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New Zealander, Volume 11, Issue 960, 27 June 1855, Page 2 (Supplement)

consequently to its being able to prosecute suiveys, and in all other respeots carry oi't the provisions of the Regulations, the Board submits that so much of the correspondence as his Honor may deem necessary Ought to be published for the information of the Public. Reader Wood, Secretary. Waste Land Board Office, Auckland, 9th May, 1855. Resolution No. 25. That with reference to his Honor the Superintendent's letter No. 14, informing the Board " that no sums were appropriated during the 3rd Session of the Provincial Council for providing the expense of the staff that is required by the Waste Land Board. And although a Resolution was agreed to purporting to authorise the Superintendent to pay certain sums for that purpose, but as that Resolution cannot be treated as legal authority, and as moreover the Provincial Council declined to furnish the means of providing the funds required for that service, that it will be impossible that warrants can, be signed for the payment of salaries until money shall have been appropriated to that Service." The Waste Land Board submits that the difficulty in its opinion may be overcome by the General Government being requested to adopt the estimates for the Waste Land Board, as part of the expenses incident to the management of the Waste Lands of the Crown, as provided for in Section 62, of the Constitution Act, and to direct the payment of the same out of the land fund, the question of adjustment being left for future consideration. (Signed) Reader Wood, Secretary. Superintendent's Office, Auckland, 10th May, 1855. Sin,—l have the honour to lay before the General Government the enclosed resolution of the Waste Land Board, having reference to the difficulty in which they are placed in consequence of no sum having been appropriated by the Provincial Council to enable them to meet the expenses incidental to the carrying out of the duties of the Board. It appears to me that the means suggested for extricating the Board from the difficulty in which they have been left by the Provincial Council separating without making immediate provision for their necessary expenses, is worthy of consideration. I would observe that there appears to be an imperfection in the Waste Lands Regulatioas, with regard to the appointment of officers subordinate to the Waste Land Board. By the 70th section it is provided that "the salaries of officers to be appointed by the Governor shall be paid by the General Government, and the salaries of officers to be appointed by the Superintendent, or by the Waste Land Board," shall be paid by the Provincial Government; but it is nowhere stated by which of these several authorities the appointment of the officers in question (with the exception of the Commissioners) are respectively to be made. Acting upon what I conceived to be the spirit of the Regulations, and desirous of removing every obstacle to their speedy operation, I placed upon the Supplementary Estimates, submitted to the Provincial Council, certain sums for the service of the Waste Land Board. The Council, however, having separated without making the provision required, I am willing for the furtherance of that service to waive all constructive claim tu making the appoinunents in question, leaving them (so far as lies in me) to the General Government, which at least is not debarred by the Waste Lands Regulations from accepting the trust. I would express a hope that the General Government may be enabled to supply the necessary staff for carrying on the surveys and for enabling the Board to bring the land into the market, otherwise the land sales for a period must remain suspended, to the very great inconvenience and injury of the Province I have, &c, (Signed) Wm. Brown, Superintendent. The Honourable the Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland' 14th May, 1855. SIR,— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter of the 10th inst., transmitting a copy of a resolution, (No. 25) from the Waste Land Board of the Province of Auckland, relative to the difficulty in which they are placed from the absence of all funds necessary to carry out their duties, and suggesting that the General Government might be requested to pay the necessary expenses out of the Land Fund. In reply, 1 am directed by His Excellency the Officer administering the Government to state, that the Waste Land Regulations, under which the Board act, contemplate that land