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by Crown Lands, five thousand (5000) links, towards the south-east by the Township of Lawrence one thousand and twenty-seven (1027) links by Cemetery reserve five hundred (500) links, and also by Crown Lands three thousand (3000) links, towards the south by Crown Lands three thousand eight hundred (3800) links, four thousand five hundred (4500) links, and two thousand two hundred and sixty-three (2263) links, towards the south-west by Crown Lands seven hundred (700) links, towards the west by Crown Lands nine thousand two hundred and fifty (9250) links, also one thousand six hundred and ninety (1690) links, and towards the north-west by Cemetery reserve five hundred (500) links, as delineated in the selection map of the said district, deposited in the "Waste Land Board Office of the said Province. Given under my hand and issued under' the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. J. Hyde Harris, Superintendent. By His Honor's Command, James Patebson, Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION—reserving and withdrawing foe the pueposes of sale the township op LAWBENCE, TtTAPEKA, IN THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, BY THE HONOEABLE JOHN HXDE HAEEIS, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PEOTINCE OF OTAGO. Wheeeas it is expedient that the lands hereinafter described should be reserved and withdrawn for the purposes of Sale: Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the said Province, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that I do reserve and withdraw for the purposes of Sale the Lands hereinafter described; that is to say, all that parcel of Land known as the Township of Lawrence, situate in the South-Eastern District of the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement six hundred and six acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Crown Lands seven thousand four hundred and thirty-one links, towards the east by Crown Lands six thousand nine hundred and thirteen links, towards the south by Crown Lands five thousand nine huundred and forty-five links; also, five hundred links towards the south-west by Crown Lands four thousand links; also, two thousand links, and towards the north-west by Crown Lands five hundred links; also, three thousand six hundred and seventy links, and intersected by the Tuapeka and Weatherstone's Creeks ; all which said Lands are contained within and known as the Township of Lawrence, and are more particularly delineated on the Record Map of the said Township, deposited at the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin. Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. J, Hyde Haeris, Superintendent. By His Honor's Command, jasies Pateeson, Provincial Secretary.

OEDEE, REVOKING THE II AND XIV OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OTAGO GOLD FIELDS, AND MAKING OTHEES IN LIETT THEREOF. Whereas I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, under and by virtue of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, did, on the 15th day of September, 1863, make and ordain certain Eules and Eegulations relating to Mining on the Otago Gold Fields, and the making of which Eules and Eegulations was duly notified in the Government Gazette of the Province of Otago, and published on the 15th day of September, 1863 : And whereas it is expedient that the second of the said Eules and Eegulations, and all the sections thereof, numbered respectively, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, relating to claims, and the size, amalgamation, and forfeiture thereof, and other matters relating thereto, should be revoked and cancelled; and also that the fourteenth of the said Eules, and all the sections thereof, numbered respectively 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, and 7, relating to extended claims, should be revoked and cancelled, and that other Eules in lieu of the said second and fourteenth Eules should be made :—Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby revoke and cancel the said second and fourteenth Eules, and all the sections thereof respectively, and do order that the same shall stand revoked and cancelled from the day of the date hereof; and in lieu of the second Eule, and the sections thereof, I do make the Eule following, contained in eight sections, relating to claims : — ll.—Claims. 1. Classification of Claims. Alluvial claims shall mean all claims in alluvial ground. River claims shall mean claims in the beds of rivers. Beach claims shall mean claims situated between the ordinary high flood mark and the edge of water on the beaches of rivers. Quartz claims shall mean claims in quartz reefs or lodes.

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MADE UNDER THE GOLD FIELDS ACT, 1862.