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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
and to such persons as shall be authorized so to do in
writing under his hand, or the hand of his delegate;
and there is also reserved the right of granting
permission to prospect, without compensation, upon
any unimproved land, subject to such regulations as
the Governor or his delegate for the time being shall
from time to time appoint in this behalf; and every
lease shall be subject to a condition that such lease
may be determined when any gold or other metal or
mineral shall have been discovered on the land leased.

SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Notice.

No. (Place and Date.)

To Warden
I hereby apply for a lease of land for agricultural
purposes situate at [here state the locality] and
comprising acres or thereabouts: and I deposit
herewith the Gold Receiver's receipt for the sum of
ten pounds (£10) and agree to pay any further costs
and expenses which may be incurred in accordance
with the Agricultural Leases Regulations made under
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866."
Signature (name in full and address).

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Agricultural Lease Deposit Receipt.
No. of application
District of
Date,

Received from the sum of ten pounds,
being the deposit required by the Agricultural Lease
Regulations made under "The Gold Fields Act,
1866," on the application of the said for a
lease of land for agricultural purposes, situate at
[here state the locality], comprising acres
or thereabouts.

A. B., Gold Receiver.

In witness whereof I have hereunder set my
hand this twenty-fourth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is, amongst other things enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the
provisions of the said Act, from time to time, to make
regulations for any Gold Field or for any portion of
a Gold Field, and to alter, amend, or revoke the same,
and that such regulations may, amongst other things,
be for prescribing the terms and conditions upon
which Miners' Rights shall be granted, and the
modes, times, and places of the issue thereof.

And whereas by an Order in Council, made on the
twenty-seventh day of April last, His Excellency the
Governor, in exercise and pursuance of the power and
authority vested in him in that behalf, did delegate
unto me, Edward William Stafford, all the powers
vested in him under and by virtue of the said "Gold
Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred 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 the said
powers:

Now therefore, I, Edward William Stafford, Presi-
dent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do
hereby make the following additional regulation as
to the mode of the issue of Miners' Rights under
the said Act, within the Province of Otago, that is
to say-

"Every Miner's Right shall before the issue thereof
be signed by some Warden acting within the said
Province."

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand this twenty-fourth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Marlborough, intituled
"The Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1866 and 1867,"
which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Represen-
tatives for the District of Raglan has been returned
with a certificate to the effect that

JAMES FARMER,
of the Pah, Onehunga, Auckland, freeholder, has
been elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Represen-
tatives for the District of Parnell has been returned
with a certificate to the effect that

CHARLES HEAPHY,
of Parnell, Auckland, freeholder, has been elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint ROBERT HART, Esq.,
to be Assistant Law Officer to the Government of
New Zealand.
This appointment dates from the 6th January,
1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint SAMUEL NICHOL, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council for the District of Camp-
belltown, in the Province of Southland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JOHN BURNSIDE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Returning Officer for the Districts of
Dunedin, Roslyn, and Caversham, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

E. W. STAFFORD.