THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 791

specific purpose set opposite such description in the
and fifty-second sections of the said Act: And
second column of the said Schedule, and such land
whereas it is expedient that the regulations respect-
shall henceforth be deemed to be reserved and set
ing agricultural leases under Appendix B to the said
apart for such last-mentioned specific purpose, and
Act, and numbered three, five, ten, twelve, thirteen,
no other.
fifteen, and eighteen, should be amended:

SCHEDULE.

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
| Description and Purpose of Reserve. | Intended Purpose. |
hereby order that the regulations under Appendix B
| :--- | :--- |
| Town of Timaru, Reserve No. 751, 3 roods
3 perches. As a site for a railway station. | Municipal pur-
poses. |
particularly referred to above shall be and are
hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu
thereof:—

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Who may apply.

3. Every application must be made by the appli-
   cant in person; and the Warden shall not entertain
   any application unless he is satisfied that the person
   is of the full age of twenty-one years, and legally
   capable of being bound by the contract into which it
   is thereby proposed to enter, and is not in respect of
   the land applied for, or in respect of any part thereof,
   the agent or servant of or a trustee for any other
   person.

Appointment of Resident Magistrate's Court for
Ridings in the County of Grey, pursuant to the
47th Section of "The Counties Act, 1876."

Objections.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

5. Objections that the applicant is not of the full
   age of twenty-one years, or that he is in respect of
   IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
   the land applied for the agent or servant of or the
   in me by the forty-seventh section of "The
   trustee for any other person, or that the whole or any
   Counties Act, 1876," I, Hercules George Robert
   portion of the land applied for is claimed or owned
   Robinson, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
   do hereby appoint the Resident Magistrate's Court
   by any person other than the applicant, or is in the
   whole or in part auriferous, or is or is likely to be
   named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to
   required for any public purpose, must be made in
   be the Resident Magistrate's Court for the ridings
   in the County of Grey named in and set opposite
   writing to the Warden, and lodged at the office at
   to such Courts respectively in the second column of
   which the application shall have been lodged twenty-
   the said Schedule to which any person who considers
   four hours at the least before the time appointed for
   himself aggrieved by his own name or that of any
   hearing; and the person objecting must at the time
   other person being entered on or omitted from the
   appointed for hearing urge the objection personally,
   roll of such ridings respectively, or by the number
   or by counsel or agent.
   of votes allotted to him or to any other person
6. At any time before finally dealing with any
   thereon being more or fewer than that to which he
   application the Warden may require a report or
   or such other person is entitled under the said Act,
   survey to be made by the District Surveyor, and in
   may apply for relief.
   such case the cost of such survey or report shall be
   paid in advance to the Receiver of Gold Revenue
   SCHEDULE.
   either by the applicant or the objector, or partly by
   | Name of Resident Magistrate's
   Court. | Name of Ridings. |
   both, as may be decided by the Warden.
   | :--- | :--- |
   | The Resident Magistrate's
   Court, Greymouth. | For the Ridings of Marsden,
   Cobden, and Brunnerton,
   County of Grey. |
   Granting Certificate.
7. If no valid objection as aforesaid be made,
   | The Resident Magistrate's
   Court, Ahaura. | For the Ridings of Waipuna
   and Nelson Creek, County
   of Grey. |
   and no reason be known to the Warden why the
   application should not be granted, or if on hearing
   such application he shall decide that a part only
   of the land applied for should be granted, he shall
   require the applicant to pay to the Receiver of
   Gold Revenue a sum, calculated in the case where
   survey fees have not been paid by the applicant at
   the rate of three shillings per acre, and in the case
   where survey fees have been paid by the applicant at
   the rate of one shilling and sixpence per acre, of the
   land intended to be granted; and such payment shall
   cover all charges in respect of such grant, inclusive
   of rent, for the first six months of the term; and
   upon production of the Receiver's receipt for the
   above sum to the Warden, he shall give to the appli-
   cant a certificate in the form of Schedule B hereto,
   bearing even date with such receipt, from which date
   the commencement of the term of the lease (if a
   lease be granted) shall be taken and computed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this sixth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Governor's Power to refuse Lease reserved.
13. On issuing any certificate the Warden shall
forthwith forward to the Governor a duplicate of
such certificate, and, notwithstanding the issue of the
same, it shall be lawful for the Governor within sixty
days from the date thereof to refuse to grant to the
applicant a lease of the land referred to in such
certificate; and immediately upon such refusal being
communicated to the applicant, either personally or
by letter addressed to him at his usual or last known

Amending Regulations respecting Agricultural
Leases under "The Mines Act, 1877."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of "The
Mines Act, 1877" (herein referred to as "the
said Act"), it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said
Act, from time to time to make, alter, amend, and
revoke rules and regulations for all or any of the
purposes thereinafter enumerated: And whereas by
the fifty-third section of the said Act it is enacted
that the rules and regulations contained in the Ap-
pendices to the said Act shall be deemed to be the
first rules and regulations made under the fifty-first