Num. 28.

645

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1898.

Proclaiming certain Rivers and Creeks, together with their Tributaries, in the Land District of Nelson, to be Watercourses.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, 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 Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 rivers and creeks and all their tributaries, in the Land District of Nelson, 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 first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

That river known as the Maruia River, Inangahua County, and all its tributaries, from its source in the Spenser Ranges to its junction with the Buller River.

That river known as the Wharariki River, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about a mile and a half to the ocean near Cape Farewell.

That river known as Mangamangarakau, which flows north-westerly from its source for a distance of about eight miles to West Wanganui Inlet; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as Big River, which flows westerly from its source near Brown Hill for a distance of about seventeen miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as Kahurangi River, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about a mile to the ocean.

That creek known as Seal Creek, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about a mile to the ocean at Seal Bay.

That river known as Waimori River, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about two miles to the ocean at Waimori Bay.

That creek known as Waterfall Creek, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about a mile and a half to the ocean.

That river known as the Heaphy River, which flows westerly from its source near Mount Domett for a distance of about twenty miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as Kararoa River, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about five miles to the ocean.

That river known as Wekakura River, which flows westerly from its source near Mount Domett for a distance of about eleven miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as Kohai-hai River, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about eleven miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Blackwater Creek, which flows northerly from its source for a distance of about two miles to the ocean.

That river known as the Ngakawhau River, which flows northerly and westerly from its source for a distance of about twelve miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Dee Creek, which flows westerly and northerly from its source in the Brunner Range until it discharges into the Buller River; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Coal Creek, which flows westerly from its source in the Brunner Range until it discharges into the Inangahua River; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as the Wareatea River, which flows north-westerly from its source in the Mount Rochfort Range until it discharges into the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

ERRATA.—In the Warrants reserving Section 3209 (in red), Town of Orari, published in New Zealand Gazettes, No. 101, of the 9th December, 1897, page 2164, and No. 9, of the 10th February, 1898, page 245, where the section is described as being “formerly sections 8, 19, 14, and 15 of Block II.,” read “formerly Sections 8, 9, 14, and 15 of Block II.”

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