NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. IX. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1865. No. 367

PROCLAMATION.

Cancellation of Licences to Depasture Stock on certain Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Otago.

By His Honor John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf by the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the said Province, did by proclamation published in the Provincial Government Gazette, dated the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, constitute and appoint all that territory described in the said Proclamation to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” by the name of the Tuapeka Gold Field, and the limits of which Gold Field I did in and by the said Proclamation define:

And whereas the Lands hereinafter described are Waste Lands of the Crown, and subject to be dealt with under the provisions of the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862;” And whereas part of the said lands hereinafter described, that is to say, so much thereof as lies to the northeast of the Waitahuna River, are now or lately were held and occupied by Henry Driver and John Maclean, for depasturing purposes, under Licence numbered 51;

And whereas the residue of the said lands, namely, so much thereof as lies to the southwest of the Waitahuna River, are now or lately were held and occupied together with other lands by John Lowe, for depasturing purposes, under Licence numbered 52;

And whereas I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, under and by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf vested in me, have determined to cancel the said two Licences, as to so much of the lands held under the same as are within the area hereinafter described:— Now therefore I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in this behalf under the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” do hereby cancel and declare to be cancelled the said Licences numbered 51 and 52 respectively, in so far, and in so far only, as the lands within the area hereinafter described are affected by the said Licences respectively, that is to say—

All that area containing by admeasurement three hundred acres, more or less, commencing at a point distant 9,700 links from Trigonometrical Station B.B., Tuapeka East District, on a line drawn from the said Trigonometrical Station at the true bearing of 173° 31′; thence bounded towards the North by a line bearing 263° 30′ 6000 links; thence bounded towards the West 5228 links, by a line bearing 156° 30′; thence bounded towards the South 6000 links, by a line bearing 83° 30′; thence bounded towards the East 5228 links, by a line bearing 336° 30′, to the point above mentioned originally started from.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this (L.S.) fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

Reserving and Withdrawing for the Purposes of Sale, certain Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Otago.

By His Honor John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago did on the fifteenth day of September, 1863, by virtue of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf by proclamation published in the Government Gazette of the said Province, constitute and appoint a certain portion of the said Province to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” under the name of the Tuapeka Gold Field, and the limits of