Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1649

Altering the Terms and Conditions of Sale of Allotments
in the Kumeroa Village Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land
District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-first section of “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 comprised in any village settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same: And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand did fix the terms and conditions of sale of the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto, as village allotments and small-farm allotments, to be sold on deferred payments:

And whereas it is deemed desirable to revoke the said Order in Council in so far as it relates to the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto, and to open the said lands for sale for cash:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, in so far as it relates to the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto, and doth fix the following terms and conditions upon which the said allotments shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say,—

1. The lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of as village-settlement and small-farm allotments for cash.

2. The day upon which the lands shall be open for application shall be Wednesday, the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, at the Land Office, Napier.

3. The lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold for cash immediately on purchase.

4. No person who has previously taken up an allotment in any village settlement shall be allowed to acquire an allotment in the Kumeroa Village Settlement.

5. The price stated in the Schedule hereto shall be the price at which the lands shall be open for application.

6. If there should be more than one application for any allotment, the right to purchase the same shall be determined by auction amongst the applicants for the village allotments, and by lot amongst the applicants for the small-farm allotments.

7. The purchaser of any lands described in the Schedule, upon the full payment of the purchase-money, will be entitled to his Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way upon payment of the fees prescribed by law.

SCHEDULE.

VILLAGE OF KUMEROA.

Small-farm Allotments for Cash.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exchange of Land in Auckland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was reserved for Provincial Government purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserve mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be exchanged for the lands mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order to take Land for a Road from Tokanu to the Whangaehu River.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, order that a road, having an average width of one hundred links, and extending from the Waikato or Tongariro River, at Tokanu, to near the Whangaehu River, at the northern boundary of the Rangipo-Waiau Block, shall be constructed on or through land held or occupied by Native owners.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,