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967

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1893.

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 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 XCIII.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Te Miko and Waiwhero Survey Districts respectively, and containing 9,000 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at a point on the west coast intersected by the northern boundary-line of Block II., Te Miko Survey District, and proceeding thence along the said boundary-line and the northern boundary-line of Block XIII., Waiwhero District, to a point on the latter distant 1¼ miles from the north-eastern corner thereof; thence along a right line to Trig. Station L, Waiwhero; thence easterly and southerly along the summit of the Paparoa Range to Trig. Station K, Waiwhero; thence along a right line drawn between that

trig. station and Trig. Station H, Cobden, to its intersection with the eastern boundary-line of the Grey Coalfield Reserve; thence along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said reserve to the sea-coast; and thence northerly along the sea-coast to the point of commencement: excepting and excluding from the above-described area all freehold and leasehold lands 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 Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Licensing Districts defined.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under the said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same: And whereas it is expedient to alter and redefine the boundaries of the Districts of Norsewood and Ruataniwha:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, alter and redefine the boundaries of the said Licensing Districts of Norsewood and Ruataniwha, which shall, from and after the first day of July, be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
NORSEWOOD.

ALL that area comprised within the Norsewood Riding of Waipawa County, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette No. 15, 2nd March, 1893.

RUATANIWHA.

All that area comprised within the Waipukurau Riding of Waipawa County, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, 12th May, 1887; and the Ruataniwha Riding of