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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1895.

Proclaiming certain Rivers and Creeks, together with their
Tributaries, in the Provincial Districts of Auckland and
Nelson, 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 water-
course 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 His Excellency the Governor 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 Exe-
cutive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and
declare that the following rivers and creeks, and all their
tributaries, with the exception of the Tarariki and Komata
Creeks, being tributaries of the Ohinemuri River, in the
Provincial Districts of Auckland and Nelson, shall be water-
courses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water
of every kind used in, upon, or discharged 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 tenth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

1. That river known as the Waihou or Thames River, and
   all its tributaries, from its source to where it discharges into
   the Firth of Thames.
2. That river known as the Ohinemuri River, and all its
   tributaries, save and excepting the Tarariki and Komata
   Creeks, from its source to its confluence with the Waihou or
   Thames River.
3. That creek known as Kuaotunu Creek, which flows
   northerly from its source to where it discharges into the sea
   near Te Waihiriri, and also the several tributaries thereof.

NELSON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

4. That creek known as Doctor's Creek, and all its tribu-
   taries, from its source to the point where it discharges into
   the Aorere River.

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
March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
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 !

Vesting Control of the Taungatara Bridge in the County
Council of Hawera.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of
“The Public Works Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed
“the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor
may, upon the terms and conditions in the said section
mentioned, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that
any bridge already constructed, or which may hereafter be
constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea
respectively, shall, from and after a date to be fixed in such
Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and
management of such local authority as shall be mentioned
in that behalf in such Proclamation; and may fix and deter-
mine whether all or any, and, if so, what, part of the cost
of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing any
such bridge is to be paid by the local authority or local
authorities, and, if so, by what local authority or authorities;
and may, by any such Proclamation as aforesaid, direct how,
when, and to whom any such payment is to be made :
And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made
under the said Act for the purposes hereinafter mentioned :
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 said