Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3035

Weighted with £123 1s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of four-roomed house, fencing, gates, and 10 acres in grass.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor this twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twelfth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—MOKIHINUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Chiefly hilly land covered with bush, consisting principally of brown and silver birch and rimu, with mixed underscrub. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Well watered. Situated about seven miles and a half by formed dray-road from Mokihinui Railway-station. Exempt from rent for four years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—DANNEVIRKE COUNTY.—NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—PIRIPIRI BLOCK (PART OF).

First-class Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Waimangaroa Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CHARLES GEORGE FRIEND

to be a Trustee, in the place of William McIntyre, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Waimangaroa Public Cemetery, in conjunction with George Griffiths, Thomas Sherlock, John Sowerby, and David Glover, previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Marua Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

THOMAS STEPHENS TIPPETTS

to be a Trustee, in the place of Walter George Barker, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Marua Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Henry Hambrook Hawkins, James Wilson, John Alexander McInnes, and John Malcolm McPhee, previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations for granting Assistance towards Prospecting the Deep Levels at the Thames.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section three hundred and ninety of “The Mining Act, 1908,” and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for granting assistance towards prospecting the deep levels at the Thames Goldfield, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force from the date of the gazetting thereof:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The terms and conditions subject to which assistance may be given shall be such as the Minister thinks fit to prescribe, not being inconsistent with the Mining Act or the regulations for the time being in force thereunder.

2. A board of management shall be appointed, consisting of one member representing each contributing company and two members nominated by the Minister, one of whom shall be Chairman and have a deliberative and a casting vote. A notice in the New Zealand Gazette of the appointment of the Board shall be sufficient notice of the appointment.

3. The Minister shall require such terms and conditions as he thinks necessary to be embodied in a written instrument of contract or agreement, which shall be executed by the representatives of the contributing companies of the one part, and the Minister, on behalf of His Majesty, of the other part.

4. Such instrument shall expressly state that all moneys payable by or on behalf of His Majesty thereunder shall be subject to the appropriation of Parliament.

5. Such terms and conditions as aforesaid shall include, inter alia, the following:—

(a.) That the crosscut shall be of such size and shape as the Board, with the consent of the Minister, prescribes.

(b.) That due provision shall be made to the satisfaction of the Warden, on such terms as he may prescribe, whereby all persons may at all reasonable times have access to the crosscut for the purpose of driving subsidiary crosscuts, and otherwise availing themselves of such crosscut and subsidiary crosscuts for the purposes of mining and drainage.