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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

In the Province of Marlborough.
The Officer Commanding or Adjutant of the Militia
and Volunteers.

In the Province of Canterbury.
The Officer Commanding or Adjutant of the Militia
and Volunteers.

In the Province of Otago.
The Officer Commanding or Adjutant of the Militia
and Volunteers.

In the Province of Southland.
The Officer Commanding or Adjutant of the Militia
and Volunteers.!!!

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 Auckland, this
thirteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Governor's Order.

G. GREY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby approve of the undermentioned ports, viz. :-

Auckland,
Wellington,
Nelson,
Greymouth,
Hokitika,
Lyttelton,
Dunedin,
Invercargill, and
Bluff Harbour,

to be ports for the importation and warehousing of
Opium.

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 Auckland, this
sixteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs.)

account of its auriferous character, and such regula-
tions from time to time to amend alter and revoke.

And whereas, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance of the power vested in him in that behalf,
did, by proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of
April last, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
on the twenty-seventh day of April last, make the
regulations contained in the said proclamation:

And whereas, by an Order in Council made on the
twenty-seventh day of April last, His Excellency did
delegate to me, Edward William Stafford, President
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, all the
powers vested in him under or by virtue of the said
"Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers con-
ferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to have
hold and exercise within the Province of Otago :

And whereas, it is expedient to revoke the said
proclamation and regulations:

Now therefore, I, Edward William Stafford, in
exercise of the power delegated to and vested in me
in this behalf, do hereby revoke the said proclamation
and regulations, as far, but so far only, as they affect
or relate to the Province of Otago and the proclaimed
Gold Fields therein, and the Crown Lands within such
Gold Fields; and I do hereby make the following
regulations, prescribing the mode in which applica-
tions may be made for leases of Crown Lands for
agricultural purposes within any proclaimed Gold
Field in the said Province of Otago, the quantity of
land not exceeding fifty acres which shall and may
be granted in a lease in any particular block, the
amount of deposit to be paid by any applicant
therefor, and by any objector thereto, the terms and
conditions upon which such leases may be held,
occupied, assigned, transferred, forfeited, and can-
celled, the amount of rent payable therefor, and the
terms and place of payment, the conditions upon
and the manner in which entry to search for gold, or
for any metal or mineral, upon any land so leased,
may be authorized, and the terms and conditions
upon which holders of miners' rights may be
permitted to mine upon land the lease for which
shall have been determined on account of its
auriferous character.

REGULATIONS.

Mode of Application.

1. Every application for an agricultural lease of
   Crown Land within the Otago Gold Field must
   be made in the form of the first Schedule hereto, or
   to the like effect, to the Warden of the district
   wherein the land is situate; and copies of such
   application must be posted and maintained by the
   applicant for a period of fourteen (14) days, on
   boards standing not less than three (3) feet above
   the surface of the ground, and erected one at each
   corner of the land so applied for.

Deposit to be paid by Applicant.

2. Before any such application shall be received by
   the Warden, the applicant must pay to a Receiver
   of Gold Revenue, the sum of ten pounds (£10) as a
   deposit, and every application must be accompanied
   by a deposit receipt for the sum so paid in the form
   in the second Schedule hereto.

Charge on Deposit.

3. Each deposit as aforesaid shall be chargeable
   with the first half-year's rent, and also with any
   costs or expenses that may be incurred by any person
   who shall make a valid objection to the granting of
   the lease, the amount of which costs and expenses
   shall be adjudged by the Warden, the balance, if any,
   of such deposit will be returned after the application
   has been finally dealt with.