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(L.S.)

public seal of the Province of Otago, at
Dunedin, this 13th day of September, 1875.
GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy Superintendent of Otago.

PROCLAMATION.

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

By his Honor George Turnbull, Esq., Deputy-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, and with the advice and consent of the 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 and 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 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 by such powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the said last-mentioned Act, 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 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, George Turnbull, Esquire, Deputy 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 colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement one thousand four hundred and eighty (1480) acres more or less situate in run No. 326 Wakaia district being sections numbered consecutively from 3 to 30 block VIII on the map of the said district with reserve along the western bank of the Wakaia river and roads intersecting the said block. Boundary lines as follow commencing at sub trig station No. X, thence due north fourteen thousand nine hundred and sixteen (14,916) links thence due east nine thousand two hundred and twenty-two (9,222) links thence northerly bearing 185 deg. 29 seconds four thousand four hundred and two (4402) links thence north-easterly bearing 209 deg. 24 min. 10 secs. two thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight (2768) links thence due east to Wakaia river one thousand and forty-two (1042) links, thence in a southerly direction along the western bank of the said river to a point due south from said sub trig station No. X, thence due north three hundred and ninety (390) links to the starting point will be open for application on the 15th day of October 1875.

Given under my hand and issued under the
Public Seal of the Province of Otago, in
presence of John Davie and Duncan Mac-
kellar, 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 Sep-
tember, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five.

(L.S.)
GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

J. DAVIE
D. MACKELLAR
{ Members of the Executive Coun-
cil of the Province of Otago, and
of the Provincial Council thereof.

[Republished from Gazette of 14th July last, page 322.]
Geo. Turnbull, Deputy-Super-
intendent of the Province
of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the
thirteenth day of September one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.
Present:
HIS HONOR THE DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT,
DUNCAN MACKELLAR, Esquire, and
JOHN DAVIE, Esquire,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of
Otago.

WHEREAS by the "Gold Fields Act, 1866" it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may inter
alia make Regulations for regulating the use of Races,
Dams, and Reservoirs, and for the imposing and collection
of such registration and other fees as may be deemed
expedient for carrying out any such regulations and
all such other regulations relating to mining and the
enjoyment occupation and use of Crown Lands within
a Gold Field and of any water therein as the Governor
may deem beneficial. 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 con-
sent of a 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