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THE COUNTY OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.
HOKITIKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by the 35th Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is provided that the Governor may, from time to time, make regulations prescribing the mode in which applications may be made for leases of land for agricultural purposes, the quantity of land not exceeding fifty acres, which shall and may be granted in a lease in any particular block; the amount of deposit to be paid by any applicant therefor, and by any objector thereto; the terms and conditions upon which such leases may be held, occupied, assigned, transferred, forfeited, and cancelled; the amount of rent payable therefor, and the times and places of payment; the conditions upon and the manner in which entry to search for gold, or for metal or mineral, upon any land so leased may be authorised; and the terms and conditions upon which holders of miner’s rights may be permitted to mine upon land, the lease for which shall have been determined, on account of its auriferous character; and such regulations from time to time to amend, alter, and revoke :
And whereas, by “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869,” it is enacted that the word “fifty” in the proviso to the 35th Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” is repealed, and that the said proviso shall hereafter be read and construed as though the words “two hundred” had been inserted therein in lieu of and substitution for the word “fifty” :
And whereas, by an instrument in writing, dated the 18th day of August, 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 Westland, so long as I shall continue to be such Chairman, all the powers vested in him by the fifth part of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866” :
Now, therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, by virtue of the powers delegated to me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim that the following Regulations shall be applicable to leases and licenses granted for agricultural purposes within the County of Westland, under section thirty-nine of the said Act.
Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this 25th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
C. Hoos.
AGRICULTURAL LEASE REGULATIONS.
I. Agricultural leases will not be granted for lands within the boundaries of proclaimed townships, public reserves, or on lands open for sale, or which may present auriferous indications upon survey.
II. Every application for an agricultural lease must be made (in the form of the Schedule annexed or to the like effect) through the Warden of the district wherein the land is situate, and must be accompanied by a deposit of Two Pounds Ten Shillings (£2 10s) as security for the cost of survey of suburban land and Five Pounds (£5) for rural land, at such rates as are hereinafter more particularly determined.
III. Every agricultural lease when granted shall be for a term of seven (7) years.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 9
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🗺️ Proclamation of Agricultural Lease Regulations
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey25 February 1870
Gold Fields Act, Agricultural Leases, Westland County, Regulations
- Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of Westland
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