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shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provisions of the said Act, to make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners’ Rights should be granted, and the forms of such Miners’ Rights, and of Licenses and Leases so to be issued under this Act, and the modes, times, and places of the issue thereof; and also touching the extent and condition of any claim, and the conditions under which it should be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited; the application and use of machinery, and other rules and regulations relating to mining under Miners’ Rights or otherwise, in any Gold-field, as he may deem most beneficial.

And whereas, by the said Act it is also provided, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the public seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said Act, except the powers conferred by Sections nineteen, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, and sixty-one thereof, subject or not subject to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers.

And whereas, by warrant under the hand of Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the Governor in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, dated the 15th day of September 1863, at Auckland, and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for that purpose in him vested, did thereby delegate absolutely and without restriction, unto the Honorable John Hyde Harris, as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, all the powers vested in him under and by virtue of “The Gold-fields Act, 1862,” except the powers contained in Sections nineteen, thirty-one, and sixty-one of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the powers within the Province of Otago.

Notice is hereby given, that his Honor John Hyde Harris, as Superintendent of the said Province, under and by virtue of the powers delegated to him as aforesaid, has, this 15th day of September 1863, made Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners’ Rights shall be granted, and the forms of such Miners’ Rights, and of Licenses and Leases to be issued under the said Act, and the modes, times, and places of the issue thereof; and also touching the extent and condition of claims and the conditions under which they shall be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited; the application and use of machinery, and other rules and regulations relating to mining under Miners’ Rights and otherwise, in the Otago Gold-fields, as by him deemed most beneficial.

And Notice is hereby given, that the said Rules and Regulations are the same in every respect as the Rules and Regulations of the Gold-fields of Otago, in force and effect on the 14th day of September 1863, and published in the Provincial Government Gazettes numbered 198, 199, 211, 229.

Dated at the Superintendent’s Office, Dunedin, on the 15th day of September 1863.

By order,
E. B. Cargill,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

Exempting certain places from Mining Operations.

I The Honorable John Hyde Harris, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf, under the provisions of the Gold Fields Act, 1862, proclaim and declare that the ground occupied by the Storm Water Channel at Weatherstones, within Gabriel’s Gully District, and to the extent of thirty feet on each side of the said Storm Water Channel, is and shall be exempted from the operations of mining by all persons whomsoever.

And I, the said John Hyde Harris, Superintendent as aforesaid, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power, do hereby proclaim and declare that the ground occupied by the Town of Lawrence, Tuapeka Gold-field, as described in the Schedule hereto, is and shall be exempted from the operations of mining, and from other occupation by all persons whomsoever claiming in virtue of any provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of Land known as the Town of Lawrence, situate in the south-eastern districts of the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement six hundred and fifty-six acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Crown Lands seven thousand four hundred and thirty-six