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SttiJ, further, that nothing contained in this contract shall be deemed in any way to abridge, control, modify or supersede any power, remedy, or authority which under the said Act is vested in or may be exercised by the Governor in Council, or the Governor, or the Minister for Public Works. Cf)£ word "Governor" in this contract has the like meaning as is attached thereto by " The Interpretation Act, 1878." In bntttCgS fcoftercot these presents have been executed by the parties hereto on the day and year first above written. The seal of the Company was hereunto affixed this J. M. Daegaville, twenty-first day of August, one thousand eight E. Mitchelson, hundred and eighty-two, by two of the Direc- Directors, tors of the Company, in the presence of —• L. B. LINKLATEE, (•"*•) Seal oftheKaihu Valley Railway ,-, -i j-. Company (Limited). Secretary to the Company. Signed by Sir James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zea- James Pbendebgast, land, with the advice of the Executive Council Adminisirator of the Government of thereof, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the Colony of New Zealand, and sealed with the Public Seal of the said Colony, in the presence of —■ Foster Goeing, (l' s-> Seal of tho Colony. Clerk of the Executive Council. 21st August, 1882.

FIEBT SCHEDULE. 1. No sale of land shall be held until after thirty days' public notice of the time and place thereof shall be uiven in at least one Auckland newspaper. 2. Sales of land ma}- either be by auction or by applications receivable on a given day. In the event of more than one application for the same section of land on the same day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m., the land applied lor shall be put up to public auction, and the bidding at such auction shall be limited to the applicants. 3. Pastoral land—that is, the higher slopes on the hills —to be surveyed generally, so far as the natural features will permit, in sections at least twice the depth to the breadth, the depth running back with the slope of the hills. Sand-hills to be deemed pastoral land, and may be surveyed in such areas as the Company may deem best. 4. Governor to have the right of selecting, free of cost, in each town and village, on land acquired by the Company, an area not exceeding three acres for post and telegraph offices, court house, policestation, and other public buildings ; also an area not exceeding five acres for a school silo. At cross roads or other suitable places in rural districts Governor to have the right of selecting, free of cost, five acres for a school site, at distances four or five miles apart. 5. The surveys of lands to be conducted on the New Zealand system of surveys, so that the plans, traverse reductions, and field-books may be conformable with the public survey records of the colony from which the descriptions of title are taken. 6. All record surveys and classification of agricultural and pastoral land to be subject to the approval of the Surveyor-General, or officer nominated by him. 7. All agricultural and pastoral lands, and not less than one-fourth of the area set apart for town, village, and suburban lands, shall be offered for sale not later than twelve months after the railwayline has been opened for traffic to the locality of such lands. 8. The price of agricultural arid pastoral lands shall not be less per acre than the valuation already made in terms of section 102 of the said Act. 9. All lands shall be surveyed, mapped, and lithograph plans of sections published before being advertised for sale. Witness — J. M. Dargaville, L. B. Linklatee. E. Miteh elson, Directors. EoSTEE GoEING, JaMES PeENDEEGAST. Clerk of the Executive Council. 21st August, 1882.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Scam: op Eases and Chabges.—Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 87, October 24,1881, pp. 1339-1374.

Authority : G-eobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.