Numb. 64.

1381

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1900.

Police-gaol proclaimed.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare that such police-stations as he shall name therein shall be police-gaols:

And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the police-station at Raetihi, in the Provincial District of Wellington, to be a police-gaol:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the said building shall be a police-gaol from and after the appearance of this Proclamation in the Gazette.

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 eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Police-gaol proclaimed.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare that such police-stations as he shall name therein shall be police-gaols:

And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the police-station at Akaroa, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, to be a police-gaol:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the said building shall be a police-gaol from and after the appearance of this Proclamation in the Gazette.

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 eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Proclaiming Rivers and Creeks in the Land Districts of Otago and Southland, 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 thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICTS.

That river known as the Waikaiia River, which flows southerly from its source in the Garvie Mountains for a distance