✨ Government Proclamation
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1869.
[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 45, of the 21st August, 1869.]
G. F. Bowen, Governor.
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 eighteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Approved in Council.
Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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 pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me in that
behalf, do hereby, with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said
Colony, delegate unto
Conrad Hoos, 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 con-
tinue to be such Chairman, and so as to take
effect only within the County of Westland.
WHEREAS, by “The Gold Fields Act,
1866,” it is provided that the Governor may, from time to time, make regulations prescribing the mode in which appli-
cations may be made for leases of land for
agricultural purposes, the quantity of land
not exceeding fifty acres, which shall and
may be granted in a lease in any particular
block; the amount of deposit to be paid by
any applicant therefor, and by any objector
thereto; the terms and conditions upon
which such leases may be held, occupied,
assigned, transferred, forfeited, and cancelled;
the amount of rent payable therefor, and the
times and places of payment; the conditions
upon and the manner in which entry to search
for gold, or for any metal or mineral, upon
any land so leased may be authorised; and
the terms and conditions upon which holders
of miners’ rights may be permitted to mine
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 20
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🏛️ Delegation of Powers under the Gold Fields Act, 1866
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration18 August 1869
Gold Fields Act, Delegation of Powers, Westland County, Agricultural Leases
- Conrad Hoos (Esquire), Delegated powers under the Gold Fields Act
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council