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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1876.

Alteration in Regulations for Settlement on Special
Blocks of Land.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by Proclamations under "The Im-
migration and Public Works Act Amend-
ment Act, 1871," bearing date the 24th day of
November, 1874, and the 7th day of October, 1875,
respectively, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 3rd day of December, 1874, and
the 7th day of October, 1875, respectively, certain
regulations were, on the recommendation of the
Minister, made for the sale, occupation, and disposal
of certain lands which had been reserved and set
apart by the Proclamations therein referred to:
And whereas the Minister has recommended the
Governor to alter certain of such regulations:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers vested in me by the said Act, and on the
recommendation of the said Minister, do hereby
make the Regulations in the Schedule hereto; and
do direct that the Regulations of the 24th day of
November, 1874, and the 7th day of October, 1875,
shall be read as if the Regulations in the Schedule
hereto had been incorporated therewith in lieu of
the seventh and eighth of such first-mentioned
Regulations respectively.
SCHEDULE.
(1.) During the first four years of his occupation, if
the settler shall have erected on the land selected a
habitable dwelling-house, and shall have improved
the land by felling the bush thereon, cropping or
laying down in grass, and fencing at least five acres
thereof, he shall be allowed to continue his holding
and to purchase the land at a price of £1 per acre,
payable in equal annual instalments; such instal-
ments to be payable at the end of each year after
the expiration of the first four years. The money to
be paid in such manner and to such persons as the
Minister shall from time to time direct.
(2.) If at the end of the said four years' occupa-
tion the settler shall be in a position to pay for his
land at once, he shall be at liberty to do so at the
rate aforesaid: Provided that nothing in this regu-
lation shall prevent any settler from paying for his
land at the end of two years' occupation, at the rate

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen, by instruc-
tions under Her Sign Manual, bearing date
the sixth day of November, 1874, did direct and
enjoin me, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis
of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand, that
I should attend and preside at the meetings of Her
Majesty's Executive Council in New Zealand, unless
when prevented by some necessary or reasonable
cause, and that in my absence such Member as might
be appointed by me in that behalf should preside at
all such meetings of the said Council:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
in exercise and pursuance of all powers and autho-
rities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby appoint
The Honorable Sir JULIUS VOGEL, K.C.M.G.,

aforesaid, if he shall then have satisfied all the condi-
tions required by the 7th Regulation of the 24th day
of November, 1874, and the 7th day of October,
1875, respectively, in lieu of which the 1st Regula-
tion hereunder has been substituted.
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
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House
at Wellington, this fourteenth day of Feb-
bruary, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
H. A. ATKINSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Appointing Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., President
at Meetings of Executive Council.