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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80

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 bona 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 bona fide
mining purposes and the several purposes connected there-
with, and the said lands are comprised in one block, con-
taining eight thousand six hundred 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 pro-
visions of the said contract for bona fide mining purposes
and the several purposes connected therewith.

SCHEDULE.

Block No. LXXV.

ALL that area in the Land District of Nelson, situated in
the Aharua Survey District, and containing 8,600 acres, more
or less, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the
southern bank of the River Aharua due east from the
southernmost corner of Section No. 2, Block V., Aharua
Survey District, and proceeding thence easterly along the
said bank of the River Aharua to the intersection thereof by
the eastern boundary-line of Block V., Aharua Survey
District; thence southerly along the said boundary-line to
the south-eastern corner of that block; thence easterly
along the northern boundary-line of Block X. for a distance
of two miles; thence southerly along a right line drawn
due south to the northern shore of Lake Hochstetter; thence
westerly and southerly along the northern and western shore
of the said lake to its outlet (left-hand branch of Nelson
Creek); thence westerly and northerly along the northern
bank of the left-hand branch to the eastern boundary-line of
Block VIII., Mawheranui Survey District; thence northerly
along the said boundary-line for a distance of one mile and
a quarter; and thence north-easterly along a right line
to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-
described area all freehold and leasehold land 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 third day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

New County of Levels divided into Ridings, &c.

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

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by "The Counties Act, 1886," and "The
Levels County Act, 1894," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby divide
the new County of Levels, as constituted by the said Acts,
into seven ridings, to be called the Seadown Riding, the
Waimataiti Riding, the Gleniti Riding, the Otipua Riding,
the Claremont Riding, the Point Riding, and the Tengawai
Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be

those set forth under the names of the said ridings respec-
tively in the Schedule hereto.

And I do hereby declare that one member shall be elected
for each of the said ridings.

And I do further declare that Tuesday, the twenty-seventh
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, shall be the day upon which the election of the first
Council of the said County of Levels shall take place, and
that Tuesday, the fourth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four, at eleven o'clock in the
morning, shall be the time, and the Levels Road Board
Office, Stafford Street, Timaru, shall be the place, at which
the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

RIDINGS OF LEVELS COUNTY.

Seadown Riding.

Bounded towards the north-east by the north-eastern
boundary of Levels County: towards the south-east by the
sea from the mouth of Opihi River to the outlet of the Wai-
tarakao Lagoon: thence towards the south-west generally by
the south-western side of that lagoon, by Washdyke Creek,
to the Main North Road; thence by that road and Pleasant
Point Main Road to the road forming the eastern boundary
of Reserve No. 1580: and thence towards the west by Reserve
No. 1580, and Rural Sections Nos. 10453, 22302, and 24002,
and the eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section
produced to the county boundary.

Waimataiti Riding.

Bounded towards the north-east by the Seadown Riding
hereinbefore described: towards the east by the sea to the
Waimataiti Creek: towards the south generally by the said
Waimataiti Creek to the road forming the south-western
boundary of Rural Section No. 858; thence by that road to
the road running in a south-westerly direction from the
Main North Road to the old North Road through Rural
Section No. 2282; thence by the last-mentioned road to the
old North Road; thence by the old North Road to the Upper
Washdyke Road; thence by that road to the road forming
the southern boundary of Rural Section No. 11584; thence
by the last-mentioned road and its continuation past Sections
Nos. 11584 and 11198, to the road forming the north-eastern
boundary of Rural Section No. 15930; thence by that road
and its continuation, passing the said Section No. 15930, and
Rural Sections Nos. 10547, 18258, and 15762, to the Levels
Valley Road; thence by that road to the road forming the
north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 15763: thence
towards the west generally by that road and its continuation
past Rural Sections Nos. 15763, 15764, 30647, 21634, 20660,
18926, 18925, 15875, 20923, 15905, 15904, and 18765, inter-
secting Rural Section No. 12875, and passing Sections
Nos. 12842, 16545, 13743, and 14284, to Pleasant Point Main
Road at Seadown Riding aforesaid.

Gleniti Riding.

Bounded towards the north generally by Waimataiti
Riding hereinbefore described: towards the east generally
by the sea and the Borough of Timaru: towards the south
generally by the road intersecting Rural Sections Nos. 1706
1607, 1606, 1721, 1730, 1915, and the road forming the south-
western boundary of Rural Section No. 2015, to Mount
Horrible Road; thence by that road to the road intersecting
Rural Section No. 12244: thence towards the north-west
generally by the last-mentioned road and its continuation,
intersecting Section No. 12244, and passing Rural Section
No. 12512, Reserves Nos. 639 and 700, and Rural Sections
Nos. 8823 and 8259, to Wai-ti Road: and thence towards
the south-west by the said Wai-ti Road to Waimataiti
Riding aforesaid.

Otipua Riding.

Bounded towards the north generally by the Mount Hor-
rrible Road, Gleniti Riding hereinbefore described, and the
Borough of Timaru; towards the east by the sea; towards
the south-west generally by the south-western boundary of
Levels County; and towards the north-west and west by the
road forming the north-western boundary of Rural Section
No. 16029 and its continuation passing that section, inter-
secting Reserve No. 1203, and passing Rural Sections Nos.
15613, 14438, 16752, 10570, 16364, 15869, 13755, and 18754,
to the Mount Horrible Road aforesaid.

Claremont Riding.

Bounded towards the north generally by Waimataiti Riding
hereinbefore described; towards the east and south-east
generally by Gleniti and Otipua Ridings hereinbefore de-
scribed; towards the south-west generally by the south-
western boundary of Levels County to the road forming the
north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 19891; thence
towards the north-west by the road forming the north-western
boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 19891, 19892, and 30444,
to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section;
and thence by a right line to Levels Valley Road at the
westernmost corner of Waimataiti Riding aforesaid.