Num. 74.

1107

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891.

Land available for Selection by the Midland Railway Company set apart for Mining Purposes.

(L.S.)

ONSLow, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS in the contract bearing date the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, made between Her Majesty the Queen and the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited), it is, among other things, provided that, subject to the conditions therein contained, all lands within the limits of the authorised area defined in the said contract shall be available for selection by the company, with certain exceptions: And whereas among such exceptions are included all lands which from time to time, in the opinion of the Governor, are or may be required for bonâ fide mining purposes and the several purposes connected therewith or incidental or conducive thereto, and which lands shall from time to time be set apart and defined by Proclamation to be issued in that behalf; but no more than ten thousand acres shall be so set apart or proclaimed in one block at any one time, and the lands so set apart and proclaimed from time to time shall not, in the aggregate, exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand acres: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required for bonâ fide mining purposes and the several purposes connected therewith, and the said lands are comprised in one block, containing ten thousand acres: And whereas it is expedient the said land should be set apart and defined by this Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf under the hereinbefore-mentioned contract or otherwise, do hereby proclaim and declare that the block of land defined and described in the Schedule hereto is set apart under the provisions of the said contract for bonâ fide mining purposes and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.

Block VI., 3,500 acres, more or less, comprising the Acre Creek and Teremakau Gold-diggings. Bounded towards the north-east by the Teremakau River; towards the south-east by the Kumara Borough Endowment Reserve No. 203 (in red); towards the south-west by the D.J. Line Road to Reserve No. 129; thence towards the west generally by Reserve No. 129 and Railway Reserve No. 7 (in red) to Section No. 1999; towards the east by said Section No. 1999 and Section No. 2002; and towards the north by said Section No. 2002: exclusive of sold lands and reserves. Also that piece of land situate in the Borough of Kumara, bounded towards the north-west by Reserve No. 203, Kumara Borough Endowment; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 1309, 1308, 1307, 1181, 1180, 1179, and 1178; towards the south-east generally by the Zigzag Road, Reserve No. 158, and the Town Belt; west to E.B. Road; thence towards the south-west by said E.B. Road.

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 Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

R. J. SEDDON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for a Water-race.

(L.S.)

ONSLow, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a water-race:

And whereas the Council of the County of Selwyn has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said water-race.