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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

power by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," vested in the Governor in Council
to demise for mining purposes to any person, for any
term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of
the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands, not exceeding
ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground; or an area
of four hundred yards by two hundred yards on a
quartz reef; and to grant sites for machinery and
any necessary easements for the purposes thereof—
subject nevertheless to the conditions or provisions
in the said section numbered twenty-nine of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," contained.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross 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 Govern-
ment House, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Mining Claims Drain-
age Act, 1868," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to dele-
gate to the Superintendent of any Province, or to
such other person as the Governor may deem fit,
within any Province, County, District, or Division of
the Colony, and subject or not to any limitations or
restrictions as the Governor may think fit, all or any
of the powers by the said Act vested in the Gover-
nor, except such powers as are therein directed to be
exercised by the Governor in Council; and that
whenever the Governor shall have delegated the
powers thereby conferred on him, or any of them,
the Governor shall also appoint a Gazette or News-
paper in which such delegate shall cause to be pub-
lished such Proclamations and instruments and other
matters made or done by him, which would, if made
or done by the Governor, be required to be published
in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance
of the power and authority in that behalf vested in
me, do hereby delegate to

HENRY HERMANN LAHMAN, Esq.,

the Chairman of the County Council, within the
County of Westland, so long as he shall continue to
hold the office of Chairman as aforesaid, all the
powers by "The Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act,
1868," vested in the Governor, except such powers as
are by the said Act directed to be exercised by the
Governor in Council; and in further pursuance and
in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in
me, I do hereby appoint the County of Westland
Gazette to be the Gazette in which the said Henry
Hermann Lahman, as such delegate, shall cause to be
published such Proclamations and instruments and
other matters made or done by him, which would, if
made or done by the Governor, be required to be
published in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross 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, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh
day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by Proclamation under the hand of
His Excellency the Governor, and under the
Seal of the Colony, dated the eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the Governor,
in pursuance of the powers vested in him by "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," and upon the application of
the Chairman and County Council of the County
of Westland, did extend the operation of the fifth part
of the Act, including sections thirty-three, thirty-four,
thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, and
thirty-nine, and of section fifty-two of the said Act,
to the County of Westland aforesaid:

And whereas it is advisable that the powers vested
in the Governor under the fifth part of the aforesaid
Act should be delegated to the Chairman of the
County Council of Westland:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority vested
in me in that behalf, do hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony,
delegate unto

HENRY HERMANN LAHMAN, Esq.,

Chairman of the County Council of Westland, all
the powers vested in me by the fifth part of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," to be used and exercised by
him so long as he shall continue to be such Chairman,
and so as to take effect only within the County of
Westland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross 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, at the Government House,
at Wellington; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, this twenty-seventh
day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Constabulary Force Ordi-
nance Amendment Act, 1868," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to
time, to delegate to any person or persons all or any
of the powers conferred on or vested in the Governor
by an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor of New
Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legis-
lative Council thereof, intituled "An Ordinance to
provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of a
Constabulary Force," and to restrict any such dele-
gation so as to enable the person or persons named
therein to exercise the powers aforesaid only within
any Province, County, or other Division of the Colony
to be specified and described in such delegation: