February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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

Geo. Duncan,
D. REIN,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, and of the Provincial Council thereof.

PROCLAMATION

Suspending operation of Section 2, of Regulation 25, of the Regulations for the Otago Gold Field, made by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of January, 1870.

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

WHEREAS by Section No. 21 of Regulation No. 26 of the Regulations for the Otago Gold Field, made by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of January now last past, it is provided that if any portion of the Rules and Regulations of the Otago Gold Field shall be deemed to be inapplicable to the requirements of any district the Superintendent might, if he should think fit, upon the receipt of a memorial to that effect, signed by not less than fifty holders of Miners’ Rights and Business Licenses residing in such district, suspend the operation of any regulation, or section of a regulation, so far as such district was concerned, and might again annul such suspension and renew the operation of such regulation or section, or might substitute others in lieu thereof:

And whereas I, the said James Macandrew, as such Superintendent of the Province of Otago as aforesaid, have received a memorial, signed by more than fifty holders of Miners’ Rights and Business Licenses residing in the District of Naseby, in the Otago Gold Field, praying me to suspend the operation of Section 2 of Regulation 25 of the said Regulations:

Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby proclaim and declare that I do hereby, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in this behalf vested in me by said Section No. 21 of Regulation No. 26 of the said Regulations, suspend the operation of Section No. 2 of Regulation No. 25 of the said Regulations, far as all that district of the said Otago Gold Field, comprising the Town of Naseby, and all lands within a radius of three miles from the said Town in every direction, is concerned, but not further or otherwise.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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

NOTIFICATION

Of the Establishment of a Pound at Inch Clutha.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of the powers vested in me by the “Impounding Ordinance 1862,” I have established a Public Pound situate on Section 9, Block XII, Inch Clutha District, in the Province of Otago; and that I have appointed George Taurusendor, of Inch Clutha, to be Keeper of the said Pound.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 18th February, 1870.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

In conformity to the 29th Section of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of lease for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden, at Queenstown, on or before the eleventh day of March, 1870.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

J. MACANDREW, Superintendent.

SCHEDULE

Thomas M’Hattie, the Unpleasant Creek Company, 7 acres of land, on the north side of Pleasant Creek, Shotover.

AGREEMENT—DUNEDIN AND PORT CHALMERS RAILWAY

THIS DEED made the twenty fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy Between James Macandrew Esquire Superintendent of the Province of Otago of the one part and David Proudfoot of Dunedin in the Province of Otago and Colony of New Zealand contractor and John Thomas Chaplin of the same place coach proprietor of the other part

Whereas the making and maintaining a Railway from Port Chalmers in the said Province of Otago to the City of Dunedin in the same Province and the construction of wharves jetties and other necessary erections for the purpose of enabling ships and vessels to load and discharge their cargoes and land and take in passengers from and to such Railway would be of great public utility and highly beneficial to the said Province of Otago And whereas the said David Proudfoot and John Thomas Chaplin have proposed to the Superintendent of the Province of Otago to make and maintain such a Railway and to construct wharves jetties and other necessary erections in connection therewith and to provide the necessary capital therefor And whereas it has been deemed advisable by the Provincial Government of Otago to encourage the investment of an amount of capital sufficient for the making and maintaining of the said Railway and the construction of such wharves jetties and other necessary erections as aforesaid And whereas the Provincial Council of Otago in Session assembled did on the eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine adopt the following resolutions namely 1st “That in the opinion of this Council the construction of a Railway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers should be proceeded with without delay 2nd That to place the Government in a position to provide for such work being carried out power should be given to the Superintendent with the advice of his Executive to enter into an agreement with a company formed for the purpose to hand over to such company jetty dues to an amount annually not exceeding eight per cent. of the capital required to be employed as a fund to encourage the investment of a sufficient amount of capital 3rd That to place at the disposal of the Government further facilities for enabling the necessary capital to be raised a block of land should be set apart as a reserve to be used if necessary as a security for raising money” And whereas the said David Proudfoot and John Thomas Chaplin have applied to the said James Macandrew as such Superintendent as aforesaid to enter into an agreement with them to hand over or secure to them the jetty dues henceforth to be collected at the several jetties in the Ports of Dunedin and Port Chalmers so as to form a fund out