✨ Mining District and Prison Proclamations
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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1879.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1879.
Special Mining District under Section 66 of "The
Mines Act, 1877."
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section sixty-six of "The Mines
Act, 1877," power is given to the Governor
to proclaim special mining districts for the pre-
emption of homesteads, and for the purposes con-
templated in the said section:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, by virtue of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the said section sixty-six of "The Mines
Act, 1877," and of all other powers and authorities
thereunto enabling me, do hereby proclaim and
declare the piece of land described in the Schedule
hereto to be a special mining district for the purposes
of the sixty-sixth section of "The Mines Act, 1877."
SCHEDULE.
ALL that part of the Vincent County within the
Otago Mining District.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, 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
the Government House, at Wellington,
this eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
W. GISBORNE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Proclamation of Public Prison at Wellington.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Prisons Act,
1873," it is provided that the Governor may from
time to time, as to him shall seem meet, by Proclama-
tion published in the New Zealand Gazette, declare
any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a
public prison, and from and after the publication of
any such Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
or from any later time specified in the Proclamation,
such house, building, enclosure, or place shall be
deemed to be a public prison:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that portion of the
Government Reserve on Mount Cook, situated in
the City of Wellington, and known as the Immigra-
tion Barracks, to be a public prison.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, 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
the Government House, at Wellington,
this tenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
JOHN SHEEHAN,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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NZ Gazette 1879, No 74
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