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of water proposed to be taken for the purposes of
such waterworks, and any such Proclamation may
refer to maps, plans, or drawings to be deposited
in the office of the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar
of the Supreme Court in the province in which
such waterworks are proposed to be constructed,
and any maps, plans, or drawings so referred to shall
be deemed to form part of such Proclamation; and
upon the publication of such Proclamation, the pro-
visions and regulations contained in the Eighth Part
of the said Act shall be applicable to the lands and
streams and the waterworks to which the Proclama-
tion relates:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1872," it is enacted that the provisions
of Part III. and of Part VIII. of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," and so far as they
apply to waterworks, of Part VIII. of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act Amendment Act,
1871," shall apply not only to works for the supply
of water, but also to sludge channels, drains, and
other works for the removal of the wash and refuse
matter oozing or flowing from gold-mining claims:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1873," it is enacted that it shall be suffi-
cient, in any Proclamation under and for the purposes
of Part III. of the said Act, to describe in general
language the waterworks to be constructed and the
lands and streams of water proposed to be taken;
and it shall not be necessary that such waterworks,
lands, and streams shall have been surveyed, or be
specified by name, or boundaries, or area:

And whereas by a resolution passed by the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago, on the
twenty-eighth day of July, 1873, and assented to
and concurred in by the Superintendent of the said
Province, the Governor was requested to construct
works for the drainage of water from part of
the Otago Gold Field (the same being a duly pro-
claimed gold field) : And whereas, in accordance with
the terms of the said resolution, the Governor has
determined to construct and maintain certain works
for the said gold field :

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities conferred on me by the here-
inbefore in part recited Acts, and in exercise of every
other power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby
proclaim, declare, and specify that I propose to con-
struct waterworks for the purpose of draining water
from the Waipori Creek and its tributaries, and
other streams as mentioned in the Schedule hereto,
to a portion of the Otago Gold Field aforesaid,
together with all such drains, races, aqueducts, pipes,
culverts, buildings, and other works as may be re-
quisite or necessary for the said waterworks; and I
do hereby also proclaim and declare that the lands
and streams of water proposed to be taken for the
purpose of such waterworks are those as are described
in general language in the Schedule hereto:

SCHEDULE.

Limits, Description, Line, and Limits of Deviation of
a portion of the waterworks, commonly known as or
called the "Waipori Drainage Channel," in the
Province of Otago, and Lands and Water-
courses proposed to be taken for the purposes of the
said Waterworks.

Commencing at the Waipori River at or near a
point which is situated about two miles, more or
less below the township of Waipori; thence follow-
ing generally the course of the Waipori River, and
terminating at the Waipori River, or near a point
which is situated about six and a half miles, more or

less, below the same township, as the limits, descrip-
tion and line thereof are set forth in the plan, and
which plan is authenticated for the purposes of this
Proclamation by the signature of the Honorable
Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, to
be deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Dunedin, or within the limits of
deviation set forth in the said plan by dotted red
lines, being generally not more than 330 yards on
either side of the said line, except where otherwise
delineated on the plan, and passing in, through, over
or into the several places, lands, roads, reserves,
rivers and watercourses generally referred to herein-
after, and comprising so much of the lands, roads,
and watercourses hereinafter mentioned as are
required for the portion of the said waterworks,
along the line of the said waterworks hereinbefore
defined or within the limits of deviation aforesaid.

All that part or parcel of land lying between the
point of commencement and the point of termination
hereinbefore described, and comprised within the
limits of deviation hereinbefore mentioned, and in-
cluding the Waipori River, all its tributaries, and all
adjoining and intervening places, lands, roads, ponds,
lakes, streams, creeks, and watercourses.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, in the County
of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this ninth day of Decem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.

H. A. ATKINSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations for the use of the Race or Channel known
as the "Waipori Channel," at Waipori, in the Pro-
vince of Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the 88th section of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the Governor may from time to time
make, alter, and repeal regulations prescribing the
rates and charges to be paid for use of any water
supplied under the said Act, and the terms and con-
ditions upon which the same may be supplied, re-
ceived, and used: And whereas by the 88th section
of "The Immigration and Public Works Act Amend-
ment Act, 1872," it is enacted that the provisions of
Part III. and of Part VIII. of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," and, as far as they
apply to waterworks, of Part VIII. of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act Amendment Act,
1871," shall apply not only to sludge channels, drains,
and other works for the removal of the waste and refuse
matter oozing or flowing from gold-mining claims:
And whereas under and by virtue of the powers con-
tained in "The Immigration and Public Works Act
1870," and the several Acts amending, the Governor
has caused to be constructed, at Waipori, in the Pro-