JULY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1077

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WAIKATO AND THAMES COUNTIES.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parishes of Koheroa and Maramarua, Block VIII., Wharekawa Survey District, and Blocks II. and III., Piako Survey District, and containing approximately 5,700 acres. Bounded towards the north-east generally by Section No. 74 of the Parish of Koheroa, by the Waitakaruru No. 4 and No. 3 Blocks, and by unadjudicated Native land; towards the south by part of the northern boundary of Blocks VII. and VI., Piako Survey District; towards the south-west generally by a public road and by Sections Nos. 25, 24, and 45 of the Parish of Maramarua; towards the north and west generally by land reserved for Natives at Rataroa; and towards the north-west by a public road to the point of commencement.

Description: Broken to undulating forest and open land of medium quality, situated about from two to four miles from Pukorokoro and Waitakaruru, and accessible by Native track from Waitakaruru, and also by partially-formed road from Wairangi Railway-station, distant twelve miles. Cash price, 12s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 7·2d. per acre; lease in perpetuity, 5·8d. per acre.

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

JOHN McKENZIE, Minister of Lands.

Regulations made under "The Mining Act, 1891."

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three hundred and forty-first section of "The Mining Act, 1891," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Act, from time to time to make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for all or any of the purposes therein mentioned:

And whereas, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore in part recited authority, regulations were made on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and came into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two: And whereas it is desirable to revoke certain of the said regulations as hereinafter set forth, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof:

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 on me by the said in part recited Act, do hereby revoke Part XV., No. 160, of the regulations of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and in lieu thereof I do make the regulations herein set forth, that is to say,-

PART XV.-AID TOWARDS PROSPECTING.

160. Upon any Miners' Association or upon the Council of any county, or, where the Counties Act is not in force, upon any Road Board, adopting the following regulations for prospecting for diamonds, gold, silver, copper, or tin, the Government shall, subject to the following conditions, subsidise by pound for pound the amounts expended by each Miners' Association, County Council, or Road Board, as the case may be, provided the total amount of subsidy paid each week per man or per foot, as the case may be, by the Government to any Miners' Association, County Council, or Road Board shall not exceed the amount mentioned in this section of the regulations under the heads Class I. and Class II.:-

(a.) Such local body shall submit its proposals to the Minister of Mines for approval by the Government for subsidising and prospecting as aforesaid.

(b.) On the application and proposals being approved of, each payment on account of subsidy shall be made on the certificate of the President of the Miners' Association, the County Chairman in the case of a County Council, and in the case of a Road Board on the certificate of the Chairman of the said Board, and also in every case the Warden, or Inspector, or Mining Registrar shall indorse such certificate.

(c.) The amounts payable by way of subsidy to any Miners' Association or County Council in any one year shall not exceed £500.

(d.) The amounts payable to any Road Board in any one year shall not exceed £200.

(e.) The Government shall subsidise by pound for pound any amounts expended by County Councils, Miners' Associations, or Road Boards in the purchase of boring appliances to be used for prospecting purposes.

Class I.-One party of two or three men in each riding of any county will be subsidised at the rate of 7s. 6d. per week per man for prospecting new and unprospected country three miles from any workings where more than ten men had been working for a period of six months before prospecting commenced. Where the prospecting operations consist in trenching for lodes a subsidy may be given under this head, and in that case the operations need not be three miles from any workings.

Class II.-One party of two or three men in each riding of any county will be subsidised as under while prospecting partially-worked and prospected country within tolerably easy access of road-communication:-

Sinking in Dry Ground.-The subsidy paid shall be as follows:-

From surface to 15ft. ... 0 6 per foot.

15ft. to 60ft. ... 1 6

And over 60ft. ... 2 0

Wet ground requiring slabbing, double the above rates. All shafts to be not less than 5ft. by 3ft.

Tunnelling and Driving.-Through drift or blue reef, the subsidy paid shall be as follows:-

Up to 300ft. ... 0 9 per foot.

From 300ft. to 700ft. ... 1 9

From 700ft. to 1,000ft. ... 2 3

Over 1,000ft. ... 3 0

Through hard rock requiring blasting for the whole of the distance, 3s. per foot. All tunnels, shafts, and drives to be at least 5ft. by 3ft.

Prospectors under either Class I. or Class II. are required before commencing operations to send in their names to the Miners' Association, County Council, or Road Board, who must approve of same.

The locality of prospecting operations must also be stated, for the approval of the Miners' Association, Council, or Road Board.

Each prospecting party must send in a report once in every month to the Miners' Association, Council, or Road Board to whom a subsidy is payable, setting forth the nature, extent, and result of operations during the previous month.

All measurement of work done under Class II. shall be made by a person appointed by the Miners' Association, the County Engineer, Road Overseer of the district, or other person appointed by the local body, who will be required to certify to the voucher for payment.

The subsidy under Class I. and Class II. may be discontinued, if the Miners' Association, Council, or Road Board think necessary, on one month's notice of discontinuance being given to the party or parties.

Payments will be made monthly.

Applications (giving the full names and residences of each man of the proposed party or parties, and specifying the locality in which it is proposed to prospect) must be sent to the Miners' Association, Council Chambers, or Road Board Offices, and the application must be indorsed on the envelope, "Application for Prospecting, Class I." (or "Class II.," as the case may be).

In all cases where a subsidy has been paid by the Government towards the construction of any shaft, tunnel, or adit-level, the Warden may grant permission to any party of miners holding the adjoining ground or adjacent thereto the right to use such shaft, tunnel, or adit-level; but before granting such permission the Warden shall fix the conditions on which they can be used.

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

A. J. CADMAN. Minister of Mines.