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2a. Tho 9th section of the Confiscated Land Rogulationo-of the 11th of May,'lB7l, shall net-apply to 8. The Commissioner for Confiscated Lands in the Province of Auckland may sell the said land to Thomas Russell, of the City of Auckland, Esquire, &c, hereinafter called the " purchaser," by private contract, at the price hereinafter mentioned, such sale being made on condition that the purchaser shall construct a road across the said land from to according to a the plan and specification which of whieb shall be submitted by the purchaser to Government for tho approval of the Secretary for Crown Lands. Tho period for tho-making of tho road ahall bo. Tho prioo for tho making of tho road ohall bo at The price to be paid for the land shall be ss. per acre, and such price shall be paid on completion of the said road in manner aforesaid, and if the road be not so completed at the expiration of a period of two years from the date fixed for the coming into operation of these regulations tho rato of 2s. 6d. })or aero and ohall bo then the said price shall be paid at the expiration of the said period, made in 4a. payments of The purchase money shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue of the said Province, or such officer as the Secretary for Crown Lands shall appoint for the purpose, and tho Provided that the said road shall be made and completed as hereinbefore provided, then it shall be lawful for such Receiver q/"poriod for payment shall extend to Land Revenue or other officer as aforesaid (but only with the approval of the Secretary for Crown Lands) to allow a deduction to be made two years from from the said purchase money at the rate of 2s. Gd. per a re, such deduction to be allowed in consideration of the expense of surveying the said land, the cost of making and constructing the said road, and other incidental expenses of carrying out the terms of these regulations : Provided also that the deduction thereby authorized shall be subject to the terms of the next succeeding regulation. 5. The purchaser shall from time to time render to the Secretary for Crown Lands an account of the expenditure on tho incurred in the survey of the said land and of making and constructing el the said road at in manner herein provided; and on completion thereof, if it shall be found that the total cost is less than a sum equivalent to 2s. Gd. per acre, tho purchaso money then such deduction shall only be allowed in respect tho purchaser ohall refund to of the amount of such total cost, tho Government tho amount of tho ditforeneo. 6. The said road shall be of the width of sixty-six feet at the least, and shall be formed and completed in the manner and in accordance with as shown the plan and specifications thereof deposited in the office of the Secretary for Crown Lands at Wellington. 7. When the road is completed it shall be examined by a competent person to be appointed by the Commissioner Secretary for Croivn Lands, and if such person shall report that the same is constructed in accordance with the said plane and specifications, and the report is approved by the Secretary of Crown Lands, a Crown grant of the said land in favour of tho purehasor shall be issued to the purchaser saader 8. Provided that The said grant shall contain a provision that the Governor may take lines of road, &c, at a rate of five acres in every one hundred acres, &c. {usual clause as in former regulations, with addition that " road " shall include a railway or tramway.) (See Gazette of 1874, page 188.) Anything oontainod in the regulations of tho 19th February, 1871, to tho ooiitrary notwithstanding.

Mr. Haughton,—Fair copy of regulations herewith.—O. W.—lsth October, 1874.

1. These regulations shall come into operation, and they shall apply only to the block of land hereinafter more particularly mentioned —that is to say, all that block of confiscated land in the Province of Auckland, containing about 80,000 acres, situated in the parishes of Taupiri, Komakorau, and Kirikiriroa, Banks County, and known as the "Great Swamp," the boundaries whereof are more particularly delineated upon the plan thereof deposited in the office of the Secretary for Crown Lands, and authenticated by the signature of the Hon. the Secretary for Crown Lands. 2. The said land shall, before the same is granted under the authority of these regulations, bo accurately surveyed by and at the expense of the purchaser. 3. The Commissioner for confiscated lands in the Province of Auckland may sell the said land to Thomas Eussell, of the City of Auckland, Esquire (hereinafter called the purchaser), by private contract, at the price hereinafter mentioned; such sale being made on condition that the purchaser shall construct a road across the said land from to , according to a plan and specification which shall be submitted by the purchaser to Government for the approval of the Secretary for Crown Lands. 4. The price to be paid for the said land shall be ss. per acre, and such price shall be paid on completion of the said road in manner aforesaid ; and if the said road be not completed at the .expiration of a period of two years from the date fixed for the coming into operation of these regulations, then the said price shall be paid at the expiration of the said period. 4a. The purchase money shall be paid, to the Receiver of Land Revenue in the said province, or such other officer as the Secretary for Crown Lands shall appoint for that purpose : Provided that if the said road shall be made and completed as hereinbefore provided, then it shall be lawful for such Receiver of Land Revenue, or other officer as aforesaid (but only with the approval of the Secretary for Crown Lands), to allow a deduction to be made from the same purchase money at the rate of 2s. 6d. per acre ; such deduction to be allowed in consideration of the expense of surveying the said land, the cost of making and constructing the said road, and other incidental expenses of carrying out the terms of these regulations: Provided also that the deduction hereby authorized shall be subject to the terms of the next-succeeding regulation. 5. The purchaser shall from time to time render to the Secretary for Crown Lands an account of the expenditure incurred in the survey of the said land, and of making and constructing the said road in manner herein provided, and on completion thereof, if it shall be found that the total cost is less