DISTRICT COURT

The District Court shall be held under the said Act.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the authority aforesaid, I do hereby declare that the aforesaid Court shall be designated by the name of

"The District Court of the Otago Gold Fields."

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Auckland, in the Colony aforesaid, this eighth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

By His Excellency’s command,

G. GREY.

FRED. WHITAKER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

POSTAL

Appointment of Postmasters

General Post Office,
Auckland, 8th November 1864.

In virtue of the powers delegated to me by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the service of the Colony.

READER G. WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.

Otago.

• Thomas Kinross, to be Postmaster at Long Valley, from 1st August 1864.
• Thomas Sitfield, to be Postmaster at Kawarau Gorge, from 10th August 1864.
• Robert Miller, to be Postmaster at Molyneux Township, from 16th August 1864.
• Francis Thomas Walker, to be Postmaster at Oamarama, from 1st September 1864.
• Richard Wilson, to be Postmaster at Merven Hills, from 1st September 1864.
• George Hay Low, to be Postmaster at Upper Ferry, from 1st September 1864.
• Thomas Goodwin, to be Postmaster at Maori Point, from 1st September 1864.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

Establishing Regulations for the granting of Gold Mining Leases in the Province of Otago.

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-eighth day of October, 1864.

Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the "Gold Fields Act, 1862," that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make such Regulations, not being contrary to the Provisions of the said Act, as he shall think fit, for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes, and the terms and conditions on which such Leases shall be granted, and such Regulations from time to time to alter and abolish:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the Fifteenth day of September, 1863, certain Regulations were made for Gold Mining within the Otago Gold Fields, and it was thereby provided that applications might be made for Gold Mining Leases on the payment of a deposit of Twenty pounds (£20), and on the performance of certain things in the said Order set forth, such Leases might be granted as therein mentioned:

And whereas it is expedient in addition to the aforesaid Regulations, to make the following Regulation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the said recited power and authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, make the following additional Rule for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining within the District of the Otago Gold Fields:

"The Government reserves to itself the right of ingress and egress to, from and across any land for which a Gold Mining Lease may or shall be issued under these Regulations, and of granting to any person or to the public such rights of ingress and egress, and of granting to any holder of a Miner’s Right the privilege of entering on such land for the purpose of cutting water races or tail races and of leading head water or tail water through the same."

And doth further declare that this Order shall take effect from the day of date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS OFFICE

Auckland, 24th October, 1864.

In conformity with the 32nd clause of the "Gold Fields Act 1862," it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant Leases for Gold Mining purposes of the Crown Lands, and to the applicants specified in the following Schedule.

ALFRED DOMET,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Applicants: Charles Haines, David Standing, John Harris, Duncan M’Call, William Covell, William Harris, Thomas R. Procter, W. H. Bracken.

Locality: On the Shotover River, Wakatipu, between Long Gully and Moak Creek.

Area: 6 acres, 3 roods, 18 perches; being a portion of the bed of the River Shotover, bounded towards the north-east by a line bearing 49 deg. 54 min. 303 links; towards the south-east by a line bearing 40 deg. 6 min. 2266 links; towards the south-west by a line bearing 49 deg. 54 min. 303 links; and towards the north-west by a line bearing 40 deg. 6 min. 2266 links.

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