Westland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 19

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machinery and any necessary casements for
the purposes aforesaid, subject, nevertheless,
to the conditions or provisions in the said
section contained;

And whereas, by the one hundred and ninth
Section of the said Act, it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
under his hand and the Public Seal of the
Colony, from time to time to delegate to such
person as the Governor may think fit all or
any of the powers vested in the Governor by
the said Act, except the powers conferred by
Sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty,
ninety-six, and one hundred and seven
thereof, subject or not to any limitations or
restrictions as he may think fit:

And whereas His Excellency Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New
Zealand, did, on the third day of February,
1869, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, delegate
unto me, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the
County Council of the County of Westland,
all the powers vested in him by the twenty-
ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866;"

Now, therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman
of the County Council of the County of
Westland, in exercise of the powers vested in
me in that behalf, do hereby give notice that
on the 27th day of May, 1870, I intend to
demise to the persons named in the Schedule
hereto annexed, certain auriferous Crown
Lands, containing quartz lodes or veins, for
the term specified in the said Schedule.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this
tenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.

C. Hoos.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Lessee Situation Area Term of Lease
Malfroy and Co. German Gully, 10 acres Fifteen
Totara years.
Harrison and Co. Jones’ Creek, 8 acres Fifteen
Totara years.
Daly and Co. Jones’ Creek, 10 acres Fifteen
Totara years.
United Miners Sailor’s Gully, 10 acres Fifteen
Totara years.
Julius Anderson Swiper’s Gully, 10 acres Fifteen
Totara years.
Whelan and Co. Hunt’s Beach, 5 acres Fifteen
Okarito years.

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🗺️ Notice of Demise of Auriferous Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 May 1870
Mining, Gold Fields Act, Crown Lands, Leases, Auriferous Lands, Westland County
  • Malfroy, Lessee of auriferous Crown Lands
  • Harrison, Lessee of auriferous Crown Lands
  • Daly, Lessee of auriferous Crown Lands
  • Julius Anderson, Lessee of auriferous Crown Lands
  • Whelan, Lessee of auriferous Crown Lands

  • Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland