Numb. 94. 1591

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 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 eight 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 LXXXVI.: All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Mawheranui Survey District, containing 8,000 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Section No. 8, Block IX., Mawheranui Survey District, and proceeding along a right line to Trig. SP, Mawheranui; thence along a right line to Trig. G, Mawheranui; thence along a right line to Trig. K, Waiwhero; thence along a right line drawn through Trig. D, Mawheranui, to the northern bank of the River Grey; thence in a south-westerly direction along the bank of that river to the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 2, Block VI., Mawheranui District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of that section, Section No. 1, Block VI., and Section No. 1, Square 118, respectively, to the northern corner of the latter; thence along the north-western boundary thereof to the southern corner; thence along the Road Reserve and the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 11 and 12, Block IX., Mawheranui District, to the north-eastern corner of the latter section; thence along the northern and western boundaries thereof to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 17.

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 Auckland, this twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

"Counties Act, 1886," brought into force in Stewart Island County.—Arrangements for First Elections, &c.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and in pursuance of a resolution passed in this behalf by both Houses of the General Assembly, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that “The Counties Act, 1886,” shall come into force in Stewart Island County on the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two; and, in exercise of the like powers and authorities, I do hereby divide the said county into two ridings, to be called the North Riding and the South Riding respectively; and do hereby declare that the boundaries of such ridings shall be those set forth under the respective names of the said ridings in the Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby further declare that the number of members to be elected for each of the said ridings shall be three; and that Tuesday, the tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, shall be the day on which the election of the first Council of the said County of Stewart Island shall take place; and that Saturday, the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-