in occupation by Mr. John Butement under a lease for depasturing purposes, issued under the “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866.” And whereas the Executive Government of the Province of Otago have determined to cancel the said lease as to so much and such part of the lands held under the same as are comprised within the area hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, I, 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 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 me in this behalf, do hereby cancel the said lease, in so far as the lands comprised within the area hereinafter described are affected by the said lease, but no further or otherwise (that is to say):

All that area in the Province of Otago, containing by estimation five thousand (5000) acres, being a portion of Run 346, bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of the said run eight thousand (8000) links, towards the east by the ranges sixty-five thousand (65,000) links, and towards the south and west by the Wakatip Lake estuary and the Rees river seventy thousand (70,000) links, be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, in presence of Donald Reid and George Duncan, Esquires, 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.)
JAMES 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 Goldfield 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 in the Government Gazette of the said Province, 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 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 by estimation five thousand (5000) acres, being a portion of Run 346, bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of the said Run eight thousand (8000) links, towards the east by the ranges sixty-five thousand (65,000) links and towards the south and west by the Wakatip Lake Estuary and the Rees River seventy thousand (70,000) links, be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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 13th 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.