Numb. 29.

653

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1896.

Amended Description of Otago Mining District.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Mining Act, 1891” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Proclamation constituting the Otago Mining District, published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 42, of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and in lieu thereof do hereby proclaim and declare that the portion of the colony particularly described in the Schedule hereto shall be the Mining District of Otago under the said Act, with the boundaries in the said Schedule mentioned; and I do hereby further proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect as from the twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded towards the north by the Canterbury Land District, from Big Bay, on the west coast, to a point due north of Mount St. Bathan’s; towards the east by a straight line to that mountain; thence again towards the north by a straight line due east to the summit of the Hawkdun Mountains; towards the north-east by the summit of the said Hawkdun Mountains to Mount Ida; thence towards the north-west by a straight line to Kurow Mountain; thence by a straight line to the source of the Little Awakino Stream, and by that stream to the Waitaki River; again towards the north-east by the Waitaki River to the western boundary of the area formerly known as Awamoko Hundred; thence again towards the east by the said area formerly known as Awamoko Hundred to the area formerly known as Kakanui Hundred; towards the south and again towards the east by the said area formerly known as Kakanui Hundred to its south-western corner; again towards the south by a line due west to a point due north of Scout Hill; thence again towards the east by a straight line through Scout Hill to a point due west of Trig. Station D (Mount Difficulty), Kauroo Survey District; thence again towards the north by a straight line through the said Trig. Station D to a point due north of the north-eastern corner of Section No. 2, Block VI., Kauroo Survey District aforesaid; again towards the east by a straight line to the said corner; again towards the south and east by Section No. 2 aforesaid to Section No. 7 of the said Block VI.; thence again towards the south and west, and again towards the south and east, by the said Section No. 7 to Section No. 5, Block XV., Otepopo Survey District; thence again towards the east, north-east, north-west, and south-west, by the said Section No. 5 to Section No. 7 aforesaid; thence again towards the north by Section No. 7 aforesaid to Section No. 9, Block XV., Otepopo Survey District; thence again towards the east and north by the said Section No. 9 to Section No. 2 of the said Block XV.; thence again towards the east and north by the said Section No. 2 to its south-eastern corner; thence again towards the east by Sections Nos. 1, 8, 7, 6, and 3 of Block XV. aforesaid to Section No. 4; again towards the south and east by the said Section No. 4, to a point due east of Trig. Station P, Otepopo Survey District; thence again towards the south by a straight line through the said Trig. Station P to the summit of the Kakanui Mountains; thence again towards the north-east by the summit of the Kakanui Mountains to Run No. 109; thence again towards the north-west by Run No. 217B to Run No. 209; thence again towards the east generally by the said Run No. 209 and Run No. 11 to a stream forming the south-eastern boundary of Run No. 109 aforesaid; thence towards the south-east by that stream to the south branch of the Waianakarua River; thence again towards the south-west by the south branch of the Waianakarua River aforesaid to a point in line with the north-west boundary-line of the Moeraki Hundred; thence again towards the south-east by a straight line to and thence by the said Moeraki Hundred to the Waihemo or Shag River; thence again towards the north-east by the left bank of the said Waihemo or Shag River to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of the area formerly known as Hawksbury Hundred; thence again towards the south-east by a straight line across the Waihemo or Shag River aforesaid, and by the said area formerly known as Hawksbury Hundred, to the south-western corner of Section No. 11, Block I., Dunback Survey District; thence again towards the north by the said Section No. 11 and Section No. 6 of the said Block I.; again towards the east by the Moeraki Survey District; again towards the south by Sections Nos. 3, 4, and 5 of Block I. aforesaid to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence again towards the south-east by the area formerly known as Hawksbury Hundred aforesaid to the north branch of the Waikouaiti River, thence by the said north branch and the south branch of the Waikouaiti River to a point due east of Trig Station U., Waikouaiti Survey District; thence again towards the south by a straight line through the said Trig. Station U. to the right bank of the Silverstream; thence again towards the south-east by the said Silverstream to the area formerly known as the East Taieri Hundred; thence again towards the south by the said area formerly known as East Taieri Hundred to Block II., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; thence again towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 9, 8, 7, and 6, Block III., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, and a road; thence again towards the south-west by Section No. 38, a road, 1 of 28, 2 of 28, 27, 26, a road, and Section No. 5, and a road, all of Block II. aforesaid, and by Sections Nos. 21, 20, 2 of 18, and 17, Block I., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, to the Taieri River; thence again toward the south-east by the left bank of that river to the road which forms the north-eastern boundaries of River Sections Nos. 49, 48, 47, and 46: thence again towards the north-east generally by that road and the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of River Sections Nos. 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, and 38; by the road forming the north-western boundaries of River Sections Nos. 37 and 36, the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of River Sections Nos. 36, 35, 34, and 33; by the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 16, 15, 14, and 13, Block XX., Taieri