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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1885.

Land within the Ohinemuri Gold Field open for Occupation.

W. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation under “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” dated the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and published in the Auckland Provincial Government Gazette, number eleven, of the same date, all that parcel of land within the Ohinemuri Gold Field, known as Mackaytown, or Reserve B, was exempted from occupation for mining purposes, or for residence, or for business under any miner’s right or business license, and was opened for occupation under special regulations made in terms of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” aforesaid, for the Ohinemuri Gold Field: And whereas it is expedient that the whole of the reserve should be withdrawn from such special regulations as aforesaid: And whereas by a Proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, dated the fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixth day of January of the same year, that portion of Reserve B, known as Mackaytown South, situated on the south side of the Ohinemuri River, was thrown open under “The Ohinemuri Gold Field Agricultural Leases Validation Act, 1876,” for occupation for agricultural purposes: And whereas it is expedient to withdraw the remainder of the reserve aforesaid from such special regulation as aforesaid, and to throw it open for occupation under “The Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1873,” and “The Ohinemuri Gold Fields Agricultural Leases Validation Act, 1876:”

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the said Proclamations hereto shall, from and after the day of the date hereof, be open for occupation under “The Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1873,” aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE.

God save the Queen!

Setting apart Land in the Wellington Land District for leasing under “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections three to forty-eight of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882.”

SCHEDULE.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

God save the Queen!

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 13, of the 26th February, 1885, page 266, in description of Resident Magistrate’s District of Oamaru, for “Waihemo Creek” read “Waihema Creek.”