Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1633

155 acres 2 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Hawkesbury, and being that portion of said town lying towards the east of Kirkwall and Wick Streets. Bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of said township, also by Cemetery Reserve; towards the east by the eastern boundary of said township and Cemetery Reserve; towards the south by part of the unsurveyed portion of said town and the southern boundaries of Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 of Block LXXI.; towards the west by Kirkwall and Wick Streets, also by Cemetery Reserve; which area is exclusive of the following sections and portions of street-lines, viz., Sections 10 and 11, Block XVIII.; Section 1, Block XXVII.; Section 4, Block XLIII.; Sections 1 to 22, Block XLVIII.; Sections 1 to 5, Block XLIX.; Sections 17 to 21, Block LVI.; and Section 1, Block LXI. Also the following portions of street-lines: viz., parts of Banff Street, Aberdeen Street, Cross Street between Aberdeen and Banff Streets, Cupar Street, Kinross Street, Inverary Street, Rothsay Street, Dumbarton Street, Linlithgow Street, Leith Street, Waddington Street, Greenlaw Street, and Dornoch Street.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 100 acres, more or less, situate in the Town of Hawkesbury. Bounded towards the north-west by Crown lands, 150 links; towards the north by Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Block LXVIII., 300 links; towards the east by Section 7 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, by Inverness Street, and by Section 1 of Block LXIX., 600 links; towards the west by Section 1 of said block, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXIX., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of said block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, 250 links, also by Section 1 of Block LXX., 250 links; towards the west by said section, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXX., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by same section, by Kirkwall Street, and Section 1 of Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the west by same section, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, by Dornoch Street, also by Commonage Reserve, 966 links; towards the east by Section 6 of Block VI., Hawkesbury District, 1000 links; towards the south-east by Section 19 of said block, 2300 links; and towards the south-west by a lagoon, 6600 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and intersected by Edinburgh Street, 150 links.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Surveys under the Mines Act.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three hundred and forty-first section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is among other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Act, from time to time to make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for prescribing the mode in which all surveys for the purposes of the said Act should be conducted, and the fees to be paid for such surveys, and the amount of deposit of survey-fees to be made from time to time:

And whereas, in pursuance and exercise of the powers contained in the said Act, regulations were made on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and came into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two: And whereas it is desirable to make additional regulations in respect to surveys, and to revoke Schedule Number Forty-one to the said regulations, as hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, do hereby revoke Schedule Number Forty-one of the regulations aforesaid, and do hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, that is to say:—

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“The Mining Act” includes “The Mining Act, 1891,” any amendment thereof, and any regulations made thereunder, respectively, and for the time being in force:

“Mining area” means any land held or occupied or intended to be held or occupied under the Mining Act as aforesaid.

Generally these regulations shall extend and apply to all surveys required or made under and for the purposes of such Mining Act.

BLOCK AND SECTION SURVEYS.

2. Regulations for the time being in force relating to block and section surveys, made under the 4th section of “The Land Act, 1885,” or any like regulations for the time being in force under “The Land Act, 1892,” shall be deemed to be incorporated herewith, and shall be read and construed, mutatis mutandis, as though they formed part of these present regulations.

MINING LEASE, LICENSED HOLDING, CLAIMS, SURVEY, &c.

3. If a mining area applied for affects or includes any mining claim, private holding, building, race, or other area, whether held or occupied under the Mining Act or otherwise, the same must be shown on the plan, and full particulars relating thereto must be given in the surveyor's report to the Warden. It is the surveyor's duty to make careful inquiries respecting all claims to prior occupancy, and, if possible, furnish the names of such occupants or claimants.

4. Every survey of a mining area must be connected with a fixed and clearly-indicated survey mark already established, such as the corner of a section, the angle of a road, a trigonometrical station, or the corner of a mining claim already surveyed. But whenever, in forest lands, a trigonometrical station is within a quarter of a mile of the mining area under survey, connection with it must be made in preference.

5. If a former survey be taken as a common boundary, it will be the surveyor's duty to ascertain that the lines on the ground conform to the recorded bearings and dimensions of that survey. If correct it may be adopted as data for the survey in hand; and, if not, the discrepancy disclosed must be reported to the Chief Surveyor when forwarding plan of survey for his approval.

6. In the survey of claims every boundary shall be cut throughout, and every corner shall be marked on the ground by trenches, as described in the regulations of the Survey Department incorporated herewith; but in forest-lands the trenches may be cut for a length of 3ft. only.

7. All previously-surveyed mining areas or allotments that may adjoin or be within 5 chains of the area under survey must be shown on the plan, together with the tie-lines used to determine their position.

8. In all cases the actual boundary-lines of mining areas must be measured by the surveyor, unless there be insuperable obstacles in the way. In such cases the course adopted in ascertaining the distance across or through the obstacle, and in prolonging the boundary-line, must be clearly shown on the plan.

9. When the boundaries of a mining area are found to interfere with any existing mining lease or license, or other survey, the intersections must be carefully fixed and shown on the plan; and such other distances must be given as will admit of the relative positions of the different surveys being shown accurately on the district mining plans, and also allow of the exact area being calculated, should it be considered necessary to excise any part from the mining area.

10. The traverses in forest-lands, required to ascertain the position of the corner-posts put into the ground by the applicants before the actual boundary-lines can be cut, should be altogether avoided, but, if absolutely necessary, must be as few as possible. Tabulations of these, as well as of the block boundaries, observed and measured, showing closures and connections, are to be furnished to the Chief Surveyor, together with the plan.

RACE, RESERVOIR, AND CATCHWATER AREAS.

11. In surveying water-race areas, the surveyor is expected to furnish a plan showing the levels and size of the race, and an estimate of the quantity of water which would be derived from the area to be dealt with, having regard to the rainfall, and the nature of the country; contributory streams proposed to be utilised, and the data on which the calculations are based, must also be given.

12. Care should be taken to show on the plan and note in the report those parts of the race which pass through sold lands, cultivations, areas held under the Land or Mining Acts; and the points where the race intersects other races, roads, tracks, tramways, or any other mining area or any public or private land, however held, should be clearly defined.

13. The boundaries and areas to be covered by the water-surface and embankment of a reservoir should be shown on plan, as well as all leased or sold lands, cultivations, or any other mining area or other land, however held, which the reservoir, if filled, would interfere with.

14. The instructions hereinbefore contained relating to mining areas, as regards the cutting of lines, pegging, observing, and tabulating, are to be followed in making surveys of races, reservoirs, and catchwater areas.