Numb. 55.
633

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1875.

Regulations for Settlement on Special Block of Land

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," it is,
among other things, enacted that the Governor may
from time to time, on the recommendation of the
Minister therein mentioned, make regulations for the
sale, occupation, and disposal of land taken under
the said Act, and all such lands as specified in the
60th section of the said Act, and such regulations
may provide specially for the occupation of any of
such lands by and for the sale or disposal thereof to
immigrants introduced under the provisions of "The
Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," and the
said Act, or otherwise, and prescribe the terms and
conditions upon which such lands may be so occu-
pied, sold, or disposed of, and the mode of allotment,
and may provide for the occupation and disposal of
such lands without payment, or for the sale of such
lands upon payment either present or deferred, and
prescribe the mode or order of allotment of or
application for such lands, the size or acreage of the
sections into which the lands shall be divided, and
the regulations shall, if any part of the land is
intended to be laid off as town or suburban lands,
prescribe for the laying off of such lands into town,
suburban, and rural sections: And whereas by a
Proclamation made under the said Act, bearing even
date herewith, the lands therein particularly men-
tioned were reserved and set apart for the purposes
of immigration and to be dealt with under the said
Act: And whereas the Minister for Immigration has
recommended the Governor to make the regulations
set forth in the Schedule hereto for the sale, occupa-
tion, and disposal of the lands so reserved and set
apart as aforesaid:

hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule
hereto for the sale, occupation, and disposal of the
lands so reserved and set apart by the said Proclama-
tion of even date herewith.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this seventh day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.

H. A. ATKINSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

1. In the interpretation of these Regulations, un-
   less there is something in the context repugnant
   thereto, the following terms and expressions shall
   have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is
   to say,—

"Minister" shall mean the Minister for Immi-
gration for the time being.

"Settlement" shall mean the block of country
in the Province of Wellington described in
the Schedule to a certain Proclamation made
under "The Immigration and Public Works
Act Amendment Act, 1871," bearing even
date herewith.