And, whereas by the 40th Section of the said Act, it is enacted that the fifth part of the said Act including Sections thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, and thirty-nine, and that Section fifty-two shall have no force or effect upon any Goldfield until after the Governor shall by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette have proclaimed and extended the operation of the said part and Sections to the Province wherein such Goldfield shall be situate:

And whereas by "The County of Westland Act, 1868," it is enacted that the word "Province" in any Act of the General Assembly shall include the County of Westland:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine and published in the New Zealand Gazette number thirty-eight of the ninth day of July, 1869, His Excellency the Governor proclaimed and extended the fifth part of the said Act including Sections thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine and Section fifty-two of the said Act to the County of Westland:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the eighteenth day of August, 1869, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, number forty-five of the twenty-first day of August, 1869, His Excellency the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony did delegate unto Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of Westland all the powers vested in him by the fifth part of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to be used and exercised by him so long as he shall continue to be such Chairman and so as to take effect only within the County of Westland:

Now therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of Westland in pursuance of the powers in that behalf delegated to me, do hereby proclaim that the land particularly mentioned and described in the Schedule hereunder written shall be and the same is hereby selected and set apart for the purpose of granting Agricultural Leases thereon and therefor, and I do further proclaim that the regulations published in the County of Westland Gazette of March 1st 1870, relating to Agricultural Leases shall be applicable to leases and licenses granted for agricultural purposes within the above-named block, with the exception of the 18th regulation which shall be read as follows—

"The rent to be charged, shall beat the rate of four shillings per acre per annum, payable yearly, in advance. Provided always and in all cases that any fractional part of an acre will be considered as an acre and charged accordingly, and that no amount shall be received for rental less than eight shillings."

Given under my hand at Hokitika this twenty ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

C. Hoos.

SCHEDULE.

Exclusive of Reserves and subject to gold-workings.

Situated south of and adjoining the town of Greymouth and containing about 700 acres. Bounded on the Northward by the Town Belt, Shakespeare-street and Railway and Road Reserves and by Marlborough street; on the Westward by Karoro Lake and Ocean Beach; on the Southward by a line, the eighty (80) chains long, in continuation of Southern Boundary No. 50 (in red) and on the Eastward by a line parallel to the Eastern Boundary of Reserve No. 50 (in red).

County Chairman’s Office,

Hokitika, January 4th, 1871.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information that he has appointed

Sergeant Arthur John Hams

to be Gaoler at the gaol at Greymouth in the room of Sergeant Richard White, transferred.

A. E. Tennant,
Chief Clerk.

County Chairman’s Office,

Hokitika, January 1st, 1871.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information that he has appointed

Warden G. A. Munyard

to be senior warder of the County Gaol in the room of senior warder V. E. Birt, discharged.

A. E. Tennant,
Chief Clerk.

STATEMENTS of the affairs of "The Greenstone and Eastern Hohonu Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ending 30th December, 1870, in accordance with Section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1839."

Name of Company—"Greenstone and Eastern Hohonu Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered."

When formed and date of Registration—31st December, 1869.

Where business is conducted and name of legal manager—Hokitika; W. Evans.