Numb. 80. 1207

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 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 IX., 3,000 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 1478; towards the east by a line bearing due south from Trig. Station AW, Arnold Survey District, a distance of about 666 chains; towards the south by a line due west to a point about 350 chains due south of the easternmost corner of Section No. 1510; thence towards the west by a right line to the said easternmost corner of Section No. 1510; thence generally towards the west by said Section No. 1510 and Sections Nos. 1551, 1863, 1550, 1546, 1512, 1508, Sawyers Creek Road, Sections Nos. 1466, 1369, and the Town Belt east of the Borough of Greymouth to Native Reserve No. 31; and thence by said Native reserve to the commencing-point: 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 twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting Control of the Maungaatuа Bridge in the Borough Council of Woodville.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, upon the terms and conditions in the said section mentioned, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that any bridge already constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea respectively, shall, from and after a date to be fixed in such Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in such Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient that the control and management of the bridge described in the Schedule hereto should be vested in the manner hereinafter described:

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 said Act, and of every other power and authority in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and known as the Maungaatuа Bridge, shall, from and after the second day

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of the 15th October, 1891, page 1147, appointment of Asylum Clerks to receive maintenance-moneys, for “John Edward Russell” read “John Edmund Russell,” and for “Hugh D. Linton” read “Hubert D. Linton.”