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Wairakei, the point of commencement: excepting from the above-defined area two Native reserves containing respectively 1,081 acres and 500 acres, more or less; a village reserve containing 400 acres, more or less; a timber reserve containing 2,240 acres, more or less; and a deferred-payment block to contain ,'3,000 acres, more or less, to be hereafter selected south of the proposed main road line through village reserve aforementioned : as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Auckland. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twentyseventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty H A. Atkinson God save the Queen !

Enclosure 2 in No. 47 Terms and Conditions of Special Settlement in the Te Puke Block by Mr George Vesey Stewart

Hercules Robinson, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of January, 1880. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whereas by "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879," it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any special settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same : And whereas the Governor has, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, bearing date the twenty-seventh day of January, set apart eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-two acres of a block of rural land in the North Island of New Zealand, known as the " Te Puke Block/ as a special settlement under and for the purposes of the said Act as therein mentioned : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix the following terms and conditions as those upon which the said special settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say, — If not inconsistent with the context, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say, — " Governor" means the Governor of the Colony for the time being. "Agent-General" means the Agent-General of the Colony for the time being in London, and includes any officer appointed to do any act required under these conditions to be done by the Agent-General. " Selector" means George Vesey Stewart, of Tauranga, landowner, and includes his assignee or legal representatives respectively " Settler" means any person over eighteen years of age, not being a resident of the Australian Colonies, who shall purchase land from the selector and emigrate to New Zealand. 1 On or before the 15th day of April next, the selector shall choose out of the said block at least fifteen thousand acres of land (such selection to be subject to the approval of the Governor), and shall cause a plan of the exterior boundaries to be deposited with the Chief Surveyor at Auckland. 2. The price to be paid for the fifteen thousand acres shall be nineteen thousand seven hundred pounds, being a competent valuation at the rate of twenty-six shillings and threepence per acre. No less an area than fifteen thousand acres (exclusive of roads) shall be selected, and, should a greater area be included, then for each acre in excess there shall be paid one pound sterling. 3. The selector shall, at his own expense, cause the said land to be properly surveyed and laid off in sections of convenient size for occupation by the settlers within one month after their arrival. The cost of the minor triangulation shall be borne by the Government of the colony 4. Main and occupation roads shall be laid out through the land so surveyed. Road areas shall remain vested in Her Majesty the Queen, and be deemed to be public highways. 5. All surveys shall be conducted in accordance with instructions to be given from time to time by the Surveyor-General of the Colony, and subject to his approval in every respect. 6. Within three months after the deposit of plan of exterior boundaries as aforesaid, and not in any case later than the 15th day of July next, the selector shall pay to the xVgentGeneral, in London, the sum of three thousand pounds sterling; and before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, sixteen thousand seven hundred pounds, ■or other balance of purchase-money, in instalments as hereinafter provided.