
   the Receiver of Land Revenue at Wellington, or
   other the officer for the time being acting as such.
   "The said Act" shall mean "The Wellington Special
   Settlements Act, 1871."

2. All moneys required to be paid for the land
   under these terms and conditions shall be paid to the
   Receiver of Land Revenue, and receipts given by him
   shall be sufficient discharges for the payment of the
   moneys therein respectively acknowledged to have
   been received.

3. The price of the land shall be twelve shillings
   and sixpence per acre, to be paid to the Receiver of
   Land Revenue in cash, immediately after the publi-
   cation of this Order in Council; and for the purpose
   of such payment the area of the said land shall be
   taken to be 21,800 acres.

4. The external boundaries of the land shall be
   surveyed at the cost of the Provincial Government of
   Wellington, by a qualified surveyor, to be approved
   by the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington,

without delay: And if on such survey the same
shall be found to contain a greater area than 21,800
acres, the Association shall pay to the Receiver of
Land Revenue, for every acre in excess of 21,800
acres, the price of twelve shillings and sixpence per
acre; but if the same shall be found to be less than
21,800 acres, the Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington shall pay to the Association, out of the
revenues of the said province, the sum of twelve
shillings and sixpence per acre for every acre less
than 21,800 acres the land shall be found to contain.

5. The Association shall, immediately after the com-
   pletion of the survey of the land, and upon produc-
   tion to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
   Province of Wellington, and satisfying the said Com-
   missioner that the conditions hereafter contained
   have been fulfilled, be entitled to a grant from the
   Crown of the said land in fee-simple (except of the
   block of seven thousand acres hereafter mentioned),
   to the said John Douglas, his heirs and assigns, or to
   him or them jointly, with any other person or persons
   he or they may in writing require. And all usual
   and accustomed fees payable for or in respect of the
   issue of the said Crown grant shall be paid by the
   Association.

(a.) That the Association will, within two years
and six months from the date of this Order
in Council, expend a sum of £10,000 at the
least upon the said land, and in draining and
otherwise improving the same.

(b.) That the Association will, for and during
the period of one year at the least from and
after the date of this Order in Council, employ
forty men at the least upon the said land, and
in draining and otherwise improving the same.

(c.) That the said Commissioner of Crown Lands
shall and may within six months from the
date of this Order in Council, select out of the
said land in one or more blocks seven thousand
acres, which in his judgment shall be suitable for
the settlement of and occupation by the settlers
hereinafter mentioned, which land so selected
is hereafter referred to as the "Selection
Blocks," and the said block shall be surveyed
and laid out by the Association in sections of
one hundred acres each.

(d.) That the Association will, before the 4th day
of September, 1876, place upon the selection
block at least seventy families of persons de-
sirous to settle on the said Selection Blocks, and
the terms and conditions upon which such per-
sons shall be entitled to settle on such Selection
Blocks shall be, that the head of each family
shall have the right, at any time within the
period of five years from the said 4th day of
September, 1876, to acquire by purchase one
hundred acres of the said Selection Blocks at a
price of two pounds per acre, to be paid to
the said Association by equal annual instal-
ments during the four years following the
selection by the settler of his land: Provided
that the person selecting may, at any time
within the said four years, pay up the balance
unpaid of the said sum of two pounds per acre.

(e.) Each head of such family shall be entitled
to a Crown grant of the land selected by him
upon proof to the satisfaction of the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands that he has been con-
tinuously in the occupation of the land selected
by him, and has paid to the Association the
sum of two pounds per acre of the land
selected by him.

(f.) The said Commissioner of Crown Lands
shall also cause to be surveyed and laid off,
out of the said land to be conveyed to the
said Association, four hundred acres of land,