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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

hereby declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one
hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of
Part V. of "The Land Act, 1892," relating to small grazing-
runs.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 pur-
poses 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 there-
with, and the said lands are comprised in one block, con-
taining 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 bonâ fide mining purposes
and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.
BLOCK XCV.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in
the Waiwhero Survey District, and 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 V., Waiwhero Survey District, and proceeding
thence along the said boundary-line and the northern
boundary-line of Block VI. to a point on the latter in-
tersected by a line drawn due north from Trig. Station N.,
Waiwhero; thence along the said line, through Trig. Station
N. to its intersection with the southern boundary-line of
Block VI., Waiwhero; thence along the said boundary-line
and the southern boundary-line of Block V. to the west
coast; and thence northerly along the coast to the point of
commencement: excepting and excluding 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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-first 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!

Land set apart for Village Settlements in the Canterbury
Land District.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by the one hundred and sixty-eighth section of "The
Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the allotments of Crown land respectively described in
the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set
apart and declared open for lease as village settlements.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Borough of Woolston, County of Selwyn.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,"
the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation, to
declare any portion of the Colony of New Zealand to be a
borough under the said Act from and after a day to be named
in such Proclamation:
Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the said Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the district described in
the Schedule hereto shall be, and the same is hereby, con-
stituted, as from the twenty-seventh day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-three, a borough under the
said Act; and I do further proclaim and declare that the
name of such borough shall be the Borough of Woolston,
and that the boundaries thereof shall be those described in
the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in
the Christchurch Survey District, bounded towards the
north-east generally by the south-western side of the canal
and road-reserve from a point in line with the south-
eastern side of Aldwin's Road to the Heathcote and Avon
estuary; towards the east by the said estuary; towards the
south generally by the left bank of the River Heathcote to a
point in line with the western side of Hillsborough Road;
again towards the east by a right line to and by the western
side of Hillsborough Road to the reserve for the Christ-
church-Lyttelton Railway; towards the south-west by the