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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 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 pur-
poses 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 there-
with, and the said lands are comprised in one block, con-
taining 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 exer-
cise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this be-
half under the hereinbefore-mentioned contract or other-
wise, 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 XXV.

All that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in
the Maruia Survey District, containing 8,320 acres, more or
less. Bounded by a line commencing at a point where the
southern boundary of Mining Reserve No. 8, as described in
Gazette No. 72, 28th September, 1893, is intersected by the
north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 113, Square 138,
Block IV., Maruia District, and proceeding thence along
the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the said
section to the southern corner thereof; 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;
thence along a line running due west for a distance of about
80 chains; thence in a northerly direction along a line
running parallel to the general course of the River Maruia,
and distant from the centre thereof about 40 chains, to the
southern boundary of Mining Reserve No. 8 aforesaid; and
thence along that boundary-line to the point of commence-
ment: 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 twenty-fifth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for the Victoria Valley Road.

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

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
are required to be taken, under "The Public Works
Act, 1882," and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit,
the construction of portion of a road in Mongonui County,
known as the Victoria Valley Road:
And whereas the Minister for Public Works has laid be-
fore the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map,
required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:
Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities in me vested by "The Public
Works Act, 1882," and of every other power and authority
in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim
and declare that, from and after the date of the publication
hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in
the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the
construction of portion of the said work.

ERRATUM.—For the words "twenty-seventh day of February," in an Order in Council dated the 17th January, 1894,
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, page 134, first column, read the "twenty-fifth day of January."

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