H.—la

1877. NEW ZEALAND.

GOLD FIELD REGULATIONS (RETURN OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in accordance toith the Provisions of the WQth Section of " The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

Suspending certain Mining Regulations on a portion of the Otago Gold Fields. (l s.) Normanby, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by the eleventh section of " The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provisions of this Act, from time to time to make regulations for any gold field or for any portion of a gold field, and to alter, amend, or revoke the same: And whereas it is expedient that the operation of the regulations of the Otago Gold Fields, described in the First Schedule hereto, should be suspended within the limits of the area described in the Second Schedule hereto: Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the operation of the said regulations mentioned in the First Schedule hereto is hereby suspended from the day of the date hereof within the limits of the area described in the Second Schedule hereto.

First Schedule. Section 5 of Eegulation IV. Section 5 of Eegulation XIII. Section 2 of Eegulation XXV.

Second Schedule. All that piece or parcel of land situate at Hogburn Gully, within the Otago Gold Fields, bounded as follows : Commencing at a point in the centre of the Mount Ida Sludge Channel, at its upper termination ; thence by a line 11 chains due east; thence in a southerly direction by a line parallel to and 14 chains distant from the medial line of said channel to a point 14 chains due east of its lower termination; thence by a line due west 28 chains; thence in a northerly direction by a line parallel to and 14 chains distaut from the said medial line to a point 14 chains due west of the starting point; and thence by a line 14 chains due east to the starting point. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, arrd Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all irr the County of York, in the Peerage of tho United Kingdom ; and Baron Mulgrave of New Eoss, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland ; a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty'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 twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven. Geo. McLean. God save the Queen !

Depasturing Regulations for the Mount Benger Depasturing District. (1.5.) Normanbt, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. 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