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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Districts constituted under “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875.”

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Timaru District; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Timaru and Pleasant Point Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

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 St. George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.
Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

• Cancelling Proclamation taking Land for widening Perry Street, Borough of Masterton. *

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-second section of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” it is among other things enacted that, in any case where a Proclamation has been issued taking lands for any public work, and where, before such Proclamation has been registered by the District Land Registrar as by the said Act provided, it is found that such Proclamation is incorrect in form, the Governor may by a subsequent Proclamation cancel and annul such first-mentioned Proclamation, or any part thereof: And whereas a Proclamation made under the said Act, dated the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, taking lands for widening Perry Street, in the Borough of Masterton, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, was incorrect in form, and such Proclamation has not been registered by the District Land Registrar as provided by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” do by this Proclamation hereby cancel and annul the said Proclamation dated the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, taking lands for widening Perry Street, in the Borough of Masterton.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

• Setting apart Land in Otago for Leasing as Small Grazing-runs. *

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and seventy-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” relating to small grazing-runs.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—GIMMERBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block V.: 3,148 acres 3 roods 10 perches.

Sections 2 and 3, Block XI., and 21 and 22, Block III.: 7,456 acres and 18 perches.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

• Proclaiming Red Jack’s and No Town Creeks and New River, together with 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 mentioned:

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 Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the following river and creeks, and all their tributaries, in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and Westland, shall be watercourses 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 watercourses 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 May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

NELSON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

That creek known as No Town Creek, and all its tributaries, from its source to where it discharges into the Grey River.

That creek known as Red Jack’s Creek, and all its tributaries, from its source to where it discharges into the Grey River.

WESTLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

That river known as New River, and all its tributaries, from its source to where it discharges into the sea, between the Grey and Teremakau Rivers.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!