Num. 75. 1737

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899.

Revoking Portion of a Proclamation.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by the one-hundred-and-sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notice hereby revoke that part of a Proclamation dated the twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 7, dated the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety six, setting apart land for Whanganomona Improved-farm Settlement, in so far as it relates to the land set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Soldier’s and Liverpool Davy’s 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 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 sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

That creek known as Soldier’s Creek, which flows north-westerly through Sections 153, 152, and 244, Blocks XIII. and XIV., Reefton Survey District, for a distance of about two miles, from its source to its confluence with Devil’s Creek; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That stream known as Liverpool Davy’s Creek, Inangahua County, and all its tributaries, from its source to the point where it discharges into the River Inangahua, opposite to the Town of Reefton.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;