Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1869.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following Regulations for the Sale and disposal of the Public Lands in the Province of Wellington, which will be proposed for adoption to the Provincial Council in the ensuing Session, in accordance with the third clause of “The Waste Lands’ Act, 1864.”

By His Honor’s command,

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

ADDITIONAL LAND REGULATIONS for the Amendment and Extension of the Regulations of 4th March, 1853, and of the Additional Regulations adopted by the Council for the Province of Wellington, on Thursday, February 16th, 1855, and Proclaimed by His Excellency the Governor on the 16th day of June, 1855.

Loan Reserves.

1. The Superintendent is authorised, and is hereby required, to reserve out of the Town, Suburban and Rural Lands, now open or hereafter to be open for sale in different parts of the Province, suitable allotments and sections of land, to be designated “Loan Reserves.”

2. These Loan Reserves shall be properly defined and proclaimed and characterised by some suitable mark on the maps of each district.

3. So soon as conveniently can be, after such Reserves shall have been so defined and proclaimed, the Superintendent shall cause such Reserves to be placed in Trust, in the name of Three Commissioners, to be called, “The Commissioners for liquidating the Public debts of the Province of Wellington.”

4. These Reserves may be so held in Trust by the said Commissioners, for a period of Seven years, but no longer; and at the end of that time, or sooner, they shall, under the direction of the Superintendent, but not otherwise, offer the said lands, or any portion of them, for sale by Public Auction, according to the Regulations prescribed for Auction Sales.

5. The Commissioners shall receive all proceeds of such sales, and shall forthwith pay over the same to the Provincial Treasurer, for the special purpose of liquidating the whole of, or such portion of the public debt as the said proceeds may cover; and it shall not be lawful for the Superintendent to direct these proceeds or any portion of them to be applied to any other than the special purpose above named.

6. The Commissioners shall be required to give security for the faithful discharge of their Trust.

7. In lieu of making any Loan Reserves out of such lands as may be certified to as 5s. land an amount equal to ten per cent. of the purchase money accruing from such lands, as sold, shall be set apart for the purpose of paying off the public debt; and it shall not be lawful for the Superintendent to direct, that these amounts be applied to any other than the special purpose of liquidating the said debts.

Proclaimed Lands Outside Hundreds.

5s. Land.

1. In Districts outside Hundreds, which are or may be proclaimed or notified as open for sale, and which from their hilly and broken character (or otherwise) may appear to be unavailable for agricultural purposes, the Commissioner of Crown Lands is authorised to certify that they are so unavailable; and after he shall have so certified and a notification of such certificate shall have been published in the Provincial Government Gazette, at least, one month before a day to be fixed in the same publication on which such lands shall be declared open for free selection, the intending purchaser shall pay to the Commissioner of Crown Lands (or other officer appointed in that behalf) the price of any section or sections of land (generally not to be less than eighty acres in extent) which he may desire to select; the price of all such lands shall be at the rate of 5s. per acre.

2. In all cases where the Commissioner shall certify to land, as unavailable for agricultural purposes, which shall include any run or part of a run—such run or portion of a run shall in that case be disposed of by Public Auction at the upset price of 5s. per acre, in accordance with the Regulations prescribed for auction sales; and no such sale shall take place until after three months notice of the intended auction sale shall have been left at some station on the run.

   Provided always, that the run or portion of a run so to be offered at public auction, shall be held with the sanction of the Government and shall, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be sufficiently stocked.