Numb. 12.

253

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1894.

Karama, Little Wanganui, and Oparara Rivers, and
Granity Creek, in the Provincial District of Nelson,
declared to be Watercourses.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-second section
of "The Mining Act, 1891" (hereinafter termed
"the said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, proclaim and declare that any watercourse shall be
a watercourse into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of any kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding shall be suffered to flow or be dis-
charged :

And whereas not less than ninety days' notice has been
published, in the manner provided by the said section, that
application has been made to the Governor to proclaim the
watercourses hereinafter mentioned and their tributaries to
be watercourses for the purposes of the said section men-
tioned :

And whereas no objection to the issue of this Proclamation
has been transmitted to the Governor, and His Excellency
has decided to exercise the powers conferred upon him by
the said Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and
declare that the Karama, Little Wanganui, and Oparara
Rivers, and Granity Creek, and all their tributaries, in the
Provincial District of Nelson, shall be watercourses into
which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind
used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed hold-
ing adjacent to such watercourse shall be suffered to flow or
be discharged ; and, with the like advice and consent, His
Excellency doth hereby prescribe that this Proclamation
shall take effect on and after the first day of June, 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 Wellington, this
thirteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Parapara River, in the Provincial District of Nelson,
declared to be a Watercourse:

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-second sec-
tion of "The Mining Act, 1891" (hereinafter termed
"the said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, proclaim and declare that any watercourse shall be
a watercourse into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of any kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding shall be suffered to flow or be
discharged :

And whereas not less than ninety days' notice has been
published, in the manner provided by the said section, that
application has been made to the Governor to proclaim the
watercourse hereinafter mentioned and its tributaries to be
watercourses for the purposes of the said section mentioned :

And whereas no objection to the issue of this Proclamation
has been transmitted to the Governor, and His Excellency
has decided to exercise the powers conferred upon him by
the said Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the
said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
proclaim and declare that the Parapara River and its
tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, shall be
watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourse shall
be suffered to flow or be discharged ; and, with the like advice
and consent, His Excellency doth hereby prescribe that this
Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of
June, 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 Wellington, this
thirteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !