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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs, I during the absence of the Honble. Crosbie
Auckland, April 5th, 1862. Ward.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been M This appointment to bear date from the 7th
pleased to appoint
SAMUEL BESWICK, ESQ., M.R.C.S.,
Native Medical Attendant for the District of! Kaiapoi.
This appointment to date from the 1st
November, 1861.
WILLIAM FOX,
For Minister for Native Affairs.

HENRY SEWELL,
Secretary of Crown Lands.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, April 5th, 1862. Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint pleased to appoint
GEORGE TAYLOR CATLING, ESQ., M.B., HENRY HANSON TURTON, Esq., R.M.,
to be Native Medical Attendant for the District to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands under
of Bank's Peninsula. the "Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. x., No.
This appointment to date from the 1st 1," and "Crown Lands Ordinance Amendment
November, 1861. and Extension Ordinance, Sess. xi., No. 10."
WILLIAM FOX, This appointment to bear date from the 1st
For Minister for Native Affairs. March ultimo.

HENRY SEWELL,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, April 5th, 1862. Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been HIS Excellency directs that the following
pleased to appoint Provisional Rules and Regulations for
JOSEPH GILES, ESQ., the Coromandel Gold Fields be published for
Native Medical Attendant for the District of general information.
Waiuku, vice GEORGE TOPP, Esq., removed. HENRY SEWELL,
This appointment to date from the 1st Secretary for Crown Lands.
ultimo.
WILLIAM FOX,
For Minister for Native Affairs.

At a public meeting of prospectors for
gold, held at the Tiki, Coromandel, on the
15th of March, 1862, the following Provisional
Regulations were agreed upon:---

1. That all works, whether of prospecting
   or digging, shall be confined to such lands as
   are at present open to exploration, or may be
   so open from time to time.
2. That the exceptions made by the Natives
   in their agreement with the Government (as
   explained in Mr. McLean's letter of Nov. 7th,

1861. be duly respected until such time as
      better terms may be arranged.
      Extent of Claim.

3. The extent of ground that shall be occu-
   pied by any miner shall be, whether for sink-
   ing, surface digging, river working, tomming,
   or cradling, or for sluicing on ground or plank,
   or for mining on quartz reef---
   For shallow sinking, i.e., under 30 feet
   deep, 30 feet square per claim.
   For deep sinking, i.e., above 30 feet deep,
   50 feet square per claim.
   For quartz mining, 50 feet along the reef,
   by 300 feet in width.
   Prospecting.
4. Persons who discover available lands 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.
5. Any number of persons having miners'
   claims, and working together in parties, or
   associations, shall be entitled to hold such

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland, April 5th, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
SAMUEL CURL, ESQ., M.D.,
Native Medical Attendant for the District of
Rangitikei.
This appointment to date from the 19th
ultimo.
WILLIAM FOX,
For Minister for Native Affairs.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES WATHEN PREECE, Coromandel,
to lay Informations under "The Native Land
Purchase Ordinance, Sess. vii., No. 19."
WILLIAM FOX,
For Minister for Native Affairs.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
The Honble. HENRY SEWELL
to be ad interim Secretary for Crown Lands.