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 6 "the local Government) that the sum required by "Article 2 (viz. 1s. 6d. per Acre), has been actually "expended in some investment of the nature specified "in Article 3 or in the cultivation of the Land, or in "solid improvements, such as buildings, Roads, or "other Works of that kind.

"6. Any Land, thus allotted of which a fair propor- "tion, at least one fourth, shall not have been brought "into cultivation, or otherwise improved to the satis- "faction of the local Government, within three years "from the date of the Licence of Occupation, shall at the "end of the three years, be liable to one further payment "of 6d. per Acre for all the land not so cultivated or im- "proved, into the Public Chest of the Settlement; and "at the expiration of seven years more, so much of the "whole Grant as shall still remain in an uncultivated "or unimproved state, will revert absolutely to the "Crown. And in every Grant will be contained a Con- "dition, that, at any time within ten years from the "date thereof, the Government may resume without "compensation, any Land not then actually cultivated, "or improved as before mentioned, which may be re- "quired for Roads, Canals, or Quays, or for the site "of Public Buildings.

"7. After the year 1830, Land will be disposed of, "to those Settlers who may resort to the Colony, on "such conditions as His Majesty's Government shall "determine.

"8. It is not intended that any Convicts be trans- "ported to this new Settlement.

"9. The Government will be administered by Cap- "tain Stirling, of the Royal Navy, as Lientenant "Governor of the Settlement; and it is proposed that