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settler lias fulfilled all the conditions hereinbefore prescribed, he shall nevertheless be entitled to his grant; and the Governor may receive and act upon such evidence as he shall deem sufficient, as to the payment of the purchase-money by the settler to the selector, and the grant may issue accordingly 17 The selector shall not be at liberty to assign his rights or privileges as such selector (otherwise than in accordance with the foregoing terms and conditions) without the written consent of the Governor first obtained.

SCHEDULE. Land Obder foe Special Settlement, at Te Puke, Bay op Plenty, New Zealand. Me. , of [address and occupation^, having duly contracted with me to become a settler in the above-named special settlement, is hereby granted this land order, entitling him to select and occupy acres of land in the said settlement, subject to the terms aud conditions fixed by the Governor in Council under the authority of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and called " The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879." Dated this day of , 18 (Signed.) Witness to signature:

I, , accept this land order, subject to the above-mentioned terms and conditions (which, so far as they affect me. are printed on the back hereof), and I have made arrangements for the following persons to accompany me to the said special settlement. (Names in full.) Dated this day of , 18 (Ages.) Witness to signature:

Mb. George Veset Stewart has paid to me the sum required to be paid by him under the abovementioned terms and conditions, in respect of the area of land comprised in this land order. Dated this day of , 18 Agent-General. FOBSTER GrORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

No. 48. Mr. R. Blake to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. (Telegram.) Tauranga, 27th January, 1880. The members of the Working-Men's Land Association wish to know what area of Te Puke Block has been reserved for them, and the terms they will be allowed to settle on the same. An early reply will oblige. R. Blake, The Hon. the Minister of Lands, Wellington. Chairman.

No. 49. The Hon. H. A. Atkinson to Mr. Blake. (Telegram.) Wellington, 28th January, 1880. The Minister of Lands is absent from Wellington. I am, however, informed that no land has been specially set apart for your Association in Te Puke Block. A deferred-payment block of 3,000 acres and a village site of 400 acres have been omitted from the total area. Any person desirous of settling can take up either a deferred-payment or a village-site section when they are proclaimed open. Ample notice will be given before the land is opened. Mr R. Blake, Tauranga. H. A. Atkinson

No. 50. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. (Telegram.) Auckland, 28th January, 1880. At a meeting of the Land Board held yesterday, the following resolution was come to on the subject-matter of your telegram of the loth instant re Te Puke Block, viz., "That, after the explanation given this day by Mr. Firth of the action of the Minister of Lands relative to Te Puke Block, the Board is of opinion that no other course was open for adoption by the Government." D. A. Tole, The Hon. tie Minister of Lands, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Wellington.

By Authority : Geokok Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington. —1880. Price Is.]