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included in the Schedules to the said Regulations respectively.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Cromwell District.

All that area in the Province of Otago, containing by estimation fourteen thousand five hundred (14,500) acres, more or less, situate in the Cromwell and Wakefield Districts, being parts of runs numbered respectively two hundred and forty-five (245) and three hundred and forty (340) on the map of the said districts; bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the Lowburn with the Clutha River, and proceeding southward along the Clutha River to the town of Cromwell twenty-one thousand five hundred (21,500) links, thence in a north-westerly direction along the town boundary ten thousand two hundred (10,200) links, thence in a south-westerly direction along the boundary of the said township three thousand seven hundred and thirty-four (3,734) links to section numbered 10, block 1, Cromwell District; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said section nine hundred (900) links; thence along the north-western boundary of the said section three thousand two hundred (3,200) links; thence along the south-western boundaries of the said section numbered 10, and the town of Cromwell five thousand five hundred (5,500) links, to the Kawarau River; thence in a south-westerly direction along the Kawarau River twenty-two thousand six hundred (22,600) links; thence in a north-westerly direction along the Kawarau River thirty-six thousand (36,000) links, to the junction of a creek; thence in a northerly direction along that creek to a point in a straight line with Trigonometrical Station G, and the junction of Stratford’s gully with the Lowburn, fourteen thousand four hundred (14,400) links; thence along the said straight line to the aforesaid junction of Stratford’s gully with the Lowburn, twenty-nine thousand five hundred (29,500) links; thence in a south-easterly direction along the Lowburn twenty thousand six hundred (20,600) links to the starting point.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, in presence of Donald Reid and James Green, Esquires, two of the members of the Executive Council of the said Province, being also members of the Provincial Council thereof, this fourth day of February, 1876.

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

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the 4th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. Present—His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent, Donald Reid and James Green, Esquires.

WHEREAS by Proclamation bearing date the 23rd day of June, 1868, made by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and published in the Otago Provincial Gazette, No. 553, under the hand of the said Superintendent of the Province of Otago, and under the public seal of the said Province, certain regulations were made for the depasturing of stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Otago Gold Field: And whereas, by Proclamation bearing date the 6th day of October, 1868, made by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago as aforesaid, and published in the Otago Provincial Gazette, No. 572 as aforesaid, the regulations of the 23rd day of June, 1868, were altered and amended: And whereas, it is expedient to further amend the said regulations, so far as they relate to the Cromwell District:

Now, therefore, His Honor, James Macandrew, Esq., Superintendent of the said Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, doth, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the Province of Otago in that behalf, hereby revoke the regulations numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the said regulations so made and published on the 23rd day of June, 1868, and regulation numbered 23 of the said regulations so made and published on the 6th day of October, 1868, so far only as the same apply to the said Cromwell District, and doth make the regulations following in lieu thereof as regards the said Cromwell District (that is to say):—

DEPASTURING REGULATIONS.

Otago Gold Fields—Cromwell District.

1. The Mayor and Councillors of the Municipal Corporation of Cromwell for the time being, and James Dawkins of Cromwell, John Towan of Cromwell, and William Bennett, of Quartzville, or such other persons as the Superintendent may from time to time appoint, shall be, and are hereby appointed, the Board of Wardens for the said Cromwell District, as the same is described in the Schedule to the said regulations of the 23rd of June, 1868, and shall have all the powers conferred on Boards of Wardens by the Depasturing Regulations of the 23rd day of June and the 6th day of October, 1868, respectively.

2. The Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Cromwell shall be the Chairman of the Board of Wardens, and shall have a casting vote in cases of equality.

3. The Receiver of Revenue at Cromwell for the time being shall be and is hereby appointed to carry out the said Depasturing Regulations in the said Cromwell District.

(L.S.) ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

PROCLAMATION

MAKING CERTAIN REGULATIONS FOR THE DEPASTURING OF STOCK UPON CERTAIN WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWN WITHIN THE OTAGO GOLD FIELD, CROMWELL COMMONAGE.

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

WHEREAS by the fourteenth Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to make, alter, and revoke Regulations for the depasturing of Stock upon any lands within proclaimed Gold Fields, for which a Lease or Licence for depasturing purposes has not been granted, or has been cancelled or suspended, and to regulate the number of Horses or Cattle which may be run upon such lands by the holders of Miners’ Rights and Business Licences, or of Mining, Mineral, and Agricultural Leases, and to issue Depasturing Licences, and to regulate the Fees that shall be paid therefor: 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 shall think fit, all or any of the 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...