1504
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

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 nine thousand 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 No. LXVI.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Mawhera-iti, Waitahu, Ahaura, and Pohaturoa Survey Districts respectively, and containing 9,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a right line commencing at the easternmost corner of Section No. 6, Block XVI., Mawhera-iti Survey District, and proceeding thence north-easterly to Trig. Station J (Waitahu); thence south-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station I (Waitahu); thence south-westerly along a right line drawn to a point on the southern boundary-line of Block IV., Ahaura Survey District, distant a mile and a quarter from its south-western corner; thence northerly along a right line to the south-eastern angle of Section No. 5, Square 121, Block IV., Ahaura Survey District; thence northerly along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of the said section, and along the production of the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 5 aforesaid, to the River Grey; thence south-easterly along the southern bank of that river to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 11, Block IV., Ahaura Survey District; thence north-easterly along a right line to the said south-eastern boundary-line, and along the south-eastern boundary-line aforesaid to the easternmost corner of the said Section No. 11; thence generally westerly along the north-eastern and northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 11 and 3, the north-eastern boundary-line of a piece of Crown land, and along the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 8, 2, and 1 respectively, Block IV., Ahaura Survey District, to the River Grey; thence along the northern bank of that river to the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 8, Block XVI., Mawhera-iti Survey District; thence along the said boundary-line and the north-eastern and north-western boundary-lines of that section and Section No. 9 respectively to the north-western corner of the latter section; thence along a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 6 aforesaid, 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 Wellington, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring State Forests in the Land District of Auckland.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the forest lands described in the Schedule hereto, forming part of the Crown lands in New Zealand, as and for State forests within the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 163, Parish of Waipareira, containing 47 acres.

Northern part of Section 54, Block V., Waitakerei Survey District, containing 40 acres.

Also, all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 524 acres, more or less, situated in Waipareira Parish. Bounded towards the north by the road forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 111A, 110, and 185, Waipareira Parish aforesaid; towards the north-east by Section No. 7A, Waipareira Parish aforesaid; towards the south-west by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 92, 91, 90, and 89, Waitakerei Parish; and towards the north-west by the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 81, Waitakerei Parish aforesaid.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring that an Education Reserve in Marlborough shall be sold.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by subsection three of the two hundred and forty-third section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and at the request of the School Commissioners of Marlborough, in whom the land herein described is vested, doth hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto, which has been reserved for educational purposes, shall be sold, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Section No. 12, Block VII., Cloudy Bay Survey District. Bounded towards the north (900 links, 1275 links, and 1200 links) by Section No. 2; towards the north-east by a public road, 1 chain wide; towards the south-east and towards the south (1500 links) by a public road, 1 chain wide; towards the south-west (2400 links) by Section No. 1; and towards the west by a public road, 1 chain wide.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!