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one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

allotments, and generally in such manner as
he shall deem expedient, and in like manner
to alter, vary, and annul any such Regulations,
and to make others: Provided that it shall
not be lawful by any such Regulations to
authorise the sale of land classified under such
Regulations as rural land at a less price than
ten shillings per acre: Provided also that
nothing in the seventeenth section of the said
Act contained shall affect, or authorise the
making of Regulations to affect, any promise,
contract, or engagement made by or on behalf
of Her Majesty previously to the coming into
operation of the said Act, and then incomplete
or unfulfilled: And whereas Regulations have
from time to time been made under the said
recited power, and it is expedient to revoke
all the said Regulations, and to make new
Regulations in manner herein appearing:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority conferred on me by the hereinbefore
recited Act, do hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, make and proclaim the Regulations
in the Schedule hereto for the sale, letting,
disposal, occupation, and management of the
Waste Lands of the Crown within the County
of Westland, and in pursuance and exercise
of the said power and authority, and with
the like advice and consent, proclaim and declare
that the laws in force within the said County
at the time of coming into operation of "The
County of Westland Act, 1867," regulating
the sale, letting, disposal, occupation, and
management of such lands within the said
County, so far as the same now remain in
force, shall be altered in the manner provided
in and by the Regulations contained in the
Schedule hereto; and in further pursuance
and exercise of the said power and authority,
and by the like advice and consent, I declare
that the said Regulations shall come into
force on the day of publication of this
Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, 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, this seventeenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

William Fox,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS
FOR THE SALE, LETTING,
OCCUPATION, AND MANAGEMENT
OF THE
WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWN
IN THE
COUNTY OF WESTLAND.

1. All Regulations heretofore made under
   the said recited powers, and in force on the
   first day of September, one thousand eight
   hundred and sixty-nine, shall be deemed to
   have continued in force till the day on which
   these Regulations come into force.

2. All Acts and Regulations now in force
   in the County of Westland for the sale,
   letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste
   Lands of the Crown, are hereby repealed:
   Provided that nothing in these Regulations
   shall affect any promise, contract, or engage-
   ment made by or on behalf of the Crown
   previously to the coming into operation of
   these Regulations, and then incomplete or
   unfulfilled. And nothing in these Regulations
   shall be deemed to affect any licenses or
   leases for the occupation of Waste Lands for
   depasturing or other purposes heretofore
   lawfully granted or issued, and existing and
   being in force at the time of the coming into
   operation of these Regulations, or during the
   currency of such licenses or leases, the Waste
   Lands thereunder, or the rights of the holders
   thereof; except when otherwise expressly
   provided; but such licenses and leases,
   and the rights of the holders thereof,
   and the Waste Lands held thereunder,
   shall be and continue to be, during the term
   of currency of such licenses and leases,
   regulated by and subject to the laws in force
   regulating the same, and to which the same
   were subject immediately before the time of
   the coming into operation of these Regulations,
   notwithstanding the repeal of such laws:
   Provided, however, that the Board hereby
   constituted shall, with respect to such licenses
   and leases, and such unfulfilled contracts,
   promises, and engagements as aforesaid, have
   all the powers and authorities, and perform
   all the duties which, with respect to such
   licenses, leases, promises, contracts, and
   engagements were, immediately before the
   coming into operation of these Regulations,
   vested in, conferred or imposed on any Waste