✨ Mining Leases Proclamation
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1870.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the twenty-ninth 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, 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 18th day of October, 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 fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
C. Hoos.
SCHEDULE.
| Name of Lessee. | Situation. | Acres. | Term of Lease. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hopkins & Co | South-beach, Grey | 5 | 7 years |
| Rt. Drummond & Co | South-beach, Grey | 2 1/2 | 10 years |
| Ewd. Fanning & Co | South-beach, Grey | 3 1/2 | 5 years |
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the twelfth Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon application being made, to grant special claims of greater area than may be determined by the Regulations to be made under the eleventh section of the said Act, for the purpose of carrying on mining operations under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty, or involving the expenditure of new gold workings, and also to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any such special claim may be held, occupied, worked, and forfeited:
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 32
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🌾 Proclamation of Mining Leases under Gold Fields Act
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources5 October 1870
Mining, Gold Fields Act, Lease, Quartz Lodes
- Robert Hopkins, Lessee of mining land
- Rt. Drummond, Lessee of mining land
- Ewd. Fanning, Lessee of mining land
- Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland