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lately occupied by Messrs. Grant and Gammie for depasturing purposes under a licence numbered 356, are within the limits of the said Gold Field. And whereas I, under the powers in that behalf vested in me, have determined to cancel the said licence as to the whole of the land held under the said licence, the measurement of which is estimated to be about one hundred thousand acres. Now, therefore,

I, John Hyde Harris, the Superintendent of the said Province, in pursuance of the power and authority so vested in me as aforesaid, declare the said licence, numbered 356, to be cancelled over all Crown Lands held and occupied thereunder, estimated to be about one hundred thousand acres, bounded, as hereinbefore mentioned, towards the east by Run No. 340.

Given under my hand, and the public seal of the Province of Otago; this sixth of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

Agricultural Leases on the Gold Fields.

Clauses, Provisos, and Conditions to be contained in Agricultural Leases under the "Gold Fields Act, 1862."

By the Honorable JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf, Proclaim and Declare the clauses, provisos, and conditions following, as applicable to any agricultural leases hereafter granted by me under the several provisions of the "Gold Fields Act, 1862," relating thereto.

1st. Agricultural Leases will be granted for a term not exceeding seven years.

2nd. Agricultural Leases will not be transferable without the special sanction and authority of His Honor the Superintendent, and for every such transfer a fee or fine of one pound (£1) will be charged.

3rd. The Government reserves to itself the right to survey, through any land held under an Agricultural Lease, such roads as may be deemed essential for public convenience, and to throw them open to public traffic, subject to the allowance of valuation for improvements, and for any standing and growing crops which may be in or upon such line of road, at the period when possession thereof is taken by the Government.

4th. The rent charged shall be at the rate of five shillings (5s.) per acre, payable yearly in advance from the date of application; and any fractional part of an acre will be considered as an acre and charged accordingly.

5th. The Government reserves to itself the right of entering upon any land so leased as aforesaid, for the purpose of searching for gold, or any other metal or mineral, and of determining any lease when such metals or minerals shall have been discovered thereon.

6th. In the event of the determination of any Agricultural Lease on account of the highly auriferous nature of the land thereby demised, the amount of compensation adjudged to be paid to the holder thereof shall (except in special cases) be contributed by the persons desirous of mining thereon.

7th. The fees charged for survey will be as follows:

For an ordinary survey, when the area does not exceed four (4) acres, one pound.

PROCLAMATION.

Of West Taieri Gold Field.

I, JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf, constitute and appoint to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act, 1862," under the name of the

WEST TAIERI GOLD FIELD,

all that territory comprised within the area bounded towards the north by the Mount Ida Gold Field; towards the east by the watershed of the Waikouaiti Downs and Silver Peak Mountains, thence by Silver Stream to the North Taieri Road; towards the south by the North Taieri Road, exclusive of the township of Outram; thence by the boundary of the West Taieri Hundred to Maungatua; thence by the boundary of the Tuapeka Gold Field to Lammerlaw, and thence towards the west by the watershed of Rough Ridge to the North Rough Ridge Hill: And I declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the day of the date hereof.

Given under my Hand and the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.