WHEREAS Walter Lawrence Martin, formerly an officer in Her Majesty’s 15th Regiment of Foot, under the regulations then in force under “The Waste Lands Act, 1858,” obtained a land order entitling him to select four hundred acres in the Province of Wellington, and in accordance with such order selected the piece of land described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas, after residing in the said province for nearly three years after making such selection, he became insane, and was in consequence of such insanity sent to England, where he has since continued to reside: And whereas, according to the terms of the regulations hereinbefore mentioned, if the said Walter Lawrence Martin had resided in the said province for forty-eight calendar months out of the period of five years from such selection as aforesaid, he would have been entitled to a Crown grant of the land so selected: And whereas the wife of the said Walter Lawrence Martin has continued to reside within the Province of Wellington: And whereas it is desirable that such grant should be made to the said Walter Lawrence Martin as hereinafter provided: