Numb. 77.

1581

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1894.

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. 71.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in the Ahaura Survey District, and containing 9,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station F (Ahaura), and proceeding thence south-easterly along a right line drawn to a point on the southern boundary-line of Block III., Ahaura Survey District, distant one mile due east of the south-western corner thereof; thence easterly along the southern boundary-line of the said Block III. to its south-eastern corner; thence southerly along the eastern boundary-lines of Blocks VII. and XI., Ahaura Survey District, to the northern bank of the River Ahaura; thence north-westerly along the said bank of that river to a point intersected by a right line drawn from Trig. Station F (Ahaura) through the south-western corner of Block II., Ahaura Survey District; and thence north-easterly along the said right line to Trig. Station F 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth 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!

Amending Regulations under Fisheries Conservation Act.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of October, 1894.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force only in any waters or places specified therein:

And whereas certain regulations, prescribing, among other things, the minimum weight at which rock-cod may be taken,

ERRATUM.—In the New Zealand Gazette, No. 72, of 4th October, 1894, page 1504, in Proclamation setting apart land for mining purposes within Midland Railway area, for “6” read “10,” in the 5th and 34th lines of the Schedule.

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