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3rd. The said Rea and party shall pay a yearly rent of One Pound (£1) per acre ; in half-yearly payments.

4th. The said Rea and party shall have no right to sell or otherwise dispose of any part of the claim ; this condition is not to affect the right to sell or dispose of shares.

5th. The said Rea and party shall comply with the directions of the Warden of the District as regards the working of the claim.

6th. Clauses 25, 26, and 29 of “The Mining Lease Regulations, 1867,” to be complied with by Rea and party.

7th. In case any of the above conditions are violated, the claim may be immediately declared forfeited, and to be forfeited accordingly.

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, by an instrument in writing, dated the third day of February, 1869, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of February, 1869, His Excellency the Governor did, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, delegate unto me, Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor, under or by virtue of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” except the powers conferred by sections eleven, twenty-two, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to the said Conrad Hoes within the County of Westland;

Now, therefore, I, Conrad Hoes, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of all the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf do hereby grant unto Rea and party a Special Claim of ten acres, situated on Tucker Flat, subject to the undermentioned conditions.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this 31st day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

C. Hoes.

Conditions recommended for Rea and party, for special claim, Tucker Flat:—

1st. The claim to be surveyed at the expense of Rea and party.

2nd. That ten men be employed on the claim for the first four months, and after that period four men per acre to be constantly employed.

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 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, the power 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 thirteenth day of February, 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.

C. Hoes.

SCHEDULE.