Numb. 83.

1243

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1891.

Member of Taranaki Botanic Garden Board appointed.

(L.S.)
ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the eighth section of "The Taranaki
Botanic Garden Act, 1876," I, William Hillier, Earl of
Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint
CLEMENT WILLIAM GOVETT
to be a Member of the Board of Trustees for Public Recrea-
tion, in the room of James Thomas Davis, deceased.
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 Com-
mander-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-
seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
A. J. CADMAN,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 bona fide mining purposes and the several pur-
poses 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 bona fide
mining purposes and the several purposes connected there-
with, and the said lands are comprised in one block, con-
taining ten thousand acres: And whereas it is expedient
the said land should be set apart and defined by this Pro-
clamation:
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 other-
wise, 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 bona fide mining
purposes and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.
Block X., 5,000 acres, more or less, comprising the Ross,
Totara, Redman's, and Donoghue's Gold Diggings. Bounded
towards the south-west by the northern bank of the Mikonui
River; towards the south by a line from Trig. Station D2
to Trig. Station D1 to the Totara River; towards the east,
north, and north-west by the said Totara River, Woolhouse
Road, Moorehouse Road, and the sea-coast: 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 Com-
mander-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-
seventh 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!