Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 12

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✨ Proclamation of Special Mining Claim

No. 12

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THE COUNTY OF

WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1871.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by the twelfth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon application being made, to grant special claims of greater area than may be determined by the Regulations to be made under the eleventh section of the said Act, for the purpose of carrying on mining operations under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty, or involving the expenditure of considerable sums of money, or for the encouragement of enterprise in prospecting new ground, or as a reward for the discovery of new gold workings, and also to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any such 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 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 twenty-seventh day of January, 1871, and published in The New Zealand Gazette of the 7th day of March, 1871, His Excellency the Governor did, under his hand and the public seal of the Colony, delegate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor under or by virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," 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 Westland, in exercise and pursuance of all the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf do hereby grant unto Morrice and Company a special claim of six acres, situated at Callaghan's Gully, subject to the following conditions :

That within seven months from 25th April, 1871, twenty-six men be put on and kept constantly employed on the ground. Provided that in the event of any unforeseen obstacles arising whereby the ground cannot be worked, and of which the Warden shall be the judge, a further extension of time may be granted by him at his discretion.

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