Num. 79. 1175

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 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 VIII., 10,000 acres, more or less, comprising the Stillwater, Maori Gully, Upper New River, and Maori Creek Gold-diggings. Bounded by a line commencing at a point bearing 75° 7′, and distant from Trig. Station AD 32 chains; thence extending westerly, at a bearing of 255° 7′, through Trig. Station AD aforesaid a distance of 300 chains; thence southerly by a line at right angles with the last-mentioned line for a distance of 200 chains; thence easterly by a line at right angles with the last-mentioned line for a distance of 300 chains; thence northerly at a right angle a distance of 100 chains; thence easterly at a right angle a distance of 100 chains; thence northerly at a right angle to the southern boundary of Coal Reserve No. 274 (in red); thence westerly along the boundary of said Reserve No. 274; and thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Section No. 1599 and a line parallel to the eastern boundary last mentioned: exclusive of sold lands and reserves.

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 thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

R. J. SEDDON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Taranaki County.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of October, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the County of Taranaki, and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of this Order in Council, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout in all the waters within the County of Taranaki will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings will be charged: