Government Rights and Dealings with Land.
68. In case of any outstanding and incomplete purchase or lease
Manner of dealing with incomplete Government purchases and leases
of Titled Land heretofore made by or on behalf of the Government, it shall he lawful for any Government Native Land Purchase Agent, to apply to the Commissioner in the manner hereinbefore provided for dealing with outstanding and incomplete purchases or leases, made by private persons, and the Commissioner shall then proceed to ascertain and determine the same in the manner provided for in sections 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30 hereof.
69. The Government shall not hereafter enter into any dealings
Future proceedings to be similar to those of private persons
for Native Lands, and shall not acquire any other land whatsoever, in any manner different to that prescribed for dealings therewith by persons other than the Crown.
70. Linos of road surveyed by any District Surveyor through or
over any "reserved" or "disposable land" which may be required now or hereafter, shall be vested in the Crown, but in return for the cession of such lands for public roads by the Native owners, free of charge, no highway or other rates shall be levied on any reserved land.
71. If it shall appear to the Governor to be desirable that any
Lauds may be taken for public purposes
land should be reserved for railways, or for any other public purposes (other than ordinary public roads) within any district, whether such land he classed as Reserved Land or as Disposable Land, it shall be lawful for the Governor to take the same under the provisions of "The Public Works Act," and the amount of compensation to be given to the owners shall be ascertained, determined, and paid in the manner prescribed in the last-mentioned Act.
72. The Governor may order that any Native Reserve heretofore
The Governor may order Native Reserves to be dealt with under this Act
made within the Colony of Now Zealand, under any repealed Ordinance or Act, or under "The West Coast Settlements Reserves Act, 1881," may be dealt with under this Act, instead of by the Public Trustee, and the Commissioner appointed to administer the same shall have all the powers held by the Public Trustee in that behalf.