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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1876.

Regulations under "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1873," for the Sale of the Piako Swamp.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of June, 1876.

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 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 George Augustus
Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, 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 for the sale and disposal of the
land described in the Schedule hereto.

REGULATIONS.

1. The Secretary for Crown Lands may and shall
   sell by private contract the land described in the
   Schedule to these Regulations.

2. The consideration and purchase money for the
   said land shall be the sum of twenty-two thousand
   five hundred and twenty-nine pounds six shillings
   and fourpence (£22,529 6s. 4d.), as follows, that is
   to say, the sum of thirteen thousand one hundred
   and thirty-two pounds three shillings and ninepence
   (£13,132 3s. 9d.) to be paid to the Receiver of Land
   Revenue of the Province of Auckland, and the
   remainder of the said sum of twenty-two thousand
   five hundred and twenty-nine pounds six shillings and
   fourpence (£22,529 6s. 4d.), to the amount of nine
   thousand three hundred and seventy-seven pounds
   two shillings and sevenpence (£9,377 2s. 7d.), being
   allowed as a contribution towards the construction
   of roads through and over the said land and works
   connected therewith, in conformity with instructions
   and specifications prescribed and approved of by or
   on behalf of the Colonial Government.

3. The sale hereby authorized to be made shall be
   made within one calendar month from the publica-
   tion of these regulations in the New Zealand Gazette,
   and the purchase money shall be paid within the like
   period.