Numb. 23. 549

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895.

Proclaiming certain Rivers and Creeks, together with all
their Tributaries, in the Provincial Districts of Nelson
and Westland to be Watercourses.

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

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-second section
of "The Mining Act, 1891" (hereinafter termed "the
said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may
from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, proclaim and declare that any watercourse shall be
a watercourse into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of any kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding shall be suffered to flow or be
discharged:
And whereas not less than ninety days' notice has been
published, in the manner provided by the said section, that
application has been made to the Governor to proclaim the
watercourses hereinafter mentioned, and their tributaries, to
be watercourses for the purposes of the said section men-
tioned:
And whereas no objection to the issue of this Proclamation
has been transmitted to the Governor, and His Excellency
has decided to exercise the powers conferred upon him by
the said Act:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and
declare that the following rivers and creeks, and all their
tributaries, in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and West-
land, shall be watercourses into which tailings, mining
débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or dis-
charged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such
watercourse shall be suffered to flow or be discharged; and,
with the like advice and consent, His Excellency doth hereby
prescribe that this Proclamation shall take effect on and
after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.

NELSON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

1. That creek known as Duffer's Creek, and all its tribu-
   aries, from its source to the point where it discharges into
   the Grey River, at Totara Flat.
2. That creek known as Half-ounce Creek, and all its
   tributaries, from its source to the point where it discharges
   into the Grey River, at Totara Flat.
3. That creek known as Brandy Jack's Creek, and all its
   tributaries, from its source to the point where it discharges
   into the Grey River, at Totara Flat.

A

WESTLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.
4. That river known as the Totara River, in the Totara
District, and all its tributaries, from its source to the point
where it discharges into the sea.
5. That creek known as Donnelly's Creek, and all its
tributaries, from its source to the point where it discharges
into the Totara River, in the Totara District.

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 nineteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Constituting Mukaka River District, County of Manawatu.

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

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by "The River Boards Act, 1884," I, David,
Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after
the date hereof that part of the said colony described in the
First Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby con-
stituted a district under the said Act, and shall be known by
the name of the Mukaka River District; and that the said
district shall be subdivided into two subdivisions, to be
called the Wirokino Subdivision and the Moutoa Subdivi-
sion, the boundaries whereof shall be those described in the
Second Schedule hereto; and that the number of the mem-
bers who are to constitute the Board of the said district
shall be five, of whom two shall be elected for the Wiro-
kino Subdivision and three for the Moutoa Subdivision.