V.  Australien.  1432  252.  New  Zealand.

LXXII.  Subject  to  the  Provisions  herein  contained,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the
seid  General  Assembly  to  make  Laws  for  regulating  the  Sale,  Letting,  Disposal,
and  Occupation  of  the  Waste  Lands  of  the  Crown  in  New  Zealand;  and  all  Lands
wherein  the  Title  of  Natives  shall  be  extinguished  as  herein-after  mentioned,  and
all  such  other  Lands  as  are  described  in  an  Act  of  the  Session  holden  in  the  Tenth
and  Eleventh  Years  of  Her  Majesty,  Chapter  One  hundred  and  twelve,  to  promote
Colonization  in  New  Zealand,  and  to  authorize  a  Loan  to  the  New  Zealand  Company,
as  Demesne  Lands  of  the  Crown  shall,  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  Waste  Land
of  the  Crown  within  the  Meaning  of  this  Act:  Provided  always,  that  subject  to
the  said  Provisions,  and  until  the  said  General  Assembly  shall  otherwise  enact,
it  shall  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty  to  regulate  such  Sale,  Letting,  Disposal,  and
Occupation  by  Instructions  to  be  issued  under  the  Signet  and  Royal  Sign  Manual.

LXXIII.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  Person  other  than  Her  Majesty,  Her
Heirs  or  Successors,  to  purchase  or  in  anywise  acquire  or  accept  from  the  aboriginal
Natives  Land  of  or  belonging  to  or  used  or  occupied  by  them  in  common  as  Tribes
or  Communities,  or  to  accept  any  Release  or  Extinguishment  of  the  Rights  of  such
aboriginal  Natives  in  any  such  Land  as  aforesaid;  and  no  Conveyance  or  Transfer,
or  Agreement  for  the  Conveyance  or  Transfer  of  any  such  Land,  either  in  perpetuity
or  for  any  Term  or  Period,  either  absolutely  or  conditionally,  and  either  in  Property
or  by  way  of  Lease  or  Occupancy,  and  no  such  Release  or  Extinguishment  as
aforesaid,  shall  be  of  any  Validity  or  Effect  unless  the  same  be  made  to,  or  entered
into  with,  and  accepted  by  Her  Majesty,  Her  Heirs  or  Successors:  Provided  always,
that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty,  Her  Heirs  and  Successors,  by  Instructions
under  the  Signet  and  Royal  Sign  Manual,  or  signified  through  One  of  Her  Majesty’s
Principal  Secretaries  of  State,  to  delegate  Her  Powers  of  accepting  such  Conveyances
or  Agreements,  Releases  or  Relinquishments,  to  the  Governor  of  New  Zealand,  or
the  Superintendent  of  any  Province  within  the  Limits  of  such  Province,  and  to
prescribe  or  regulate  the  Terms  on  which  such  Conveyances  or  Agreements,  Releases,
or  Extinguishments  shall  be  accepted.

LXXIV.  And  whereas  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  said  last-mentioned  Act,
and  of  a  Notice  given  on  the  Fourth  Day  of  JulyOne  thousand  eight  hundred  and
fifty  by  the  New  Zealand  Company  in  pursuance  of  such  Act,  the  Sum  of  Two  hundred
and  sixty-eight  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy  Pounds  Fifteen  Shillings,  with
Interest  after  the  yearly  Rate  of  Three  Pounds  Ten  Shillings  per  Centum  upon  the
said  Sum,  or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  from  Time  to  Time  remain  unpaid,  is  charged
upon  and  payable  to  the  New  Zealand  Company  out  of  the  Proceeds  of  the  Sales
of  the  Demesne  Lands  of  the  Crown  in  New  Zealand:

In  respect  of  all  sales  or  other  Alienations  of  any  Waste  Lands  of  the  Crown
in  New  Zealand  in  Fee  Simple  or  for  any  Estate  or  Interest  (except  by  way  of
Licence  for  Occupation  for  pastoral  Purposes  for  any  Term  of  Years  not  exceeding
Seven,  and  not  containing  any  Contract  for  the  Renewal  of  the  same,  or  for  a  further
Estate,  Interest,  or  Licence,  or  by  way  of  Reservation  of  such  Lands  as  may  be
required  for  public  Roads  or  other  internal  Communications  whether  by  Land  or