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 any wise 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 by estimation one thousand four hundred and twenty-two (1,422) acres more or less situate in the North-eastern Pastoral District being part of Run numbered one hundred and nine (109) on the map of the said Pastoral District bounded towards the north-west by the Waikouaiti River seven thousand five hundred (7,500) links also by other part of the said Run numbered 109 four thousand (4,000) links towards the north-east by other part of the said Run numbered 109 fifteen thousand two hundred and thirty (15,230) links towards the south-east by other part of the said Run twelve thousand (12,000) links towards the south-west by the Waikouaiti River seven thousand three hundred (7,300) links and towards the west by Run numbered 250 seven thousand nine hundred (7,900) links excepting sections and street lines in Macraes Township as described in Provincial Gazette numbered 655.

All that area in the Province of Otago containing by estimation one thousand and seventy-eight (1,078) acres more or less situate in the North-eastern Pastoral District being part of Run numbered two hundred and fifty (250) on the map of the said Pastoral District bounded towards the north-west by other part of the said Run eleven thousand three hundred (11,300) links towards the east by Run numbered 109 seventh thousand nine hundred (7,900) links towards the south-east by the Waikouaiti River and Crown Lands sixteen thousand four hundred (16,400) links and towards the west by other part of Run numbered 250 eleven thousand (11,000) links.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, in presence of Donald Reid and George Duncan, Esquires, two of the members of the Executive Council of the said Province, being also members of the Provincial Council thereof, this thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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

D. REID,
GEORGE DUNCAN,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, and of the Provincial Council thereof.

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 the 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, bearing date the 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 any and every other power in any wise 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 by estimation two thousand five hundred (2,500) acres, more or less, situate in the North-eastern Pastoral District, being part of Run numbered two hundred and twenty-four (224), on the map of the said Pastoral District, bounded towards the north-east by Run numbered two hundred and twenty-seven (227), six thousand six hundred (6,601) links; towards the east by Hill’s Creek and the Ida Burn, thirty-two thousand nine hundred (32,900) links; towards the south by other part of the said Run, numbered two hundred and twenty-four (224), twenty-one thousand two hundred (21,200) links; and towards the west by other part of the said Run, numbered two hundred and twenty-four (224), thirty-three thousand one hundred (33,100) links.