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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF TARANAKI).
Published by Authority.
Vol. XVI.] NEW PLYMOUTH, MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1868. [No. 2.
[Reprinted from the New Zealand Gazette.]
G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, the twelfth day of November, 1867:
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The New Zealand Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1866,” it is provided that all lands taken under the authority of “The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” and “The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865,” or either of them, and sold and disposed of under the authority of the said first recited Act, intituled “The New Zealand Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1866,” 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:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of the authority vested in him in that behalf by the said first recited Act, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, make the following regulations for the issue of Land Scrip.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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If any person shall be desirous of making, building, or constructing any road, bridge, or other work of public utility, and of being allowed payment in land in respect of the cost of the same, he shall make application in writing to the Commissioner appointed by the Governor, under the regulations for the sale of land taken for settlement under “The New Zealand Settlements Acts, 1863.”
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If the Commissioner shall be satisfied, after due investigation and inquiry, that it is desirable that the proposed road, bridge, or other work of public utility shall be made, built, or constructed, and the plans and specification thereof shall be approved by a competent person to be appointed by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may grant authority for the said work to be completed.
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When the said work is completed, it shall be examined by a competent person to be appointed by the Commissioner; and if such person shall report that the same is constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications, and with proper materials and workmanship, the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, or any person duly deputed by him, shall grant to the person at whose cost the said work has been made, built, or constructed, Land Scrip to the extent of one-half of the value of the work performed, such value to be fixed by some competent person appointed by the Commissioner in that behalf.
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The Land Scrip so granted shall be deemed and taken to be money for the amount for which the same shall have been issued, and shall be receivable at any time within three months from the date of its issue as payment or part payment for any allotment of General Rural Land open for sale or selection in the district in which the
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1868, No 2
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🏛️ Order in Council for Land Scrip Regulations
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration12 November 1867
Land Scrip, Regulations, Public Works, Road Construction, Bridge Construction
- G. Grey, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council