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 three hundred and twenty 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 XXVI.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Maruia and Burnett Survey Districts respectively, containing 8,320 acres, more or less. Bounded by a line commencing at the south-eastern corner of Mining Reserve No. 25, as described in Gazette No. 8, of 1st February, 1894, page 163, and proceeding thence in a southerly direction along a line running parallel to the general course of the River Maruia, and distant from the centre thereof about 40 chains, for a distance of about thirteen miles, to the southern boundary-line of the Burnett Survey District; thence in a westerly direction along that boundary-line for about 80 chains; thence northerly along a line running parallel to the general course of the River Maruia, and distant from the centre thereof about 40 chains, to the south-western corner of the said Block No. 25; and thence along the southern boundary thereof to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area 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 Auckland, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

A. J. CADMAN,

Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Sections 5 and 6 of "The Impounding Act, 1884," to be in force in Borough of West Harbour.

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Impounding Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), the Borough Council of West Harbour, in the Provincial District of Otago, have, by a resolution passed by more than two-thirds of the members of the said Council, requested His Excellency the Governor to declare that sections five and six of the said Act shall be in force within the borough aforesaid: And whereas it appears expedient to give effect to the said resolution:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred by the said Act, do hereby declare that sections five and six of the said Act shall be in force within the Borough of West Harbour aforesaid as from the date hereof.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!