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2. In construing the foregoing regulation the expression "the said Acts" shall be deemed and taken to mean "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863;" "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act, 1864;" "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865;" and "The New Zealand Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1866," or any or either of them.

And in further exercise of the said powers and authorities His Excellency the Governor, with the like advice and consent aforesaid, doth make the following regulations for the sale and disposal of lands taken under the said Acts or either of them, in the districts of Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki, and Ngatiruanui.

Regulations for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the districts of Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki and Ngatiruanui.

1. The Colonial Secretary may, at his discretion, sell to any person who, with his license or permission had, prior to the date of these regulations, occupied and made valuable improvements upon lands taken under the said Acts within the Township and Suburbs of Carlyle, on the River Patea, the whole or any part which the Colonial Secretary may think fit of the land so occupied by such person: Provided that no land shall be sold under this regulation at a lower rate than ten shillings per foot of frontage with a depth not exceeding two chains.

2. The Colonial Secretary may receive tenders for purchase from such occupiers as in the last regulation described, whenever the land in their occupation shall have been advertised for sale, and may, if he thinks fit, on receipt of any such tender withdraw the land tendered for from such sale, and may, after such sale, accept of such tender as regards the whole or any part of the land tendered for; provided that the price accepted shall not be less than that paid at auction for the nearest sections of like frontage and advantages; provided also that no lot shall be sold under this regulation which does not conform in shape and proportions to the survey of the town and suburbs, and to the rules in force in that behalf as to Crown Lands in the Province of Taranaki.

3. The Colonial Secretary may cause such annual licenses as he may think fit to be issued and renewed in his name, authorizing the licensee to cut and remove timber from such of the said lands within the said districts, not exceeding in any case ten acres, as shall be fully described in such license, and there shall be paid for every such license and renewal a fee of one pound.

4. The Colonial Secretary may cause a lease or leases to be issued in his name of the whole or any part of any of the lands taken under the said Act and now described, or which shall hereafter be described, on the district maps, as the Railway Reserve; such lease to be granted by public auction or tender for any term not exceeding ten years, and with or without liberty to cut timber, and subject to such reservations as he may think fit, Subject always to power to the Governor from time to time to cause such surveys, roads, or railways as he may think fit to be made within, through, or across the said reserve, and to take such timber as may be necessary for public works from any part thereof.

5. The Colonial Secretary may cause Pasturage Licenses to be issued for the whole or any of the lands taken under the said Acts within the said districts. Every such license shall be granted by tender, and shall be terminable by the Colonial Secretary, as to the whole or any part of the land comprised therein, on two months' notice; and shall be subject to power to the Governor to cause such surveys, roads, or railways, as he may think fit, to be from time to time made within, through or across the land comprised therein.

6. In construing the five foregoing regulations the expression "the said Acts" shall be deemed and taken to mean "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863;" "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act, 1864;" "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865;" and "The New Zealand Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1866," or any or either of them.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NOTICE.

Appointing time for payment of Road Rates for the 21st (Mataitawa) District.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, April 23, 1868.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the "Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1858," I hereby appoint that the rates for the year 1867-8, imposed on all lands within the 21st (or Mataitawa) Road District, shall be paid at the Provincial Treasury, Mount Eliot, on April 28, 1868.

H. R. RICHMOND,
Superintendent.