THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
787

3rd of July, that the Queen's Exequaturs empower-
ing Mr. E. Pearce and Mr. W. Montgomery to act
as Swedish and Norwegian Consuls at Wellington
and Christchurch respectively, received Her Majesty's
signature on the 3rd instant, and that the notification
of Her Majesty's approval of these appointments ap-
pears in the Gazette of this day.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

Regulations for Water Rights.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1875.

THE following Regulations for Water Rights in
the Province of Auckland, recommended by His
Honor the Superintendent and Commissioner of
Crown Lands of that province, and approved by His
Excellency the Governor, are published for general
information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Regulations for granting Water Rights, under Part
VII., Section 73, of "The Auckland Waste Lands
Act, 1874."

1. The words "water right" shall be understood
   to mean and include the right to take, divert, or use
   any water flowing in, through, over, or along any
   Crown lands, or in, through, over, or along any lands
   of any person applying hereunder for such right, for
   the purpose of forming any dam, reservoir, lead, or
   flume, and any embankment in connection therewith.

¶2. Every water right under Part VII., section 73,
of "The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1874," shall be
granted for a period to be so fixed in the grant not
exceeding twenty-one years, subject nevertheless to
the determination thereof, as in manner hereinafter
provided.

3. Every grant of such water right shall be
   subject to the reservation of a certain sum of money
   annually, by way of rent; the amount of such rent,
   and the time and manner of payment thereof, to be
   fixed by the Superintendent, and to be specified in
   the grant.

4. Every person to whom any water right shall
   hereafter be granted for any of the purposes con-
   tained in the said section of the said Act, shall build
   or construct securely, safely, and in a proper and
   workmanlike manner, any dams, reservoirs, leads,
   flumes, embankments, or other works constructed
   under the authority of such water right, and shall
   keep and maintain the same in a proper state of
   repair.

5. It shall be lawful, in every case where the land
   over which the water flows concerning which any
   water right as aforesaid is sought, or the land
   surrounding or contiguous to such water is not the
   property of the Crown, for the Superintendent, or
   any person appointed by him, at all reasonable times,
   to enter upon such lands as aforesaid and view the
   state of repairs of all dams, reservoirs, leads, flumes,
   embankments, or other works constructed under the
   authority of any such water right thereupon, and
   to transmit or deliver to the grantee, or his assigns
   or agents, or leave at his or their place of abode, a
   notice in writing of any defect, requiring him or
   them, within a reasonable time to be therein pre-
   scribed, to repair or make good the same.

6. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent, at
   any time whatsoever during the term of the grant,
   upon breach of any condition contained in the grant
   or these regulations to be observed by any grantee,
   forthwith to determine the said right, for whatever
   purpose granted, by serving a written notice to that

effect, signed by him, upon the grantee, any provision
contained in Regulation Number Nine to the contrary
notwithstanding.

7. All notices required by these regulations to be
   delivered to the grantee or his assigns or agents shall
   be deemed to be sufficiently served by posting the
   same on any part of the ground over which the
   water right in respect of which such notices may be
   given shall be or shall have been exercised.

8. And any such person as aforesaid, upon the
   determination by effluxion of time or otherwise of
   such water right, or upon his ceasing to exercise
   such water right, shall leave all such dams, reser-
   voirs, leads, flumes, embankments, or other works in
   such state or condition as the Waste Lands Com-
   missioner shall, for the safety of life or property, or
   otherwise in the public interest, require and direct.

9. Every such right as aforesaid may be determined
   by the Superintendent at any time by giving the
   grantee six months' notice to that effect, and pay-
   ment of compensation to be fixed by arbitration.

10. The foregoing regulation shall apply with equal
    force in the case respectively where the water to or
    over which any right as aforesaid shall be sought
    lies in or between or adjoining or flows through or
    over any land possessed by the Crown or any appli-
    cant.

11. The applicant for any such right shall pay to
    the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on application,
    the sum of five (5) pounds to cover the cost of pre-
    paring the grant. If the application is not granted,
    the said sum will be returned to him; but if the
    application is granted, the said fee will be retained
    and paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue for the
    time being, as directed by section 11, Part II., of the
    Act.

12. Every person desirous of obtaining a water
    right under these regulations shall make written
    application for the same to the Superintendent, and,
    as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, notice of
    such application shall be given to every owner or
    occupier of land affected thereby, and no water
    right shall be granted until such notice shall have
    been duly given as aforesaid.

13. Every such notice of application shall be given
    by the applicant in writing, and shall be served upon
    every owner or occupier as aforesaid personally, or
    by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode
    or business.

Consul appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1875.

It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has instructed
His Excellency the Governor to recognize the appoint-
ment of

CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON, Esq.,
as Consular Agent for Italy, at Wellington.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES THOMAS PAIN, Jun.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Waimate, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
the 8th day of May, 1873, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of the 9th day of May,
1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.