Double the above rates may be charged
between the hours of ten o’clock at night and
six o’clock in the morning.

Government officers on duty - Free.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by the 13th Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise the construction, by private enterprise, of any Road, Bridge, Wharf, Ferry, or other public work, for the use and benefit of the public, and to permit the occupation, for a limited period, of sites for the same, and to provide for the payment of such tolls for a limited period by all persons using the same as he shall deem reasonable, and the Governor in Council may from time to time, make, alter, and revoke regulations for collecting such tolls, and for preventing the evasion thereof, and generally for the control and management of the said roads, bridges, wharves, ferries, or other public works, and such regulations upon and after being published in the Gazette of the Province to which they may apply shall have the force of law:

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 Hoos, 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 me within the County of Westland:

Now, therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf, do hereby give notice that it is my intention, on Friday, the eleventh day of February, to grant to Edwin Blake and party protection for a track from the Christchurch road to the top of Kelly’s Hill, and to authorise the collection of tolls mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed, for the period of one year from the above-mentioned date.

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

C. Hoos.

SCHEDULE.

| Horses | - | 3s. each way. |
| Sheep | - | 6d each. |
| Foot Passengers | - | 1s. each way. |
| Cattle | - | 5s each. |

Hokitika, 2nd February, 1870.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers delegated to me under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” I hereby appoint

Thomas Knowles Christian, Esq.,
to be a Cattle Inspector for the County of Westland.

C. Hoos,
Governor’s Delegate.

Hokitika, 2nd February, 1870.

In pursuance of the powers delegated to me under “The Lunatics Act, 1868,” I hereby appoint

Matthew Michael Cleary,
to be the Keeper and Clerk of the Lunatic Asylum, situated on the Gaol Reserve, Hokitika.

C. Hoos,
Governor’s Delegate.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 46 of the Regulations for the sale, letting, occupation, and management of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the County of Westland, we, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the said County, do hereby proclaim that all such part of Block X, (rural), as is bounded on the northward by Section 1051 and a line in continuation of its southern boundary to Mahinapua Creek; on the eastward by a line parallel to and ten chains east of Reserve No. 9 (in red); on the Southward by section 1053...