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map thereof, certified by the Surveyor-General or an authorised surveyor appointed by him in that behalf, and setting forth the reasons for disposing of the same. (b.) The Minister or local authority, as the case may be, shall cause 5 the land proposed to be sold to be valued by one or more competent valuers, and shall offer such land at the price fixed by such valuation—first, to the person then entitled to the land from which such land was originally taken ; and, if he refuse it, or cannot after due inquiry be found, then to 10 the owner of the adjacent lands, or, if there be more than one such owner, then to each of such owners in such order as the Minister or local authority thinks fit; and, if no such owner accepts such offer, may cause the land to be sold by public auction : 15 Provided, however, that the Governor may, without complying with any of the last foregoing provisions, sell by private contract or grant to any Education Board any lands taken for Government works, and may execute such grants, conveyances, and assurances as may be necessary to give effect to such sale or grant. 20 31. The purchase-money of land so sold shall" be paid into the Public Account or the ordinary fund of the local authority, as the case may be, and shall form part of the fund appropriated to the execution of the works in respect of which the said lands were taken under this Act. . . 25 32. (1.) Upon the payment of the purchase-money, the Minister or local authority, as the case may be, shall file in the District Land Registry Office for the district in which such land is situate a copy _ of the Order in Council directing the sale of the said lands, together with a copy of the certified map thereof, and also a certificate of the payment 30 of the purchase-money, with the name and address of the purchaser. (2.) Such Order in Council and certificate shall be deemed to be a memorandum of transfer of such land to such purchaser within the meaning of " The Land Transfer Act, 1885," and the Registrar shall register the same and deal therewith in the manner in the said Act pro--35 vided. 33. If any land at any time taken for public works under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance is not required for immediate use, the Minister or local authority by whom the land was taken may let the same upon such terms as he or it may respectively think fit for 40 any period not exceeding twenty-one years, and the rents and profits thereof shall be paid into the Public Account or the ordinary fund of the local authority, as the case may require. 34. (1.) His Majesty or the local authority, as the case may be, bufin the case of ? a local authority subject to the provisions of sub--45 section two hereof, may from time to time grant to any person any easement in, upon, through, over, or under any land taken or acquired for a public work, subject to such conditions and payment of rent as His Majesty or the locarauthority thinks fit, and subject to revocation without compensation at any time when the service of the public 50 requires it, and subject also to immediate revocation in case of the breacrTof any conditions under which such easement was granted.

Governor may sell or grant to Education Board.

Application of purchase-money. 1894, No. 42, sec. 30

Order in Council to constitute transfer of title. Ibid, sec. 31

Lands not wanted for immediate use may be let. Ibid, sec. 32

His Majesty or the local authority may grant easements over lands acquired for public work. Ibid, sec. 33

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