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of new gold workings, and also, to prescribe
such terms and conditions upon which any
special claim may be held, occupied,
worked, and forfeited:

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 Go-
vernor 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 limita-
tions or restrictions as he may think fit;

And whereas, by an instrument in writing,
dated the twenty-seventh day of January,
1871, and published in The New Zealand
Gazette of the 31st day of January, 1871,
His Excellency the Governor did, under his
hand and the public seal of the Colony, dele-
gate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman,
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, the said Henry Hermann Lahman, within
the County of Westland.

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman,
Chairman of the County Council of the
County of Westland, in exercise and pur-
suance of the powers vested in me, do hereby
grant unto George Curtis protection until the
21st October, 1871, for a ferry over the
Arnold River, and do hereby authorise the
collection of the undermentioned tolls:

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this
twentieth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

H. H. LAHMAN.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the 13th clause of The
Gold Fields Act, 1866, it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
authorise the construction by private enter-
prise 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 whereas, by the 109th 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, sub-
ject or not to any limitations or restrictions
as he may think fit:

And whereas, by an instrument in writing
dated the twenty-seventh day of January,
1871, and published in The New Zealand
Gazette of the 31st day of January, 1871,
His Excellency the Governor did, under his
hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, dele-
gate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman,
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 Hoos within the County of
Westland:

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman,
Chairman of the County Council of the
County of Westland, in exercise of the powers
in that behalf delegated unto me, do hereby
grant unto Hartley, Stuttard, and Co.,
protection for one year, from 21st March, for
their line of tramway from Paroa to Marsden,
and do hereby authorise the collection of the
undermentioned tolls:

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this
twentieth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

H. H. LAHMAN.

SCHEDULE.