✨ Mining Leases and Appointments
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Established by Authority.
HOKITIKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, 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 400 yards by 200 yards on a quartz reef and to grant sites for machinery and any necessary easements 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-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 Hoes, 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 Hoes, 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 16th day of June, 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 fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
C. Hoes.
SCHEDULE
| Name of Lessee | Situation | Area | Term of Lease |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson & Party | Sutherland's Beach, Teremakau | 5 acres | 5 years |
| Edward Gadd & Co. | Stoney Lead | 5 acres | 15 years |
| James Keith & Co. | Stoney Lead | 5 acres | 7 years |
[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 25, of the 17th May, 1870.]
Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Edward Fawconer Tizard, Esq., to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue at Okarito in the County of Westland vice Mathew Price, Esq., resigned.
W. Gisborne.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 20
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🗺️ Notice of Intent to Demise Auriferous Crown Lands
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey4 June 1870
Mining leases, Auriferous lands, Quartz lodes, Westland County
- Wilson, Lessee of mining lease
- Edward Gadd, Lessee of mining lease
- James Keith, Lessee of mining lease
- Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland
💰 Appointment of Receiver of Gold Revenue
💰 Finance & Revenue13 May 1870
Gold revenue, Appointment, Okarito, Westland County
- Edward Fawconer Tizard (Esquire), Appointed Receiver of Gold Revenue
- Mathew Price (Esquire), Resigned as Receiver of Gold Revenue
- W. Gisborne