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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

as though such lands had never been comprised in
any proclaimed gold field: And whereas, by Pro-
clamations bearing date the twenty-second day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight, and the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the seven-
teenth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, certain lands, including the
lands mentioned or described in the Schedule hereto,
were under and by virtue of the said Act proclaimed
and declared to be a gold field: And whereas it is
desirable and expedient to withdraw from the said
gold field the lands mentioned or described in the
said Schedule: Now therefore, I, Sir James Fer-
gusson, Baronet, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the lands in the said
Schedule hereto mentioned are hereby withdrawn
from the said gold field.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land contained within
the dotted red lines, being generally, unless otherwise
indicated on plan, not more than five chains on either
side of the line tinted blue on the plan marked "C.W.
145A," which plan is, for the purposes of this
Proclamation, identified by the signature of the
Honorable Edward Richardson, and deposited in
the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
at Hokitika, in the Province of Westland. The
said line commencing about 1 chain more or less
south-east of Barff's Gully Creek, in the Province
of Westland, at a peg driven into the ground and
marked 939, the said peg being a peg of the Waimea
Water Race survey line; proceeding thence in a
generally north-westerly direction for a distance of
about 91 chains, more or less, crossing Barrister's
Gully Creek; thence in a generally south-westerly
direction for a distance of about 25 chains, more or
less; thence in a generally south-south-westerly
direction for a distance of about 16 chains, more
or less, crossing "Liverpool Bill's" Creek; thence
in a generally westerly direction for a distance
of about 7 chains, more or less; thence in a gene-
rally north-westerly direction for a distance of about
2 chains, more or less, to a peg driven into the
ground, and marked 1035, the said peg being a peg
of the Waimea Water Race survey, and situated
about 2 chains, more or less, south of "Liverpool
Bill's" Creek.

And again, commencing west of Barrister's Gully
Creek, in the Province of Westland, at or near a
point situated about 9 chains, more or less, north-
west of the afore-mentioned peg of the Waimea
Water Race survey marked 939; proceeding thence
in a generally north-north-westerly direction for
a distance of about 9 chains, more or less; thence
in a generally north-westerly direction for a
distance of about 6 chains, more or less; thence
in a generally north-north-westerly direction for a
distance of about 14 chains, more or less, to a point
distant about 50 links, more or less, from a peg
driven into the ground, and marked 39, the said peg
being a peg of the survey line of Branch B, Waimea
Water Race.

The whole of the above-described piece or parcel
of land being situated between Ballarat Hill, Dam
Town, and Goldsboro', in the Province of Westland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-
third day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-
third day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Badge to be worn in the Union Jack used by the
Governor of New Zealand.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation bearing date the
twenty-third day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, it was, among other
things, appointed that the seal or badge to be worn
in accordance with the Queen's Regulations as the
distinguishing badge of the Colony should be the
Southern Cross, as represented in the flag known as
the Union Jack, by four five-pointed white stars on
the red ground of the St. George's Cross: And
whereas by order of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, it has been directed that the flag to be
used by Governors of Her Majesty's dominions in
foreign parts, and by Governors of all ranks and
denominations administering the Governments of
British Colonies or Dependencies, when embarked
in boats or other vessels, is the Union Jack, with the
arms or badge of the Colony emblazoned in the centre
thereof on a white shield surrounded by a green
garland:

Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby appoint that the seal or badge to
be worn in the Union Jack used by the Governor of
New Zealand, when embarked in any boat or other
vessel, shall be the Southern Cross as represented by
four five-pointed red stars emblazoned on the white
shield aforesaid, and the monogram N.Z. in red letters
in the centre of the Southern Cross.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and
over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Welling-
ton, this twenty-eighth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land withdrawn from Gold Field, Province of
Westland.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the forty-eighth
section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," that
any district proclaimed or to be proclaimed a gold
field shall not be subject to any provisions of any
Waste Lands Act or of any other law for the time
being in force regulating the sale, disposal, and occu-
pation of Crown lands within the province in which
such gold field is situate, except so far as such pro-
visions may relate to the granting of mineral leases,