Numb. 81.

1779

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.

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

(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 prior to the repeal of the said Act by “The Mining Act, 1898,” not less than ninety days’ notice was published, in the manner provided by the said section, that application had 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 by section seven of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is enacted that for the purposes of that section, and of continuing and perfecting any matter or thing commenced or in progress thereunder, or under any former Mining Act, every such Act should be deemed to be unrepealed:

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 of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, together with their tributaries, 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 first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

That creek known as Walker’s Creek, which flows westerly through Sections 5, 6, and 7, Block XII., Inangahua Survey District, for a distance of about one mile, from its source to its confluence with the Inangahua River; and also the tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Boatman’s Creek, which flows westerly for a distance of about fourteen miles from its source to its junction with the Inangahua River; and also the tributaries thereof.

That creek known as Spring Creek, which rises in the spurs of the Brunner Range, and flows into the Buller River at a point known as Three-channel Flat; together with the tributaries thereof.

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 second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land in Southland withdrawn from Sale as Village-homestead Allotments.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be and are hereby withdrawn from sale as village-homestead allotments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 66, 67, 70, 74 to 93, and 100, Block XV., Invercargill Hundred.

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 second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!