The Short Title of this Act is “The Omaka Recreation Reserve Sale Act, 1890.”

The Governor may authorise the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Marlborough Land District to sell and dispose of, either together or in lots, by public auction or by public tender, as he may think fit, the land described in the Schedule hereto.

The Governor may issue such Crown grants, and do, execute, and perform the several acts, deeds, matters, and things necessary to give effect to the sale authorised by this Act.

All moneys received from the sale of any of the said land shall, after the deduction therefrom of the expenses of survey and sale, he held by the Receiver of Land Revenue in deposit account, and shall be applied by the Governor on behalf of Her Majesty in the purchase and improvement of land, in or adjacent to the Town of Blenheim, which the Governor shall deem suitable for the purposes of a recreation reserve.

All land obtained by such purchase by Her Majesty shall he conveyed or transferred to Her Majesty, and shall be held by Her Majesty for the same objects and purposes and upon the same trusts as the land described in the Schedule hereto was held immediately before the passing of this Act.