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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

reason of absence, sickness, or any other lawful im-
pediments, to execute a lease the lawful attorney or
attorneys of such lessee or lessees shall be permitted
to execute such lease for and on his or their behalf.

24. Power of Attorney.
    All such attorneys shall be appointed under power
    of attorney, in the form or to the effect set forth in
    the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked E., and the
    execution thereof shall be attested by a Justice of
    the Peace, and every such power of attorney shall be
    registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds
    before it shall be acted upon.

SCHEDULE A.
(Form of Application for Lease.)
Place and date.

To
SIR,—I herewith deposit the sum of twenty pounds
(£20), as required by the Mining Lease Regulations
of Nelson, and I agree if my application (the parti-
culars of which are hereunder set forth) be investi-
gated, that such sum shall in all respects be held
subject to the terms of such regulations, and that
upon the approval of this application, I will execute
a lease upon the basis therein stated if the Governor
shall think fit to grant the same.

I have, &c.,
Signature of Applicant.

SCHEDULE В.

Name and Address
in full of Applicant.
Style under which it
is intended to con-
duct the business.
Extent of Land ap-
plied for.
Minimum
number of Men
to be
employed
by the Lessee.
(1.) For the first
months
men.
(2.) Subsequently
when in full work,
men.
Amount of Capital
proposed to be in-
vested..
Proposed mode of
working the land.
Precise Locality.
Term for which Lease
required.
Time of commencing
operations.
General Remarks.

(Form of Receipt for deposit with Warden.)
In the matter of the application for a lease under
the Mining Lease Regulations.
Received from the above-named parties the sum of
twenty pounds (£20) pursuant to the Regulations
for Leases of Lands for Gold Mining.
Dated, &c.
Signature of Warden.

SCHEDULE С.
(Form of Notice to be posted by the Surveyor.)
To all persons whom it may concern
I hereby give notice that residing at
did on the day of apply to the
Warden at for a gold mining lease
of (acres or yards) of land, which I have this day
marked out, and that any person desiring to object
to the issue of such lease must within twenty-one
clear days from the date of this notice forthwith
enter his objection at the office of the said Warden.
And I further give notice that the said land is
exempted from occupation for any purpose what-
soever until the application of the aforesaid has been
finally dealt with.

Dated the day of Signature Surveyor.

SCHEDULE D.
(Form of Receipt for deposit with Warden.)
In the matter of the application of
for a lease under the Mining Lease Regulations,
and of objections thereto lodged by A.B.C.D. &c.
Received from
the sum of ten pounds (£10), pursuant to the regula-
tions for leases of Crown Lands for Gold Mining.
Dated, &c.
(Signed) Warden.
J.K.}
L.M.} Names of applicants and addresses.

SCHEDULE Е.
Know all men by these presents, that I, A.B. (or
we A.B. and C.D.) do hereby make, nominate,
constitute and appoint, and in my (or our) place and
stead put E.F. of (residence and addition) to be my
(or our) true and lawful attorney for me (or us) and
in my name (or our names) to accept the lease of
auriferous Crown Land for mining purposes for which
I (or we) on the day of 18
applied, and the deed of which was on the day of 18 executed by His Excellency
the Governor, and for me (or us) and in my name
(or our names) and as my (or our) act and deed to
sign, seal and deliver such deed of lease, and for me
(or us) and in my name (or our names) to enter
into all such covenants and agreements as I (or we)
shall be required to enter into in and by said deed
or otherwise, in the matter of said lease, and generally
for me (or us) and in my name (or our names) to do
execute and perform all such other acts, deeds, and
things as may be necessary or may be required to be
done executed or performed in and about the accept-
ance and execution respectively for me (or us) and
in my name (or our names) of such lease and deed of
lease respectively, and I (or we) do hereby ratify and
confirm and covenant that I (or we) will ratify and
confirm all and whatsoever the said E.F. shall law-
fully do or cause to be done in or about the premises
by virtue of this power.
In witness whereof, &c.

N. B. — Printed copies of the forms in these
Schedules will be issued at the Warden's office free
of expense.

G. GREY, Governor.

PURSUANT to the Royal Instructions of the
Twelfth day of August, 1861, His Excellency
Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the Governor, doth by this
Instrument, under the Public Seal of the Colony,
appoint

The Honorable EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD,

being one of the Members of the Executive Council
of the Colony, to preside in the said Executive
Council during the absence therefrom of the Governor.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-fourth day of February,
the year of our Lord one thousand eigli
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.