that all such town, suburban, and rural lands shall be let, sold, occupied, and disposed of for such prices, in such manner, for such purposes, upon such terms, and subject to such regulations as the Governor in Council shall from time to time prescribe for that purpose: And whereas it is expedient that regulations should be made and prescribed for the letting of lands in the said settlement containing coal:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make and prescribe the regulations in the Schedule hereto, for the letting, occupation, and disposal of such of the waste lands of the Crown in the said settlement as contain coal.

SCHEDULE.

1. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent for the time being of the Province of Auckland, from time to time, by private contract or otherwise as to him may seem fit, to agree with any person or persons for the lease of any land within the said settlement containing coal, not being land laid out as a town or in suburban allotments: provided that the land to be comprised in any such lease shall not exceed an area of two square miles and that no such lease shall be for a term exceeding twenty-one years.

2. Every such lease shall be executed by the Governor in the name of Her Majesty, and a rent or royalty shall be reserved therein at a rate of not less than six-pence for every ton of coal raised during the term of the lease on the land in the said lease comprised, and shall contain clauses, to be framed to the satisfaction of the Governor, for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned; that is to say—

(1.) For securing payment of the royalty or rent.

(2.) For enabling the Governor, or some person authorized by him, from time to time, to enter and view the demised premises, and every part thereof.

(3.) For securing the regular, proper, and efficient winning and working of the coal and other minerals.

(4.) For enabling the Governor, and all persons authorized by him, to have access in, through, and over the demised lands, and all mines and shafts to be driven or sunk therein, and to make roads, adits, and approaches through and over the same, without making any compensation, and to make use of any canal, railroad, or tramway constructed or to be constructed by the lessee therein or thereupon, upon making reasonable compensation for the same.

(5.) For securing the delivery and surrender of the demised lands at the expiration or other sooner determination of the term, with all improvements thereon, in good and tenantable repair, to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors.

(6.) For determining and making void the lease, upon breach on the part of the lessee of any of the conditions, stipulations, or provisions herein contained or implied.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 29th September, 1868.

THE following Notification is re-published from the New Zealand Gazette for general information.

EVERY MACLEAN,
Deputy Superintendent.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by ALAN BAILLIE, Esq., of his appointment as a Warden of all Wardens’ Courts within the Gold Fields of the Province of Auckland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By EVERY MACLEAN, Esquire,
Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

WHEREAS by an Act made and passed by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, entitled “The Municipal Police Act, 1866,” it is amongst other things enacted that the Superintendent may from time to time, by public notification in the Provincial Government Gazette, appoint and define the limits of cities, towns, and other places within the Province of Auckland, for the purposes of this Act.

Now therefore I, EVERY MACLEAN, Deputy of the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland aforesaid, pursuant to the authority vested in the Superintendent in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that for the purposes of the said “Auckland Municipal Police Act, 1866,” the limits of the Town of GRAHAM’S TOWN, within which the said Act shall from the date hereof come into force, shall comprise all those lands known as the Waiotahi Highway District within the Province of