Sept. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 971

Amended Regulation under “The Mining Act, 1886.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Mining Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “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, or revoke rules and regulations for all and any of the purposes therein- after enumerated: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the regulation hereinafter specified, and to make other pro- vision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf con- ferred by the said Act, do hereby revoke regulation number twenty-three of the regulations issued on the twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of May then instant, which said regulation relates to for- feiture of licensed holdings and special claims, and in lieu thereof do hereby make and substitute the following, namely:—

Licensed Holdings and Special Claims may be forfeited.

23. If any licensee or special claimholder fails or neglects to perform any condition contained or implied in his license or special-claim grant, or makes default for the space of sixty days in the payment of the required license-fee, application may be made by any person for the forfeiture of such license or special claim in the form or to the effect set forth in Schedule 4 hereto.

A copy of such application shall be served personally on the licensee or special claimholder, or in such other manner as the Warden may direct, or, at the discretion of the Warden, may be posted on some conspicuous portion of the ground for such time as the Warden may direct, together with a notice in the form or to the effect set forth in Schedule 5 hereto.

At the inquiry in the notice mentioned, the Warden shall take evidence in relation to the application, and the licensee's or special claimholder's answer to the neglect complained of; and shall decide on the whole facts of the case as to whether the land included in such license or special claim shall be forfeited or not.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, in the colony aforesaid, this twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
Minister of Mines.

Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

These two sections were notified open for sale or selection on the 21st March, 1888, at 15s. per acre.

Description of Land: Hilly and mountainous country, covered with birch, rata, &c., soil varies from poor to good; situate to the south of Cross Creek Railway-station, Western Lake District.

SMALL RUN.

Onoke District.

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Description of Land: Hilly and mountainous country, covered with birch, rata, &c., soil varies from poor to good;
situate to the south of Coal Creek Railway-station, Western Lake District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Registrars of Electors appointed for all the Electoral Dis- tricts in the Colony.

ONSLOW, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint such Registrars, Clerks, and other officers as may be required to carry the provisions of the said Act into execution:

Now know ye that I, the Governor of the said colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Registrars under the said Act for the electoral districts placed opposite their respective names:—

Evelyn Alfred Hastings .. .. Bay of Islands.
Brabazon Disney O'Halloran .. Marsden.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. Waitemata.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. Eden.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. Newton.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. City of Auckland.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. Parnell.
Samuel Yeoman Collins .. .. Manukau.
Ewen Donald McLennan .. .. Franklin.
Frederick James Burgess .. .. Thames.
Theodore Minet Lawlor .. .. Te Aroha.
Thomas Kirk .. .. .. .. Waikato.
Graham Lord Greenwood .. .. East Coast.
Arthur Harry Holmes .. .. New Plymouth.
Alfred Trimble .. .. .. Egmont.
Garland William Woon .. .. Waitotara.
Garland William Woon .. .. Wanganui.
Alfred Ross .. .. .. Rangitikei.
William Lupton Dean .. .. Palmerston.
Maurice Norman Bower .. .. Hawke's Bay.
Maurice Norman Bower .. .. Napier.
Peter Skerrett .. .. .. Waipawa.
Joseph John Freeth .. .. Masterton.
Robert Charles Black .. .. Wairarapa.
William Pattison James .. .. City of Wellington.
Henry Damant .. .. .. Hutt.
Arthur Ashton Scaife .. .. City of Nelson.
Arthur Ashton Scaife .. .. Waimea-Picton.
John James Winsbury White .. Wairau.
Ernest Charles Kelling .. .. Buller.
Henry Lucas .. .. .. Inangahua.
William Alfred Barton .. .. Grey.
Charles Arthur Barton .. .. Westland.
Michael Lynskey .. .. .. Ashley.
Michael Lynskey .. .. .. Kaiapoi.
George Leslie Lee .. .. .. Avon.
George Leslie Lee .. .. .. City of Christchurch.
George Leslie Lee .. .. .. Heathcote.
George Leslie Lee .. .. .. Halswell.
William Shanaghan .. .. Akaroa.
Peter Sinclair .. .. .. Selwyn.
Hastings Mayow Lee .. .. Ellesmere.
Joseph Ward .. .. .. Ashburton.
Caleb Ezekiel Sherratt .. .. Geraldine.
Thomas Howley .. .. .. Timaru.
George Henry Graham .. .. Waimate.
William Gabriel Filleul .. .. Oamaru.
Bateman Thomas Missen .. .. Waitaki.
Benjamin Harper .. .. .. Mount Ida.
Frederick George Downes .. .. Port Chalmers.
William Joseph Hall .. .. Peninsula.
William Joseph Hall .. .. City of Dunedin.
William Joseph Hall .. .. Dunedin Suburbs.
John Stewart Kennedy .. .. Taieri.
Alexander Nelson .. .. .. Bruce.
John Alexander Algie .. .. Clutha.
Henry John Abel .. .. .. Tuapeka.
Irving Willis Raymond .. .. Mataura.
Horatio Nelson Firth .. .. Wakatipu.
Alexander Millar Eyes .. .. Wallace.
John Borrie .. .. .. Invercargill.
John Borrie .. .. .. Awarua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL.