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REPORT RELATIVE TO THE THAMES GOLD FIELDS.

haere tonu ite awa o "Waiwhakaurunga ite mutunga tai timu kite Ngutu awa tai timu i nga tai tai nunui haere tonu i te mutunga tai timu ki tetahi pou c tv ana i te talia o te Moana haere maro tonu i reira ahu tonu kite marangai kite awa ote karaka ite mutunga taipari haere tonu ite mutunga taipari i te taba talia moana tae noa ki to wahi i timata ai i te kongutu awa o te Hapo kua rite hoki ki te mapi kua apititia ki tenei pukapuka na ko nga tikanga enei mo te rironga o taua piihi whcnua he whcnua mahinga koura, ara: Ko nga tikanga katoa kua tuhituhia kite pukapuka tukunga koura i tuhia ki Hauraki ite iwa o nga ra o Maehe, 18G8, no nga llangatira o Ngatimaru me Ngatiwhanaunga tetahi taha no Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Ferguson Bowen), Kawana o Niu Tiretii tetahi taha m 3 whakarite mo taua piihi whcnua. (The number of that document as per duty stamp being 512, and the said stamp being defaced 17th March, 1869.) Ara, ko nga tikanga mo te Mahinga koura me te whakaritenga utu ki a matou me nga tikanga katoa mo penei tonu me nga tikanga kua oti te tuhituhi i taua Pukapuka. A he tohu mo te Whaaetanga o matou ntja Eangatira kua tuhia o matou iii";oa ki raro nei ki njja tikanga katoa o tcnei pukapuka a hei tohu mots whakaaetanga o Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Ferguson Bowen), mona me nga Kawana i inuri i a ia ki toua taha o tenei pukapuka me nga tikanga katoa kua tuhia ki runga ake nei kua tuhia o ratou ingoa me te ingoa o Tiemi Make (James Mackay, jun.) Komihana ki raro nei mo te Kawaua i te ra mo tc tau kua tuhia ki runga ake i to timatanga ano. Na W. 11. Taipari, Hotene Taipaei, tona x tohu, Mebemana Konui. Signed in the presence of vs — John Thorp, Builder, Shortland. Lambert VVm. Loveday, Clerk, Shortland. Enclosure Q. " Native Lands Act, 1865," and " Natite Lands Act, 1867." Proposed Restrictions in Crown Grants of Lands icillrin the Town of Shortland, Thames. At a sitting of the Native Lands Court of New Zealand, held at Auckland, in the said District, on the 20th day of April, 18C9, and following days, before Francis Dart Fentou, Esq., Chief Judge, and Wiremn Te Mete Hikairo, Assessor. 1. Upon hearing the parties, and upon evidence taken, it was ordered that the presiding Judge do report the opinion of the Court that it is proper to place the following restrictions and conditions on the estate to be granted in the block of land containing acres roods perches, called in the books of the said Court the Block, that is to say, that the grant shall be made subject to the power of the Governor of New Zealand for the time being, so long as the said piece or parcel of land shall be within the limits of any proclaimed gold field, to authorize gold mining thereon within the meaning and subject to the provisions of " The Gold Fields Act, L 866," " The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1807," " The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 18G7, No. 2," " The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868," and all other enactments relating to gold fields in New Zealand now op hereafter to be in force, and all regulations made or to be made thereunder, and the said piece or parcel of land being declared to be inalienable except as subject to the said power. 2. Subject also to the power of the Governor of New Zealand for the time being, or of any person appointed by the Governor for the time being for that purpose in the name and on behalf of (his or their) heirs and assigns within one year from the date of the issue of the Certificate of Title of the said piece or parcel of land, to demise the same or any part or parts thereof for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, to take effect from the Ist January, 1869, at the best rent that can be reasonably obtained without any fine, and subject to such covenants, stipulations, and conditions as the Governor, or such person as may be appointed as aforesaid, shall deem expedient, and to make and execute all such contracts, deeds, and assurances as may be deemed necessary or expedient for the purposes aforesaid, and the said piece or parcel of land being declared to be inalienable except as subject to the said power. 3. Subject also to so much of the said piece or parcel of land as is marked on the plan drawn on the Certificate of Title hereto annexed a road links wide, and therein distinguished by being coloured yellow, being declared to be dedicated to public uses for ever as a road or highway for all purposes whatsoever, with full power to all persons or bodies who may at any time have the care and management of such road to employ all usual necessary and incidental means for forming, using, maintaining, improving, and altering the same as and for a public road or highway, and for constructing or carrying out any improvements or works whatsoever for public uses, and being declared to be inalienable except as subject to such uses and powers. "Witness the hand of Francis Daiit Fenton, Esq., Chief Judge, and the Seal of the Court, the day of 186 . The above limitations, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 should be put in all the Certificates from No. 1 Block to No. 32 Block inclusively, excepting as regards the cultivation reserve on Block 27. Limitation No. 3 only should be put in all the Certificates from No. 33 Block to No. 48 Block inclusively. Enclosure R. Sketch Map of Thames Gold Fields, showing Proclaimed Gold Fields, Native Blocks, <fee.