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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

Proclaiming Creeks in the Land District of Marlborough, together with their Tributaries, to be Watercourses for the Deposit of Tailings.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and eight of “The Mining Act, 1898,” as amended by section twenty-two of “The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1899” (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), it is enacted that on application in that behalf the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, constitute and set apart the whole or any part of any watercourse to be a watercourse into which may be discharged any tailings, débris, and waste water produced by or resulting from mining operations carried on under the said Acts, and in which or on the banks of which mining operations may be lawfully carried on:

And whereas such application as aforesaid in respect of the watercourses described in the Schedule hereto was duly notified and gazetted, as provided by the said Acts, on the respective dates set out in the description of each such watercourse in the said Schedule:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor has decided to exercise the powers conferred upon him by the said Acts:

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 Acts, doth hereby constitute and set apart the watercourses described in the Schedule hereto to be watercourses into which may be discharged any tailings, débris, and waste waters produced by or resulting from mining operations carried on under the said Acts, and in which or on the banks of which mining operations may be lawfully carried on; and doth hereby further prescribe that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

That creek known as Timm’s Creek, in Marlborough County, which flows southerly from its source near Mount Richmond for a distance of about ten miles to its confluence with the Wairau River, together with the tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Top Valley Creek, in Marlborough County, which flows southerly from its source near Mount Richmond for a distance of about six miles to its confluence with the Wairau River, together with the tributaries thereof.

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 twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Creeks in the Land District of Westland, together with their Tributaries, to be Watercourses for the Deposit of Tailings.

(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 every 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 whole of the watercourses described in the Schedule hereto 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 twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

That creek known as the Big Kapitea Creek, which flows north-westerly from its source on the northern boundary of the Kumara Reservoir Reserve for a distance of nine miles to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That creek known as the Little Kapitea Creek, which flows north-easterly from its source in a terrace above Duffer’s Track for a distance of about three miles to its confluence with the Big Kapitea Creek; and also the several tributaries thereof.

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 twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Authorising Native to mortgage Land under Section 6 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, 1900.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any lending department of the Government, and that in such case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native land, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply, anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding:

And whereas Ruera te Nuku, of Awahuri, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the block or parcel of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said block of land: And whereas by certificate bearing date the eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, under the hand of Robert Ward, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Ruera te Nuku possesses, irrespective of the lands proposed to be mortgaged, other land sufficient for his maintenance:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Act aforesaid, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the said Ruera te Nuku to mortgage the land set out in the Schedule hereto to the Public Trust Office, being a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Subsection 16 of Section 153 of the Township of Sandon, containing 76 acres and 8 perches, more or less, being the whole of the land comprised in Crown grant, dated the 26th day of October, 1891, in favour of Ruera te Nuku.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.