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Minzion Burn with the Clutha River ; thence by a line bearing north-east a distance of 20 chains ; thence south-east generally by a line parallel to and 20 chains from the Clutha River, a distance of 11·25 miles ; thence due west across the traffic bridge in the Town of Dunkeld (Beaumont), a distance of 40 chains ; thence north-west generally by a line parallel to and 20 chains from the Clutha River, a distance of 10·75 miles ; thence by a line bearing north-east to the point of commencement, a distance of 20 chains ; excluding therefrom the bed of the Clutha River for which due allowance has been made in the area. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 6/69c, and deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being part of Blocks IV and XIII, Cromwell Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at a point half a mile below the junction of the Roaring Meg and the Kawarau rivers ; thence south-westerly a distance of 5 chains ; thence westerly and south-westerly generally by a line 5 chains from and parallel to the Kawarau River, a distance of 80 chains ; thence due west to the Kawarau River, 5 chains ; thence north-easterly and south-easterly by the south bank of the Kawarau River to the place of commencement, 80 chains.

Also all that area of land in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less, being part of Block IV, Cromwell Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at a point 60 chains south-east of the junction of the Roaring Meg and Kawarau rivers ; thence south-east by the south-west bank of the Kawarau River, a distance of 40 chains ; thence by a line bearing south-west 5 chains ; thence north-westerly by a line parallel to and 5 chains from the Kawarau River, a distance of 40 chains ; thence by a line bearing north-east to the place of commencement, 5 chains.

Also all that area of land in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being part of Block IV, Cromwell Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at the head of the Cromwell Development Company’s water-race ; thence by a line bearing south-west a distance of 5 chains ; thence north-westerly by a line parallel to and five chains from the Kawarau River, a distance of 80 chains ; thence by a line bearing north-east to the Kawarau River, a distance of 5 chains ; thence south-easterly by the south-west bank of the Kawarau River to the place of commencement, a distance of 80 chains.

Also all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 190 acres, more or less, being part of Blocks I and II, Cromwell Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at the junction of Long Gully with the Kawarau River ; thence south-easterly and north-easterly generally by the south bank of the Kawarau River to a point on the river opposite the western boundary of Section 95, Block I, Cromwell Survey District (Cornish point), a distance of 380 chains ; thence southerly by the said boundary, a distance of 6 chains ; thence south-westerly and north-westerly generally by a line parallel to and 5 chains from the south bank of the Kawarau River to Long Gully, 380 chains ; thence north-easterly by Long Gully to the place of commencement, a distance of 5 chains, excluding therefrom part of Section 9, Block I, Cromwell Survey District. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 6/69D, and deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 12·5 square miles, more or less, situate in Motatapu Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at the junction of the Motatapu and Matukituki rivers, towards the south-east by the south bank of the Matukituki River, a distance of 1·25 miles ; thence generally in a southerly direction by a line 1 mile from and parallel to the Motatapu River, a distance of 6·5 miles ; thence by a line due west a distance of 2 miles ; thence generally in a northerly direction by a line 1 mile from and parallel to the Motatapu River a distance of 7 miles ; thence by the south-west bank of the Matukituki River to the place of commencement, a distance of 1 mile, excluding therefrom Section 2 and part of Section 1, Block VI, Motatapu Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 6/69E, and deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 7·75 square miles, more or less, being situate in Blocks V and VI, Tarras Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at the intersection of the Luggate Burn and the west boundary of Tarras Survey District ; thence by the north bank of the said Luggate Burn to its intersection with the Pembroke-Cromwell Road, a distance of 3 miles ; thence south-easterly by the said road a distance of 30 chains ; thence due south to the head of the Sheepskin Creek, 2·5 miles ; thence due east 2·75 miles ; thence due north to the place of commencement ; a distance of 3 miles, excluding therefrom Section 5 and part of Section 2, Block VI, Tarras Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 6/69F, and deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of February, 1933.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 6/69.)

Exempting Crown Lands from certain Provisions of the Mining Act, 1926.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section twenty of the Mining Act, 1926, it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor-General 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 Crown land specified in the Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules hereto, shall, subject to all existing registered mining privileges, be exempted from the provisions of the Mining Act, 1926, and its amendments, set out in the First Schedule hereto :

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Mining Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby exempt the land particularly described in the Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules hereto, from the provisions of those sections of the Mining Act, 1926, mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, subject to all existing registered mining privileges ; and do also hereby declare that such exemption shall take effect from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

THE Mining Act, 1926.—Sections 70, 77, 81, 87, 89, 100, 106, 129, 144, 154.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, bounded on the east by the Clutha River from the Lowburn to its confluence with the Kawarau River ; thence up the Kawarau River to a point in line with the southernmost corner of Section 20, Block IV, Cromwell Survey District ; thence to and along the south-eastern boundary of that section to the Queenstown-Cromwell Road ; thence south-easterly along that road to its junction with a public road forming the south-eastern boundary of Sections 28 to 8 inclusive ; thence north-easterly along that road to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 8 ; thence north-westerly along the northern boundary of that section to a closed road ; thence northerly, easterly, and again northerly along that closed road to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Section 66, Block III, Cromwell Survey District ; thence to and along that boundary and the eastern boundary of Section 65, Block III, Cromwell Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 65 ; thence along the southern boundary of Section 8, Block V, Cromwell Survey District, to its south-eastern corner ; thence along the eastern boundary of that section and of Section 12, Block V aforesaid, to the northernmost corner of the said Section 12 ; thence along the north-western boundary of Section 7, Block V aforesaid, to its intersection with the Lowburn ; thence down the Lowburn to the Clutha River, the place of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 18/66, and deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.