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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
and along the north-eastern boundary line of sections
Nos. 193 and 194 to the northernmost corner of the
last-mentioned section; thence crossing the road
bounding that section on the north-west, and follow-
ing along the northern side of that road to its inter-
section with the road bounding the same section on
the south-west; on the South-west by the north-
eastern side of that road, on a bearing 120° 30′
(magnetic) a distance of seventeen thousand seven
hundred (17700) links; and on the North-west by a
straight line running on a bearing of 21° 15′ (true)
from the last-mentioned point to the south-western
boundary of the Maharahara Block.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, 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 Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty'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 eighteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
D. REID.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Sanctioning Terms under which Land in the Victoria
Small Farm Association Special Settlement Block
shall be acquired.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the authority of "The Hawke's
Bay Special Settlements Act, 1872," as amended
by "The Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876,"
the Waste Lands Board of the Land District of
Hawke's Bay has recommended the Governor to set
aside the block of land described in the First Schedule
hereto, containing three thousand five hundred and
sixty acres, more or less, as a special settlement under
the said Act, for the members of an association called
"The Victoria Small Farm Association," upon the
terms hereinafter mentioned:

And whereas it is intended that the said block of
land shall be so set aside in manner required by law,
and it is expedient that the terms on which the same
should be so set aside should be sanctioned by the
Governor in Council as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the power and authority vested in him by the
said Acts, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
sanction the terms set forth in the Second Schedule
hereto, as the terms under which the said proposed
special settlement shall be made under the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate in the Seventy-Mile
Bush, in the Waipawa County, in the Hawke's Bay
Provincial District, being a portion of the Ahuatura-
nga Block, and estimated to contain three thousand
five hundred and sixty (3,560) acres, more or less.
Bounded on the North-east by the Maharahara
Block; on the East by Section 15 of the Heretaunga
Small Farm Association Block; on the South-
east by a straight line running from the south-
western corner of that section to the northernmost
corner of Woodville Rural Section, No. 40; thence
by the north-western boundary of Sections Nos. 40
and 38 to the Maunga Atua River, up that river
and along the north-eastern boundary line of sections
Nos. 193 and 194 to the northernmost corner of the
last-mentioned section; thence crossing the road
bounding that section on the north-west, and follow-
ing along the northern side of that road to its inter-
section with the road bounding the same section on
the south-west; on the South-west by the north-
eastern side of that road, on a bearing 120° 30′
(magnetic) a distance of seventeen thousand seven
hundred (17700) links; and on the North-west by a
straight line running on a bearing of 21° 15′ (true)
from the last-mentioned point to the south-western
boundary of the Maharahara Block.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. In the construction of these terms and con-
   ditions, unless the context shall otherwise require,
   the following expressions shall have the meanings
   hereby assigned to them :-
   "Association" shall mean the Victoria Small
   Farm Association.
   "Land" shall mean the block of land described
   in the First Schedule hereto.
   "Purchaser" shall mean any member of the
   Association or other person occupying or
   entitled to occupy land under these con-
   ditions.
   "Receiver of Land Revenue" shall mean the
   Receiver of Land Revenue at Napier, or other
   officer for the time being acting as such.
   "Board" shall mean the Waste Lands Board
   for the Land District of Hawke's Bay for the
   time being.
   "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the
   Association for the time being, and shall in-
   clude any person acting in that capacity, and
   if there shall be no Secretary then the Chair-
   man of the Association.
2. All the 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 £1 per acre, to
   be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in
   quarterly instalments, by or on behalf of each
   purchaser as follows:-
4. Upon proof to the satisfaction of the Board
   that he has been continuously in occupation of the
   land selected by him, and has paid the price required
   by these conditions, the purchaser shall be entitled to
   a Crown grant of the land selected by him.
5. All usual and accustomed fees for the time
   being payable for the issue of the Crown grant shall
   be paid by the purchaser.
6. The purchasers shall be members of the Asso-
   ciation; they shall not be under twenty-one years of
   age, and shall not hold less than thirty shares in the
   Association, and shall undertake to occupy and pay
   for the land in conformity with these conditions.