Numb. 86. 1295

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 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 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 XII., 2,000 acres, more or less, comprising the Cedar
Creek Gold-diggings. Bounded towards the east by the
Totara River; towards the north by a line bearing 111° 10′
through Trig. Station HB, 200 chains; towards the west
by a line bearing 201° 10′, 100 chains; and towards the south
by a line parallel with the northern boundary to the Totara
River aforesaid: 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 tenth
day of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Lands withdrawn from State Forests.

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

WHEREAS the lands specified in the first column of
the Schedule hereto are portions of a State forest
and forest reserve, under the control of the Commissioner of
State Forests appointed under "The New Zealand State
Forests Act, 1885" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"),
and the said lands are now no longer required for State-
forest purposes: And whereas plans showing the extent and
position of the said lands, and a statement of the reasons
why they are no longer required for State-forest purposes,
have been laid before both Houses of Parliament for a period
of thirty days, and no resolution has been passed by either
of such Houses objecting to the issue of this Proclamation:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers con-
ferred by "The New Zealand State Forests Act Amendment
Act, 1888," and of all other powers in anywise enabling him
in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby revoke the warrants and instruments specified in the
second column of the Schedule hereto, in so far as they
relate to the lands specified in the first column of the
Schedule hereto, as from the date of the publication hereof
in the New Zealand Gazette; and doth hereby proclaim and
declare that from and after such date the several parcels of
land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto
shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the said Act,