Fields Act, 1862: And whereas the said lands hereinafter described are now, or lately were held and occupied by Messieurs Cargill and Anderson, for depasturing purposes, under Licence numbered 199, and I have determined to cancel the said Licence, as to so much and such part of the lands held under the same as are comprised within the three areas hereinafter respectively described;—Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the powers delegated to me in this behalf, under the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” the “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” and the “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby cancel and declare to be cancelled the said Licence numbered 199, in so far, and in so far only, as the lands comprised within the three areas hereinafter respectively described, are affected by the said Licence, that is to say:—

First, All that piece of land situate at Roxburgh Flat, about one mile north-west of the Township of Roxburgh, in the Province of Otago, which piece of land is of rectangular figure, and bounded as follows: Main lines bear eighty-five degrees east of north, one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight links, and the minor lines at right angles, seven hundred links, connected between its south-east corner and the south-west corner of a piece of land called the Cemetery, by a line bearing seventy-six degrees thirty-three minutes east of north, four hundred and two links, and containing by admeasurement ten acres, more or less.

Second, All that piece of land of rectangular figure, situate at Butcher’s Gully, Teviot Flat, in the said Province, and bounded as follows: Main lines bear sixty-one degrees west of north, two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven links, main lines at right angles, three hundred and fifty links, connected by its north-west corner to station XIII of the traverse of the Roxburgh Agricultural Reserve by a line bearing sixty-five degrees twenty-four minutes west of north, one thousand two hundred and ten links, and containing by admeasurement ten acres, more or less, which piece of land is intersected by the Main Road from Roxburgh to Clyde, one chain wide, which road is included in the piece of land above described.

Third, All that piece of land, situate at the Commissioner’s Flat, about three miles north north-west of the said Township of Roxburgh, connected by its south-west corner by a line bearing south one hundred and forty-eight degrees east to station VIII of the traverse of the Roxburgh Agricultural Reserve, thence one hundred and sixty-four degrees east seventy-four degrees north one thousand four hundred and fourteen links, thence south one hundred and sixty-four degrees east one thousand four hundred and fourteen links, thence south one hundred and sixty-four degrees, west one thousand four hundred and fourteen links, and thence west seventy-four degrees, south one thousand four hundred and fourteen links, and containing by admeasurement twenty acres, more or less.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this (L.S.) sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
H. J. Millar,
Provincial Secretary.

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

By His Honor Thomas Dick, Esquire, Superintendent of the said Province.

WHEREAS by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” John Hyde Harris, Esquire, the then Superintendent of the Province of Otago, 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 the Lands particularly described in the said Proclamation, emprising, amongst other lands, the lands hereinafter described, to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” by the name of the “Tuapeka Gold Field,” and by the limits of such Gold Field did, in and by the said Proclamation, define: And whereas the said 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 the said Lands firstly hereinafter described are now, or lately were, held and occupied by Messieurs J. and F. Fulton for depasturing purposes under Licence numbered 186; and the Lands secondly hereinafter described are now, or lately were, held and occupied by Messieurs Henry Driver and John M’Lean for depasturing purposes under Licence numbered 51: And whereas I have determined to cancel the said Licences, as to so much and such part of the Lands held under the same respectively, as are within the two several areas hereinafter described;—Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the powers delegated to me in this behalf under the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” the “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” and the “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby cancel and declare to be cancelled the said Licences numbered 186 and 51 respectively, in so far, and in so far only, as the Lands within the two several areas hereinafter described are affected by the said Licences respectively, that is to say:—

Firstly, All that area situate in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement one thousand and five hundred acres, more or less, being a portion of Run numbered 186 on the map of the South-eastern District of the said Province; bounded by a line commencing at the Lammerlaw Creek, and proceeding due east through Trigonometrical Station M., Waipori Survey District to Comminsge Creek, thence by Comminsge Creek to the Waipori River, thence by the Waipori River to Lammerlaw Creek, and by Lammerlaw Creek to the starting point.

Secondly, All that area situate in the said Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement one thousand eight hundred acres, more or less, being a portion of Run numbered 51 on the said map of the South-eastern District of the said Province; bounded from the junction of Pastoral Creek by the Waipori River in an easterly direction to Shepherd Burn, thence in a southerly direction by Shepherd Burn to its source, thence by a direct line to the Tuapeka Road, thence by the road in a westerly direction to a point due south of the source of Pastoral Creek, and by Pastoral Creek to its junction with the Waipori River, the starting point.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin,
(L.S.) this sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
H. J. Miller,
Provincial Secretary.

OTAGO SOUTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given that application is intended to be made at the ensuing Session of the General Assembly for an Act to empower the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, his successors and assigns, to construct a Railway, to be called the “Otago Southern Trunk Railway,” from the City of Dunedin in the said Province of Otago, to the Township of Balclutha in the same Province, and to take and purchase compulsorily lands required for the purpose of the said Railway, or within the limits of deviation thereof; and notice is hereby also given that one terminus of the said Railway is proposed to be at a point situated at or near the line of the southern side of High-street, about seven chains eastward from the Custom House, in the City of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, and the other terminus thereof at a point situated in the line of the southern side of Hasborough-place, and eastern side of Cromer-street, in the Township of Balclutha, in the Province of Otago.