Num. 75.

1639

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1901.

Additional Land in Section No. 2, Ohingaiti Block, taken for the Purposes of the North Island Main Trunk Railway.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the North Island Main Trunk Railway to take further land in Section No. 2, Ohingaiti Block, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19455, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Nevis River and Bucklerburn, 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 date set out in the description of such watercourses 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 first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICTS.

That river known as the Nevis River, which flows northerly from its source near Mount Tennyson for a distance of about thirty miles to its confluence with the Kawarau River; together with the tributaries thereof. Date of gazetting of notice of application to proclaim, 18th April, 1901.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

That stream known as Bucklerburn, in Lake County, which flows westerly from its source in the Richardson Mountains for a distance of about six miles to Lake Waka-

ERRATUM.—In the notice of election of a member of the Board of Conciliation for the Canterbury Industrial District, which appears in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, of the 8th August, 1901, page 1608, for “Walker Newton,” read “Walter Newton.”

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