Number 77.

1345

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 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 nine thousand six hundred 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 V.: All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Waitakere Survey District, containing 9,600 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at the south-eastern corner of Section No. 1, Block VII., and proceeding thence along a right line to the south-eastern corner of Block IX.; thence along the southern boundary-line of the said Block IX. to the sea-coast; thence northerly along the coast-line to the mouth of the River Nile; thence easterly along the south bank of that river to the point of commencement: 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 fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the second section of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

RUAPEKAPEKA BLOCK.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 11,900 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Section No. 72, Ruapekapeka Parish; towards the east by Section No. 71 of said parish, by a road, by Section No. 70, again towards the north by said Section No. 70, by Sections Nos. 69, 68, 67, 66, and 94, aforesaid parish; towards the west by said Section No. 94; towards the north-east by Native land; again towards the east by Taumatahinau Block; towards the south-east by the Puna-ruku and Waiotu Streams; towards the south by Section No. 15, Block II., Hukerenui Survey District, and by a line due west to Section No. 17, aforesaid block; thence towards the south-west and south-east by the aforesaid Section No. 17; again towards the west by a line due north, being the eastern boundary of Block I., Hukerenui Survey District; again towards the south by a line due west, being the northern boundary of said Block I. to Section No. 88, Rua-

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 71, of the 8th September, 1892, page 1258, the designation of the “Poverty Flat” Domain should be the “St. Michael’s Square” Domain.