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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Proclaiming the Waiomo River, in the Land District of Auckland, together with its Tributaries, to be a Watercourse 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 watercourse described in the Schedule hereto has been duly made and notified as provided by the said Acts:

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 whole of the watercourse described in the Schedule hereto to be a watercourse 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 thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred.

SCHEDULE.

That river known as the Waiomo River, in the Thames County, Auckland Land District, which flows westerly from its source for a distance of about three miles to the Firth of Thames, 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 Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Sale of Land under “The Public Works Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or provincial Ordinance, or otherwise however, for any public work is not required for such public work, the Governor may, by Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act: And whereas a memorial has been laid before the Governor by the Stratford County Council, accompanied by a map, setting forth that there is vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Stratford, for road purposes, certain lands—viz., Sections 46 and 47, Block II., Ngaire Survey District, Stratford County: And whereas the said pieces of land are not now required by the said county for road purposes or otherwise, and the said county desires to sell the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct the sale of the lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land described hereunder:—

As the same are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth, in the Taranaki Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking One of the Regulations for the Disposal of Land under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its Amendments, and making a Fresh Regulation in Lieu.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Order in Council, made on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, prescribed certain regulations fixing the terms and conditions for the disposition and occupation of lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments: And whereas it is expedient to revoke Regulation No. 19 of the said regulations, and to make another in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof respectively, or any of them, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the aforesaid regulation numbered nineteen, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulation, to take the place of and to be known as regulation numbered nineteen of the aforesaid regulations of the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, for the disposal of lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments:—

19. The lessee shall whenever necessary, but not less than once a year, during the term of his lease properly clean and clear from weeds, and shall at all times during the said term keep open, all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses upon the land, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (hereinafter called “the Commissioner”), or any Crown Lands Ranger of the land district, shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make through the land any drain that he deems necessary, without payment of any compensation to the lessee.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sitting of Court of Appeal.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Court shall hold its sittings at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council, and proclaimed in the Government Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix that a sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington, upon Monday, the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.