AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

under the third section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to include such land within any Gold Field, or to proclaim such land a Gold Field : And by the said Act it is further enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor by the preceding sections of the said Act (including the above-recited sections), subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as the Governor may think fit :

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power for that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby delegate to

THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, all the powers vested in the Governor by the said recited section of "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868," to have, hold, and exercise within the Province of Auckland, the said powers hereby delegated to the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer : Provided always that no Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies under the powers hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall have obtained power to authorise entry on such lands for mining for gold in the manner required by the said Act.

HENRY D. PITT, Captain R.A.,
Private Secretary,
For Clerk of the Executive Council.

PROCLAMATION.

By THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

I, THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in exercise of the powers and authority delegated to me under the provisions of the "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868," and "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," do hereby proclaim and declare that I do hereby alter, amend, and revoke the Regulations for granting of Leases for the Gold Fields within the Province of Auckland aforesaid, proclaimed on the 29th day of October, 1868, and on the 27th day of September, 1869, in manner following, that is to say,—

1. The deposit to be made under Regulation 5 shall be forty pounds instead of twenty pounds.

2. The words "together with a copy of the application" in Regulation 8 shall be omitted therefrom.

3. Regulation 9 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof :—
   In the case of applications already made, the survey of which has not yet been commenced, the applicant shall within one month from the issuing of these Regulations, and in the case of future applications the applicant shall within one month after lodging the application, cause a survey to be made of the land applied for, and shall deposit a plan thereof with the Warden, otherwise the application shall be deemed abandoned and the deposit made absolutely forfeited.

4. Regulation 10 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof :—
   Such plan shall show accurately the area, boundaries, and situation of the land applied for, the situation of any land over which any easement is required, and shall contain such particulars as may from time to time be prescribed by the Warden or other officer authorised by him.

5. In Regulation 11 the word "applicant" shall be substituted for the word "Surveyor," and the words "lodging his application" for the words "making the survey."

6. In Regulation 14 the word "applicant" shall be substituted for the word "Surveyor."

7. In Regulation 28, the word "forty" shall be substituted for the word "twenty."

8. In Regulation 29 all the words after "withdrawn" shall be omitted.

9. In Regulation 30 shall be added the words "but if the application be abandoned, or the counterpart lease be not executed as hereinbefore provided, the whole deposit shall be deemed forfeited."

10. In Regulations 34 and 37 the implied covenant by the lessor shall be as follows:—
    That it shall be lawful for the lessee quietly to enjoy the premises demised without any disturbance by any act of the lessor, but no covenant for good title shall be implied on the part of the lessor.

11. In Form B. to the said Regulations annexed the figures "£40" shall be substituted for the figures "£20."

12. Form C. to the said Regulations annexed is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

Form C.

Notice.—Regulation 11.

To all persons whom it may concern :

I hereby give notice that I (A. B.) of (place of residence), did this day apply to the Warden at (locality) for a Gold Mining Lease of Land, estimated to contain (area), which I have marked out, and that objections to the issue of such Lease, made in writing, stating the grounds of objection, must be lodged with a deposit of £10 at the Warden’s Office, (locality), not later than the 15th day after the day on which this notice was posted on the land applied for, being the day of the date hereof. And I further give notice that if any person who shall not have been in lawful occupation of the land previously to the marking out of the same as aforesaid, shall enter upon it, occupy it, or in any way interfere therewith, until or unless this application shall be refused, he will be deemed to be a trespasser, and may be proceeded against in the Warden’s Court under the 108th section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

Dated the _ day of __, 18__.

(Signature of A. B.)
Applicant.

Given under my hand and seal, at Auckland, in the said Province, this seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 8th January, 1870.

IN pursuance of the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and of the Regulations made under that Act for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant Leases for Gold Mining purposes to