Number 68. 1211

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1892.

Land available for Selection by the Midland Railway Company set apart for Mining Purposes.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, 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 five thousand acres: And whereas it is expedient the said land should be set apart and defined by this Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 I.: All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in Kawatiri Survey District, containing 5,000 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station O, and proceeding in a northerly direction along the sea-coast to the River Waimangaroa; thence in an easterly direction along the south bank of that river for a distance of about two miles to the boundary of the Buller Coalfield Reserve; thence in a south-westerly direction along the boundary of the said reserve to the River Orawaiti; thence in a north-westerly direction along a right line to the Trig. Station O aforesaid: excepting from the above-described area all freehold and leasehold sections and reserves.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constituting Pohangina Road District, and amending Kiwitea Road District, County of Oroua.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of August, 1892.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twenty of “The Counties Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that all the powers of a County Council relating to the alteration of the boundaries of any road or town districts within a county, or of amalgamating such districts, or of merging any of them into the county, and all other powers in relation to such districts exercisable by the Council by special order or on petition, may be exercised by the Governor in Council in respect of any of the counties in which the said Act is suspended: And whereas the said Act is suspended in the County of Oroua: And whereas in pursuance of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, signed by two-thirds of the ratepayers in the Kiwitea Road District, in the said County of Oroua, praying him to constitute a new road district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that such portion of the said Kiwitea Road District, in the County of Oroua, as is comprised within the boundaries described in the First Schedule hereto shall constitute a new road district, to be called the Pohangina Road District; and that the number of the members of the Board of the said road district shall be five; and that the said road district shall be divided into five