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sections of such size and form as he may determine, and any lands so proclaimed may thereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to the like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as may be, as Crown Lands of the same class not within a Gold Field; and it shall not be necessary to withdraw lands from the operation of the said Act for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas the lease hitherto existing over the Crown Lands described in the Schedule hereto has been duly cancelled under the provisions of “Gold Fields Act 1866:” And whereas the Executive Government of the Province of Otago have determined to open up for sale the said Crown Lands, described in the said Schedule hereto, in sections of the size and form in which the same have already been surveyed, and as the same are laid off and delineated in the maps of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Otago relative thereto: Now, therefore, His Honor James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, doth hereby, 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 any and every other power in anywise enabling the said Executive Government in this behalf proclaim and declare, that from and after the date hereof, all the said Crown Lands, specified in the said Schedule hereto, shall be open for sale in sections of the size and form in which such Lands respectively have already been surveyed, and as the same are laid off and delineated on the Map in the Office of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Otago relative thereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that area situate in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement two thousand and sixty (2060) acres, more or less, being a portion of Block II, Benger District: bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of the said Block, eight hundred and eighteen (818) links; towards the north-east by Auriferous Reserve, forty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-seven (43,657) links; towards the south by a direct line from Spylaw Hill to Clutha River, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven (5,777) links; and towards the south-west by the south western boundary of the said Block II, Benger District, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-one (37,571) links, as the same is delineated on the Map of the said District deposited in the Survey Office, Dunedin.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

James Macandrew,
Superintendent.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Present:
His HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,
DONALD REID,
GEORGE M’LEAN, and
GEORGE DUNCAN, Esquires,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, and also of the Provincial Council thereof.

WHEREAS by Proclamation bearing date the twelfth day of February last, made by His Honor James Macandrew, 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 of Otago in that behalf, under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” certain regulations were made for the Otago Gold Field, prescribing the mode in which application might be made for leases of land for agricultural purposes: And whereas it is expedient to revoke Regulations numbered 4 and 21 respectively of the Regulations proclaimed as aforesaid, and to make other Regulations in lieu thereof.

Now, therefore, His Honor James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, doth, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the Province of Otago in this behalf, hereby revoke the said Regulations numbered 4 and 21 respectively, and doth hereby make the Regulations following in lieu thereof:

4.—Deposit—how calculated.

If application is made for fifty (50) acres, or any lesser area, the amount of the deposit shall be seven pounds ten shillings (£7 10s.). For any greater area the deposit shall be calculated upon the entire acreage at the rate of two shillings and ninepence (2s. 9d.) per acre, and any fractional part of an acre will be reckoned as an acre.

21.—Rent.

For fifty (50) acres, or any lesser area, a charge of seven pounds ten shillings (£7 10s.) will be made for the first half year, which shall cover all charges for the survey and preparation of the lease of the land. For any larger area the charge shall be two shillings and ninepence (2s. 9d.) per acre for the first half year, which shall also cover the charges aforesaid; and, after the first half year, rent will be charged at the rate of two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per acre per annum, payable half-yearly in advance. Every fractional part of an acre will be considered as an acre, and any fractional part of a month will be considered as a month, and will be respectively charged for accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

(Reprinted from last week’s Gazette, in correction of an error in the Schedule.)

James Macandrew,
Superintendent,
of the Province of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the 21st day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Present:
His HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,
DONALD REID,
GEORGE M’LEAN, and
GEORGE DUNCAN, Esquires,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, being also Members of the Provincial Council thereof.

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 the 29th day of January, 1867, constitute and appoint all the territory therein described (including amongst other Lands the Lands described in the Schedule hereto, and comprising certain Sections in the Town of Naseby) to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” to be called the “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...