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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Honor OSWALD CURTIS, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 72, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any Province established by the said Act, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, to fix such place or places within the limits of the Province, and such times for holding any Session of the Provincial Council as he may think fit, and from time to time in manner as aforesaid to alter and vary such times and places as he may judge advisable, and most consistent with general convenience:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim and appoint that the Provincial Council of Nelson shall meet at the Provincial Hall, Nelson, on TUESDAY, the Eleventh day of May next, at noon.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this Thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

Attested—

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 3rd April, 1875.

THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that

JOHN MILLAR, Esquire, C.E., F.S.A.,
has this day been appointed Provincial Engineer and Chief Surveyor for the Province of Nelson.

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 30th March, 1875.

THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that the Order made by two Justices of the Peace at a Meeting held at Spring Grove, in the Province of Nelson, on the 1st day of March, 1875, for the Stopping up of certain Lines of Road in the Waimea South and Dovedale districts, and for the Substitution of certain other Lines of Road in lieu thereof, as described in the Nelson Provincial Government Gazette, of the 16th day of January, 1875, has this day been confirmed by the Superintendent and Executive Council in accordance with the provisions of "The Alterations of Roads Ordinance, 1854."

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 30th March, 1875.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Superintendent has granted a Special Claim for Goldmining purposes to ALEXANDER CAMPBELL and others of the block of Land hereinafter described, viz:—

A block of land situate on a terrace between No Town Creek and Abe's Gully, in the Grey Valley district, containing sixteen acres two roods and ten perches, more or less.

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 30th March, 1875.

THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that it is intended after the expiration of two months from the date hereof, to grant Leases for Goldmining purposes of the Crown Lands within the district of the Nelson South-west Goldfields, hereinafter described, viz:—

GREY DISTRICT.

1. A block of land, containing ten acres, more or less, situated at Orwell Creek, Grey Valley. Applied for by Lemuel McNair.
2. A block of land, containing ten acres, more or less, situated at Orwell Creek, Grey Valley. Applied for by Robert Rutledge and others.
3. A block of land containing ten acres, more or less, situate at Orwell Creek, Grey Valley. Applied for by James Dawe and others.
4. A block of land containing ten acres more or less, situate at Orwell Creek, Grey Valley. Applied for by John Rees.

INANGAHUA DISTRICT.

A block of land containing fifteen acres, more or less, situate at Murray Oreek. Applied for by Matthew Byrne, for the Golden Treasure Goldmining Company.

BULLER DISTRICT.

A block of land containing ten acres, more or less, situate on the south bank of the Buller River, about one mile below the Junction of the Lyell. Applied for by Louis Roulet, for the Great Mountaineer Water-race Company.

CHARLESTON DISTRICT.

A block of land containing two acres, more or less, situate at White Horse Terrace, between Charleston and Brighton. Applied for by Daniel Gregory and F. W. Thiele, Niagara Gold Mining Company.

WEST WHANGANUI DISTRICT.

A block of land containing fifteen acres three roods and twenty-eight perches, more or less, situate at Beaton's Creek. Applied for by John Ross, Manager of the Golden Ridge Quartz-Mining Company, Limited.

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 30th March, 1875.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful Tenders is published for general information.

ROAD.—MATAKITAKI TO LYELL.—Section No. 9—76 chains.

Accepted.

£ s. d.
7 0 0 per chain.

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