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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 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 first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for the Hirstfield Village Settlement, Southland Land District.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the twentieth section of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for sale as a village settlement, upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in an Order in Council to be made under the twenty-first section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Longwood Survey District recently surveyed, and called the Township of Hirstfield. Bounded towards the North by the north side of Denbigh Street; on the East by the east side of Frome Street; on the South by a Government road-line, and by Section No. 19 of Block II. of said district; and on the West by the Ocean.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 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 second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land within the Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field exempted from Occupation for Mining Purposes.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the eighth section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, in the Proclamation constituting a mining district, and also from time to time by Proclamation subsequently issued, either by general or particular description, to set apart for mining purposes exclusively any portion of Crown lands within a mining district, and in like manner to exempt from occupation for mining purposes, or for water-races, dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business, or residence sites, any land within the boundaries of such mining district, and from time to time any such exemption to revoke, and the limits and extent of the land in any such district comprised to alter as he may think fit:

And whereas at the time of the commencement of the said Act there was constituted a gold field known as the Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field, and such gold field is, by the provisions of the said “Mines Act, 1877,” to be deemed a mining district under that Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is within such mining district, and it is expedient to exempt the same from occupation for mining purposes, or for water-races, dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business, or residence sites:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Mines Act, 1877,” do proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby exempted from occupation for mining purposes, or for water-races, dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business, or residence sites.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Longwood Survey District recently surveyed, and called the Township of Hirstfield. Bounded towards the North by the north side of Denbigh Street; on the East by the east side of Frome Street; on the South by a Government road-line, and by Section No. 19 of Block II. of said district; and on the West by the ocean.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 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 second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the Crown.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been purchased out of the sums authorized under “The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870,” and Acts amending the same, to be issued and expended in the purchase of lands in the North Island of New Zealand, and it is expedient that the said lands should be declared to be waste lands of the Crown:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the seventeenth section of “The Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876,” and the twenty-eighth section of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879,” and all other authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare the said lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject, except as in the first-mentioned Act provided, to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the laws regulating the sale and disposal of waste lands of the Crown in force in the Land District of Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

OHINEMURI GOLD FIELDS.

ALL those parcels of land in the District of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, as hereinafter described:—

Ohinemuri No. 1.—Containing by admeasurement 2,770 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by Native land, 36338 links; towards the South-east by Ohinemuri No. 2 Block, 9100 links and 30000 links; towards the West by Te Puru-o-te-Rangi No. 2 Block, 1170 links; towards the North by Ohinemuri Nos. 14A and 14 Blocks, 1950 links; again towards the West and South by the Ohinemuri No. 14 Block aforesaid, 2600 links and 1950 links; again towards the West by the Hararahi No. 1 and Taiwhakarewakauri Blocks, and by Native land, 4907 links; again towards the North by a stream; again towards the West by the Ohinemuri No. 15 Block, 437 links; again towards the South by the said block and Ohinemuri No. 15A Block, 1523 links; and again towards the West by Native land, 2162 links.

Ohinemuri No. 2.—Containing by admeasurement 3,641 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by Ohinemuri No. 3 Block, 11000 links; towards the South-east by the Ohinemuri Nos. 4A and 4 Blocks, 25928 links; towards the South-west and again towards the South-east by Ohinemuri No. 4 Block aforesaid, 23758 links and 19040 links; again towards the South-west by Native land and by the Huruhuru No. 2 Block, 3080 links; and towards the North-west by Ohinemuri No. 1 Block and by Native land, 30000 links, 9100 links, 22075 links, and 4525 links: save and excepting Ohinemuri No. 2A Block, containing by admeasurement 226 acres, more or less, included within the boundaries (but not included in the area of 3,641 acres) hereinbefore set out.

Ohinemuri No. 3.—Containing by admeasurement 3,912 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by Ohinemuri No. 3A Block, 15320 links; towards the South-east by Ohinemuri Nos. 4 and 4A Blocks, 28700 links;