Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 337

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 the Government House, at
Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart as Small Grazing-runs.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one hundred and ninety-seventh
section of “The Land Act, 1885,” and of every other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William Hillier,
Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby declare that the land enumerated in the Schedule
hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one
hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred and nineteen of
Part VII. of “The Land Act, 1885,” relating to small
grazing-runs.

SCHEDULE.

LAND DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY.—COUNTY OF WAIMATE.

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 the Government House, at
Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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 bonâ 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 bonâ fide
mining purposes and the several purposes connected there-
with, and the said lands are comprised in twenty-seven
sections, containing three acres one rood twenty perches:
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 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 bonâ fide mining
purposes and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Township of Kumara, con-
taining by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more
or less, being Sections Nos. 356, 357, 358, 361, 362, 363,
364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 744, 745, 746,
747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 54, and 736.

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 the Government House, at
Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day
of February, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Taniora Love and Ihaka te Rou, the
Native owners of the land described in the second column
of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the
alienation of such land contained in the certificate of title,
bearing date the seventh day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two, described in the first column
of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas in-
quiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and
the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law
in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it
appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on him by “The Native Land Act, 1888,” and
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all
restrictions imposed by the said certificate of title on the
alienation of the said land are hereby removed.