THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1165

Sanctioning Terms on which Land is set apart for
Special Settlement in Taranaki.
—

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of December, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation of even date here-
with, made under the authority of " The Tara-
naki Waste Lands Act, 1874," the Governor did set
apart out of the waste lands in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, for special settlement, on such
terms as might be sanctioned by the Governor in
Council, the block of land described in the First
Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby
sanction the terms and conditions set forth at the
foot hereof as the terms and conditions under which
the said block of land is set apart for special settle-
ment.

Conditions and Terms referred to in the above Order
in Council.

1. In the construction of these terms, unless the
   context shall otherwise require, the following expres-
   sions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to
   them, that is to say,-

"Contractor" means any company, corporation,
or person with whom the Governor may, in
exercise of the powers vested in him by the
66th section of "The Taranaki Waste Lands
Act, 1874," enter into such contract as is by
such section authorized.

"Land" shall mean the block of land described
in the First Schedule hereto.

"Settler" shall mean a male adult not less than
twenty-one years of age, and shall include any
person who purchases or otherwise becomes
entitled under these conditions to the interest
of such settler.

"Receiver of Land Revenue" shall mean the
Receiver of Land Revenue for the Land Dis-
trict of Taranaki, or other person for the time
being acting as such.

"Board" shall mean the Waste Lands Board
for the Land District of Taranaki for the time
being.

"The said Act" shall mean "The Taranaki
Waste Lands Act, 1874."

2. The Contractor shall pay as the price of the land
   the sum of 20s. per acre, as follows:-A first instal-
   ment of 10 per cent. of the whole purchase-money six
   months from the date of the Contractor being fur-
   nished with a large-scale tracing of the land as sur-
   veyed into sections; a second instalment of 10 per cent.
   two years after the date hereinbefore appointed for
   payment of the first instalment; and the remainder
   of the purchase-money by eight instalments of 10
   per cent. each, payable at intervals of twelve months,
   commencing as from the date appointed for the
   payment of the second instalment, until the whole
   purchase-money of 20s. per acre is paid.

3. The Governor shall, within nine months from
   the date of any contract made under the 66th sec-
   tion of the said Act, cause the land to be surveyed
   into convenient sections, not exceeding 200 acres
   each, and road lines through the land to be reserved
   and laid off. The land so reserved, and all land re-
   served under the fourth paragraph of these conditions,
   shall be excepted from sale, and remain vested in Her
   Majesty.

4. The Governor may, within one month after the
   delivery to the Contractor of a large-scale tracing,
   pursuant to paragraph two of these conditions,
   reserve out of the land for public purposes, or as
   reserves for schools, such portion of the said land as
   shall not in the whole exceed ten acres; and the
   Contractor shall be entitled to a reduction in the
   purchase-money after the rate of twenty shillings
   per acre for every acre so reserved.

5. The Contractor may take up for his own
   purposes any portion of the said land not exceeding
   400 acres in the whole.

6. All roads shall be constructed by the Contractor
   at such times and in such manner as the Board
   thinks best; but the Contractor shall not be bound
   to expend more than £2,000 upon such construction.

7. The land shall be surveyed into such sections, and
   in such manner as to shape, size, and otherwise, as
   shall be agreed upon by the Contractor and the
   Chief Surveyor of the Provincial District of Tara-
   naki; or if they cannot agree within four months
   from the date of the contract, then as the Board
   directs.

8. If, after the completion of the survey as aforesaid,
   the Contractor shall desire any further subdivisions
   to be made, the same shall be made by the Chief
   Surveyor of the District of Taranaki, or by some
   surveyor authorized by him. All expenses thereby
   entailed, and in preparing plans for Crown grants
   or otherwise in consequence of such subdivision, shall
   be paid by the Contractor.

9. The Contractor shall at his own expense,
   within twelve calendar months from the day ap-
   pointed for payment of the first instalment of the
   purchase-money, settle upon the said land one settler
   for every 200 acres of land. Every settler must be
   first approved of by the Board, and enter into an
   agreement with the Contractor to purchase not more
   than 200 acres, and not less than 50 acres, of the land.

10. Selections shall be made at such times and in
    such manner as the Contractor may, with the consent
    of the Board, require: Provided that neither the
    Government of the colony nor the Board shall be
    responsible for any delay occurring in the allotment
    or selection of any land, nor be bound to provide
    land for settlers in excess of the area of the land
    set aside and available for selection in accordance
    with these conditions.

11. A certificate in the form in the Third Schedule
    hereto, signed by the Contractor and the settler,
    shall be deposited with the Board before a settler
    shall be entitled to take occupation of the land
    selected by him.

12. The Contractor shall be entitled to require the
    Governor to issue Crown grants for the land pur-
    chased after the rate of one acre for every 20s. paid
    on account of purchase-money. No claim for a grant
    shall be made for less than 50 acres at one time,
    unless with the consent of the Board, and no grant
    shall be issued unless the Board shall certify that
    the Contractor has expended at least £250 in making
    and constructing roads through the land, nor shall
    grants be issued in excess of 100 acres for every £50
    expended by the Contractor in constructing roads
    through the land as hereinafter provided.

13. The Governor may (subject to the qualification
    contained in condition 12), if he thinks fit, issue a
    Crown grant to any settler who pays the purchase-
    money payable under these conditions for any land
    selected by him, and who proves to the satisfaction