Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 213

Districts constituted under “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875.”

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Ellesmere Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into five registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Little River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Ellesmere Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

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 Christchurch, this second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vaccination Districts constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Ellesmere Districts; and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into five vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Little River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Ellesmere Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Regulations for cutting and removing Flax from Certain Reserves within Mining Districts.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Mining Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1893” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject as therein mentioned, from time to time to make, alter, and revoke such regulations as may be necessary for regulating the mode of granting any licenses under the provisions of the section aforesaid, and generally for prescribing any form of lease, license, instrument, or form of procedure required for carrying into effect the purposes of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby make the under-mentioned regulations for the cutting and removal of flax from lands situate within any of the reserves mentioned in section five of the said Act within mining districts. And I do further hereby prescribe that the form of license to be granted in respect of such cutting and removal shall be that set forth in the Second Schedule to the said regulations.

REGULATIONS FOR GRANTING FLAX LICENSES WITHIN A MINING DISTRICT.

1. Every person desirous of obtaining a license to cut flax within any of the reserves mentioned in section five of “The Mining Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1893,” shall make application to the Warden of the district in the form in Schedule I. hereto, or to the like effect, accompanied by a sketch-plan of the area applied for, with approximate measurements of the boundary-lines.

2. A copy of every application shall be posted at each corner of the area applied for, and maintained for at least fourteen days before the day of hearing. All objections (if any) to the granting of any such application must be lodged at the Warden’s Office within fourteen days after receipt of the application at such office. A copy of every application shall be posted outside the Warden’s Office at least ten days prior to the day of hearing.

3. If no valid objection be made, and the Warden is not aware of any reason why a license should not be issued, he may, with the consent of the Minister of Mines, grant a license to the applicant on the following terms and conditions, viz.:

Term, not exceeding seven years.

Area, not to exceed 80 acres.

Rent, 6d. per acre per annum, payable in advance.

Royalty, 4s. per ton of fibre manufactured from green flax cut or taken from the area described in the license, payable half-yearly.

Half-yearly returns shall be sent to the Warden by the licensee of the number of tons of green flax cut or taken from the said land.

The licensee shall have no right whatever to the ground, but only the right to cut and remove the flax growing thereon, and the license may be cancelled by the Warden if at any time the area granted is used for any purpose or purposes other than those connected with the flax-dressing industry, without the written consent of the Warden.

If the rent or royalty, or any portion, or either, shall be in arrear for thirty days, or if true and correct half-yearly returns be not sent to the Warden within thirty days after the close of each and every half-year of the term of license, the Warden may cancel the license forthwith without prejudice to the recovery of any arrears of rent or royalty due, and the licensee shall immediately cease to cut or remove flax from the land described in the license.

The licensee may surrender his license at the expiration of any year on giving notice to the Warden and paying all arrears of rent and royalty due up to the date of such surrender.

The licensee may also in like manner surrender a part of the area held under license, but not less than one-fourth; and in such case the rent shall only be charged on the reduced area from the date of surrender.

If the first year’s rent be not paid within fourteen days from the date of notice that the license is granted and ready for issue, the license shall be ipso facto void, and the application shall be cancelled by the Warden accordingly.

Should the land be required at any time during the currency of the license for any public purpose, the licensee shall surrender the license and give up peaceable possession of the land upon demand by the Warden or any other person duly authorised by the Minister of Mines in that behalf, at any time, after notice of not less than thirty days, without any right to refund of rent or compensation to the licensee.

These regulations are made subject to the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Schedule I.—Application for License to cut and remove Flax.

No. Dated , 1893.

To the Warden of the Mining District of

I HEREBY apply for a license to cut and remove flax over the area hereunder described, viz.:

Survey District of ; area, a., r., p.

Boundaries (as per sketch-plan attached hereto), viz.:

North:

East:

South:

West:

Name of applicant in full:

Address:

Occupation:

Received this day of , 1893.

Any objection to the above application must be lodged at the Warden’s Office at within fourteen days from the date of the receipt hereof at such office. The application will be heard at the Warden’s Court at on , the day of , 189 .

Clerk to Warden.

Schedule II.—Form of License to cut Flax.

Know all men that I, , Warden of the Warden’s Court constituted for the Mining District, sitting at , do hereby grant (with the consent of the Minister of Mines) unto , of , his executors, administrators, and assigns, hereinafter called “the licensee,” license and authority to enter upon the piece or parcel of land described in the schedule hereto, for the term of years, for the sole and exclusive purpose of cutting and