1718
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 115

River, and a reserve one chain wide along each bank
of the course of the said river: as the same is deli-
neated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office,
Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
seventh day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Terms and Conditions of Special Settlement in the
Te Aroha Block by Messrs. Grant and Foster.

A. GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventh day of December, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Land Act 1877 Amendment
Act, 1879," it is enacted that the Governor in
Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which
the lands in any special settlement shall be disposed
of, and the mode of payment for the same: And
whereas the Governor has, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, bearing date the seventh day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, set apart seventeen thousand six hundred
acres of a block of rural land in the North Island
of New Zealand, known as the "Te Aroha Block,"
as a special settlement under and for the purposes
of the said Act as therein mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part
recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby fix the following terms and conditions as
those upon which the said special settlement shall be
disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same,
that is to say,-

If not inconsistent with the context, the following
words and expressions shall have the meanings here-
by assigned to them, that is to say,-

"Governor" means the Governor of the colony
for the time being:

"Agent-General" means the Agent-General of
the colony for the time being in London, and in-
cludes any officer appointed to do any act required
under these conditions to be done by the Agent-
General:

"Selectors" means Samuel Grant and John
Stovin Foster, of England, landowners, and includes
their assignees or legal representatives respectively:

"Settler" means any person over eighteen years
of age, not being a resident of the Australian
Colonies, who shall purchase land from the Selec-
tors and emigrate to New Zealand.

2. The price to be paid for the seventeen thou-
   sand six hundred acres shall be twenty-nine thou-
   sand nine hundred and twenty pounds, being a com-
   petent valuation at the rate of thirty-four shillings
   per acre.

3. The Selectors shall, at their own expense, cause
   the said land to be properly surveyed and laid off in
   sections of convenient size for occupation by the
   settlers within one month after their arrival. The
   cost of the minor triangulation shall be borne by the
   Government of the colony.

4. Main and occupation roads shall be laid out
   through the lands so surveyed. Road areas shall
   remain vested in Her Majesty the Queen, and be
   deemed to be public highways.

5. All surveys shall be conducted in accordance
   with instructions to be given from time to time by
   the Surveyor-General of the colony, and subject to
   his approval in every respect.

6. On or before the thirty-first day of March next,
   the Selectors shall pay to the Agent-General in
   London the sum of three thousand pounds, and the
   balance of twenty-six thousand nine hundred and
   twenty pounds in instalments as hereinafter pro-
   vided, that is to say, within six months after the
   date of payment of the said deposit, the sum of
   four thousand four hundred pounds; within twelve
   months after the date of payment of last-mentioned
   instalment, the sum of eight thousand eight hundred
   pounds; and within twelve months from the date of
   payment of the second last-mentioned instalment, the
   final sum of thirteen thousand seven hundred and
   twenty pounds.

7. The special settlement to which these conditions
   apply shall be formed as follows:-

(a.) The Selectors shall, as herein provided, intro-
duce from the United Kingdom or elsewhere (save
from the Australian Colonies) at least two hundred
and twenty-five adult emigrants, of whom one hundred
and twenty shall embark for the Colony of New
Zealand on or before the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and the
remaining one hundred and five adult emigrants on
or before the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.

(b.) The Selectors shall issue land orders in the
form set forth in the Schedule, or to the effect thereof,
to each settler purchasing land from them under
these conditions. Every such order shall be issued
in duplicate, one of which shall be left with the
Agent-General, who shall countersign each such
order as hereinafter provided.

(c.) The Selectors and settler shall be jointly re-
sponsible for the due and proper performance of
the conditions necessary to be fulfilled before issue
of Crown grant.

(d.) The Agent-General shall countersign each
land order on receiving payment from the Selectors
of the amount fixed under these conditions to be
paid per acre on the area represented by such order;
and, for the purpose of obtaining such counter-signa-
ture, instalments paid (except the first payment of
three thousand pounds) may be treated as payments
on account of land orders. Every such order shall
be duly signed and completed by the Selectors and
settler before such order is countersigned.

(e.) On the balance of said purchase-money being
received by the Agent-General, as above provided,
the Selectors may issue land orders as against the
three thousand pounds deposit until the same is
wholly absorbed.

(f.) But should the Selectors fail to complete the
embarkation for the Colony of New Zealand of the
said adult emigrants in the numbers and at the times
hereinbefore respectively specified, the deposit of
three thousand pounds, or so much of it as may
remain unallotted, shall be forfeited to Her Majesty
the Queen, and shall be held and retained by the
Agent-General, subject to such directions as he may
receive from the Governor.