WHEREAS by the second section of an Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The John Jones’ Land Claims Settlement Act 1867” the said John Jones was authorized to purchase to the amount of eight thousand five hundred pounds (£8,500) any of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Otago open for sale or selection without payment in cash at auction or by selection without auction or otherwise but subject in every respect to the law in force for the time being regulating the sale and disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the said Province and the price at which lands shall be sold except only so far as such law requires payment for such lands to be paid in money or cash provided however the right to make any such purchase should be exercised within twelve months after the passing of the said Act and not afterwards And whereas by the third section of the said Act it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the said John Jones to exercise such right wholly at one time or from time to time (provided the same be exercised before the expiration of such period as aforesaid) and to purchase land in one parcel or in more parcels than one but not exceeding three parcels And whereas it is expedient to extend the time within which such purchase may be made and otherwise to amend the said Act