Numb. 56. 1089

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 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 bona 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 bona fide mining purposes and the several purposes connected therewith, and the said lands are comprised in one block, containing seven thousand five 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 bona fide mining purposes and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.

Block XCIV.

All that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Te Miko and Waiwhero Survey Districts respectively, containing 7,500 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 14 miles from the north-eastern corner thereof; thence along a right line to Trig. Station L, Waiwhero; thence northerly along the summit of the Paparoa Range to Trig. Station O, Waiwhero; thence along a line due west therefrom to the sea-coast;

and thence southerly 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 eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

R. J. SEDDON, Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in Coldstream Road District.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Hurunui to Bluff Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the New Zealand Railway Commissioners that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the Coldstream Road District, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section 5 of "The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1889," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Coldstream Road Board, and shall be maintained by the said Board in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Board.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, situate in Hinds Survey District, being portion of railway reserve known as the Three-chain Reserve, lying south-east of a line parallel to and distant 120 links from the centre-line of the railway, the southern side of which commences at the north-