Oct. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1177

and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Village-settlement Land in Hawke’s Bay withdrawn.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Proclamations of the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, so far as they relate to the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said sections are hereby withdrawn from the village-settlement system.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Weber Village Settlement.

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Matamau Village Settlement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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 Christchurch, this fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Village Settlements, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” and the fourteenth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule to an Order in Council of even date herewith, and made under the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of the said Act, for sale as village settlements, upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the said Order in Council.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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 Christchurch, this fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Rivers and their Tributaries in the Provincial District of Westland to be declared Watercourses.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-fourth section of “The Mining Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, proclaim and declare that any watercourse shall be a watercourse into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of any kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding shall be suffered to flow or be discharged:

And whereas not less than ninety days’ notice has been published, in the manner provided by the said section, that application has been made to the Governor to proclaim the watercourses hereinafter mentioned and their tributaries to be watercourses for the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas no objection to the issue of this Proclamation has been transmitted to the Governor, and His Excellency has decided to exercise the powers conferred upon him by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the watercourses in the Provincial District of Westland mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged; and, with the like advice and consent, His Excellency doth hereby prescribe that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

SCHEDULE.

1. THAT river known as the Mikonui River, which flows westerly, from its source east of Bald Hill, for a distance of about eighteen miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

2. That river known as the Waitaha River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Waitaha Glacier, for a distance of about twenty-five miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

3. That river known as the Wanganui River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Evan’s Glacier, for a distance of about thirty-seven miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

4. That river known as the Poerua River, which flows westerly, from its source near Mount Peterman on the Southern Alps, for a distance of about twenty-six miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

5. That river known as the Wataroa River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Whymper Glacier, for a distance of about thirty-two miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

6. That river known as the Waitangitaona River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Price Range, for a distance of about thirty-two miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

7. That river known as the Waitangirotor River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Bird Hills, for a distance of about four and a half miles, to its confluence with the Waitangitaona; and also the several tributaries thereof.

8. That river known as the Okarito River, which flows westerly, from its source (Potter’s Creek) in the Southern Alps, for a distance of about eighteen miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

9. That river known as the Waiho River, which flows westerly, from its source in the Burton Glacier, for a distance of about twenty miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

10. That river known as the Totarakaitorea River, which flows westerly, from its source near Mapourika Lake, for a distance of about seven and a half miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

11. That river known as the Totara River, which flows westerly, from its source near the Kellery Glacier, for a distance of about sixteen miles, to its confluence with the Waiho River; and also the several tributaries thereof.