Num. 63. 1239

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 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 ten 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 XCVII.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Waiwhero and Punakaiki Survey Districts respectively, and containing 10,000 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of Punakaiki or Deadman’s Creek on the west coast, and proceeding thence along the southern bank of the said creek to its confluence with the left-hand branch; thence along the said left-hand branch stream to a point on the same intersected by the eastern boundary-line of Block II., Waiwhero Survey District; thence along that boundary-line to the south-eastern corner of the said block; thence along the southern boundary-lines of Blocks II. and I., Waiwhero Survey District, 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 eleventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

R. J. SEDDON,
For the Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Land taken for the Use of the Whau Lunatic Asylum, Auckland.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1892,” for the use and convenience of the Whau Lunatic Asylum, Auckland, to be used and cultivated in connection with such Asylum:

And whereas the Minister for Public Works has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, required by the said first-mentioned Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in