PROCLAMATION:

Setting apart Crown Lands in the Otago Gold Field for the purpose of granting Agricultural Leases.

By His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in Council.

WHEREAS by the 33rd section of the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted amongst other things that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause Crown Lands situate within a Gold Field to be selected and set apart for the purpose of granting Agricultural Leases thereon and therefor: And whereas Thomas Dick, Esquire, then Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in him in that behalf, did, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, bearing date twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, constitute and appoint all the territory therein described, including amongst other lands the lands hereinafter described to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," to be called "Otago Gold Field." And whereas by "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867," it is enacted that within any Province in which by any Act or Ordinance, it is provided that the Superintendent shall, in the administration of the Government thereof, act by and with the advice and consent of an Executive Council, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand, and under the public seal of the Colony, from time to time, as occasion may require, to delegate to the Executive Government for the time being of such Province, subject or not to any restrictions or limitations as he may think fit, all or any of such powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," as under or by virtue of the one hundred and ninth section of the said Act may be delegated by the Governor in Council, and in like manner to revoke any such delegation: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the "Executive Council Ordinance, 1861," it is provided that the Superintendent of the said Province shall, in the administration of the Government thereof, act by and with the advice and consent of an Executive Council: And whereas the Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, and in pursuance of the power and authority for that purpose vested in him by the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," and subject to its provisions delegated unto the Executive Government for the time being of the Province of Otago all such powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the said last-mentioned Act, as under or by virtue of the 109th section of the said last-mentioned Act may be delegated by the Governor in Council, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers within the said Province of Otago: And whereas the said lands hereinafter described are Crown lands, subject to be dealt with under the provisions of the said 33rd section of the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," and it is deemed expedient to set the same apart for the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor.

Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the said Province in this behalf by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand in Council, under the authority of the "Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1867," and of every other power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands comprised within the area hereinafter described have been and are hereby selected and set apart by the Executive Government of the Province of Otago for the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor (that is to say),

All that area in the Province of Otago, containing 2500 acres, more or less, being a portion of Run 215, known as the Island, situate between the Spylaw range and the west bank of the Clutha River in the Benger District, and extending from the south boundary of the said Run 215, about six miles in a north westerly direction.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, in presence of Arthur John Burns and Julius Vogel, Esquires, two of the Members of the Executive Council of the said Province, being also Members of the Provincial Council thereof, this twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

J. MACANDREW,
(L.S.)
Superintendent.

Julius Vogel,
A. J. Burns,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, and of the Provincial Council thereof.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

George Morrison Barr, Esq.,
to be Engineer of Roads and Works, vice John Turnbull Thomson, Esq., appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board.

A. J. Burns,
Secretary for Land and Works.
Dunedin, 13th January, 1869.

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES FEES.—See General Government Gazette of 13th January, 1869.

DA VALLEY QUARTZ MINING COMPANY (REGISTERED).—Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at the 31st day of December, 1868, pursuant to "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act 1865."

Assets.
£ s. d.
Cash ... 23 17 1
Value of mine, plant, &c. ... 7303 1 0

Total Assets ... 7326 18 1

Liabilities.
£ s. d.
Sundry creditors (secured) ... 1000 0 0
Advances from Shareholders and sundry creditors (unsecured) ... 681 11 0
Bank of New Zealand ... 68 17 2

Total Liabilities ... 1750 8 2

M. W. Hawkins,
8s. 6d.
Registered Manager.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, Port Chalmers Cemetery —

Cr.
£ s. d.
1868.—By fees received from 1st January, 1868, to 31st December, 1868 ... 58 19 6

Dr.
£ s. d.
Jan. 1.—To balance due to Town Council ... 41 19 6
... do do Cemetery ... 17 0 6

Total ... 58 19 6

By balance to Cr. of Cemetery ... 17 0 6

Correct—
R. Toms }
Wm. Kettle } Auditors.
George L. Aitken,
Town Clerk.
Port Chalmers, 12th Jany., 1869.