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Provincial Secretary\'s Office, Nelson,
October 24, 1859.

HIS Honour the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Extracts from the New Zealand Gazette, for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty\'s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled the "Gold Fields Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation, to constitute and appoint any portion of the Colony to be a "Gold Field" under the provisions of the said Act :

Now, therefore, I, THOMAS GORE BROWNE, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, do hereby, in pursuance of the said power and authority, constitute and appoint all that territory hereinafter described, to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the said Act : that is to say, All that territory commencing at the mouth of the Takaka river, thence up that river to its source at Mount Arthur, thence in a straight line to the source of the Karamea river, thence along the sea coast to the North Head of the Whakapauia river, thence along the Wakamarama range to Mount Burnett, thence by a line to the mouth of the Rua Taniwha river, thence by the sea coast to the commencing point at the mouth of the Takaka river.

And I declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, at Government House, at Auckland, this fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency\'s command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

NELSON GOLD FIELDS.

Crown Lands Office, Auckland,
6th October, 1859.

THE following Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners\' Rights shall be granted for the Massacre Bay Gold Fields have been issued by the Governor in Council under the 11th clause of the "Gold Fields Act, 1858."

HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

ISSUE OF "MINERS\' RIGHTS."

1. By whom Miners\' Rights shall be issued.—"Miners\' rights" shall be issued by an Officer specially authorized in that behalf by the Governor, on payment of a fee of One Pound.

EXTENT AND POSITION OF CLAIMS.

2. Extent allowed for each Claim.—The extent of ground that shall be occupied by any holder of a miner\'s right in respect of such miner\'s right, shall be, whether for sinking, surface digging, river working, tomming, or cradling, or for sluicing on ground or plank, or for mining on quartz reefs—
   In new ground . . . fifty feet square,
   In old ground . . . one hundred feet square.

3. Claims to be staked out.—Every claim must be distinctly marked by pegs, driven firmly into the ground, one at each corner thereof, and all to be kept clearly visible, so long as the claim is occupied. Provided that when any corner cannot be so marked, on account of the nature of the ground, such peg be placed at the nearest practicable point.

4. Space left between Claims.—A space or wall of two clear feet in breadth must be left between the boundaries of adjoining claims.

REWARDS FOR PROSPECTING.

5. Additional Claims granted for Discovery.—Persons who discover available land for mining shall be entitled to occupy, in addition to their own individual claims—
   If not more than two persons . . . one claim,
   If more than two persons . . . two claims.

ASSOCIATION.

6. Diggers may work in Parties.—Any number of persons holding miners\' rights and working together in parties or associations shall be entitled to hold any number of contiguous claims not exceeding their own number.

EMPLOYERS\' RIGHTS.

7. Rights of Servants vested in Employers during Service.—If any person or persons holding miners\' rights shall hire himself or themselves to employers for wages, the right to occupy the claim or claims of such hired servant or servants shall vest in the employers during the period of such service.

8. Reversion of Right on Close of Service.—If the claim so worked on hire by any servant shall have been occupied by himself previous to the commencement of service, it shall, on the termination thereof, at once revert to him; but if not, then he shall have no title to occupy it, unless the employer fail to engage another holder of a miner\'s right to occupy it within one week.

FORFEITURE OF CLAIM.

9. Fourteen Days\' Absence to forfeit Claim.—Any person discontinuing the working of his claim for fourteen consecutive days shall be considered to have forfeited such claim, except as hereinafter provided.

10. Notice of intended Absence to be given.—Any person discontinuing the working of his claim may do so after giving notice of such intention to his nearest neighbours, nor shall any other person be permitted to occupy the claim in his absence. Provided that such protection shall not continue longer than one month.