Num. 69. 1345

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 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 eight thousand nine hundred and sixty 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 VII.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Survey Districts of Ohika, Inangahua, Orikaka, Maruia, and Lyell, containing 8,960 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of the Buller Coalfield Reserve bearing S. 60° W., and distant about 15 chains from peg lxxx. (Buller Road traverse), and proceeding easterly along a line parallel to and distant 20 chains from the middle of the Buller River to a point due south of the confluence of Eight-mile Creek with the Buller River; thence along a line to that confluence, and along the west bank of Eight-mile Creek for a distance of about 17 chains; thence westerly along a line parallel to the first-described boundary-line, and distant 40 chains therefrom, to the eastern boundary-line of the said Buller Coalfield Reserve; and thence along a right line to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area all freehold and leasehold sections 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 eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of Borough of Hawksbury extended.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the district the boundaries whereof are described in the First Schedule hereto is hereby incorporated into the Borough of Hawksbury, and added to the East Ward of the said borough; and I do further proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the East Ward of the said Borough of Hawksbury shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the boundaries of the said borough shall be those described in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BOROUGH OF HAWKSBURY.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, being part of Block VI., Hawksbury Survey District, bounded towards the north by Section No. 4; towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary-line of the Matanaka Estate; towards the south-east and south generally by the sea; and towards the north-west and west by the Government Township of Hawksbury.

ERRATUM.—In notice of appointment of members of Waitara Harbour Board, on page 1117 of Gazette, No. 57, of the 20th July, 1893, for “Frederick Black” read “Frederick Bluck.”