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14. Crown Grants of all lands sold under these Regulations shall be prepared and forwarded to the Secretary for Crown Lands within one month after the completion of the sale in the case of town lands, and within one month after the completion of the survey in the case of suburban and rural lands.

IV.—The Land Revenue.

15. All payments to be made in respect of land, and other payments to be made under the provisions of these Regulations, shall be made to the Receiver of Land Revenue during the sitting of the Board, and the Receiver shall thereupon give receipts for the same.

V.—Public Reserves.

16. Reserves for the uses of the Colonial Government, and for other public purposes, may be made by the Governor, by writing under his hand, and shall not be alienated from the specific purposes to which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Public Reserves Act, 1854;” and a full and complete description of every such reserve, and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated, shall, so soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published in the County of Westland Gazette, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office: Provided that the Waste Lands Board may temporarily reserve land for such purposes; and if such temporary reserve shall not be confirmed by the Governor, in manner aforesaid, within three months from the date at which such temporary reserve was made, such land shall thereupon cease to be so reserved. Schedules and plans of all public reserves shall be forwarded to the office of the Secretary of Crown Lands by the Commissioner of Crown Lands in all cases as soon as possible after such reserve shall have been set forth as aforesaid.

17. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths shall be made by the Waste Lands Board, and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office.

18. The Waste Lands Board may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution of the County Council.

VI.—Town Lands.

19. The sites of towns shall from time to time be determined by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the County Council, and shall be notified by Proclamation in the County of Westland Gazette, and all sites for towns determined to be such sites before the coming into operation of these Regulations shall continue to be sites for towns as if determined hereunder: Provided always that, upon the recommendation of the County Council, approved by the Waste Lands Board, the Governor may withdraw any such lands as sites for towns, or make such alterations in their boundaries as may be recommended as aforesaid.

20. Town lands shall be sold by public auction, in sections, the size and upset price of which shall be determined by the Governor, on the recommendation of the County Council; and having been so determined for each town severally, such upset price shall not be diminished; and all town lands, the size and upset price of which have been determined before the coming into operation of these Regulations, shall be sold under these Regulations in and according to such sizes and prices so determined as if determined under these Regulations, unless otherwise determined hereunder.

21. The time and place of every auction sale shall be fixed by the Waste Lands Board, and shall be notified in the County of Westland Gazette, and one or more newspapers circulating in the County, at least thirty days before such sale shall take place.

22. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map of the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office; and such map shall set forth, accurately delineated, the town sections, numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, showing the sections to be submitted for sale.

23. Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order of the Waste Lands Board, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit ten per cent. of the upset price with the Receiver of Land Revenue. Such deposit shall, if no advance on the upset price be made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale at such public auction.

24. If any town section shall at the auction sale be purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall be returned on demand.

25. Ten days at least before any such auction sale, a list of all the sections about to be offered for sale shall be published in one or more newspapers of the County.

26. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the Commissioner in open Court, as hereinbefore provided.