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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Warrant exempting Crown Lands from the Operation of
"The Mining Act, 1898."

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section twenty of "The Mining Act, 1898," it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any Crown lands from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from that Act or any specified provisions of that Act; and that the lands to which any such notice relates shall be specified therein by words of particular description: And whereas it is desirable that the lands specified in the Schedule hereto should be exempted from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from "The Mining Act, 1898," or from any specified provisions of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and of all powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby exempt the lands particularly described in the Schedule hereto from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from the operation of "The Mining Act, 1898," or from any specified provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the Crown lands included within that area in the Kanieri Survey District, Westland Land District, known as part of the Borough of Hokitika. Bounded towards the north-west by the Tasman Sea; towards the north-east by the north-eastern side of Hokitika Town Belt North and its production to the sea; towards the south-east by the south-eastern side of Hokitika Town Belt East and its production to the Hokitika River; and towards the south-west by the said Hokitika River to the Tasman Sea aforesaid (exclusive of Residence Areas Nos. 1119, 1120, 1121, 1129, 1239, 1267, 1268, 1282, 1283, 1315, and 1318, which are within the above-described boundaries): as the same are delineated on the plans marked S.G. 52087A and S.G. 52087B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Land temporarily reserved in the Westland Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Westland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, being Section No. 824, in red (Sections Nos. 815 to 825 inclusive), Town of Kumara. Bounded towards the north-east by Reserve No. 221, Town of Kumara; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, and 845 of the said town; towards the south-west by E.B. road of the said town; and towards the north-west by Cashman Street of the town aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52502, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a recreation reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

River and its Tributaries, Auckland Land District, notified under "The Timber-floating Act, 1884."

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of "The Timber-floating Act, 1884," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the undermentioned river and its tributary streams and branches within the colony may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

The Piako River and its branches or tributary streams, situated in Piako, Ohinemuri, and Thames Counties.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Wairoa Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN OSBORNE CLAPP

to be a Trustee, in the place of James Ritchie, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Wairoa Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Dunsandel Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JAMES JOHNSTON

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Irvine, who has left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Dunsandel Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Laing's Creek and its Tributaries, Auckland Land District, notified under "The Timber-floating Act, 1884."

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of "The Timber-floating Act, 1884," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the undermentioned stream and its tributary branches within the colony may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Laing's Creek and its tributaries: situated in the Parish of Waipu.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.