Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 13

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✨ County Council and Gold Fields Notices



THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1871.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, May 30, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that

CONRAD HOOS, Esq.,

has been declared duly elected as a member of the County Council for the Hokitika Electoral District, in the room of Walter Scott Reid, Esq., resigned.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, May 30, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that

JOHN O’CONNOR, Esq.,

has resigned his seat as a Member of the County Council for the Paroa Electoral District.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 29, of the 20th May, 1871.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, on the eleventh day of May, 1871.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time to constitute for any gold field, or for any part thereof, Warden’s Courts for the administration of justice therein, and to appoint Wardens of such Courts, with power to act alone, or with Assessors, and in such manner, and to exercise all or any part of the powers thereafter mentioned, as the Governor shall think fit to direct :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him for this purpose, appoint

EDWARD FAWCONER TIZARD, Esq.,

to be a Warden of all Warden’s Courts now constituted, or hereafter to be constituted within the Gold Fields of the County of Westland, with power to him to act alone, or with Assessors, and to exercise all or any of the powers vested in or imposed on Judges of Warden’s Courts.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Hokitika, May 22, 1871.

PURSUANT to section 13 of “The Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” I hereby publish, for general information, Bye-Laws 19 and 20 of the Jones’s Flat



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🏘️ Election of County Council Member

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 May 1871
Election, County Council, Hokitika Electoral District
  • Conrad Hoos (Esquire), Declared duly elected as County Council member
  • Walter Scott Reid (Esquire), Resigned from County Council

  • A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council

🏘️ Resignation of County Council Member

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 May 1871
Resignation, County Council, Paroa Electoral District
  • John O'Connor (Esquire), Resigned as County Council member

  • A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council

⚖️ Appointment of Warden of Warden's Courts

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 May 1871
Appointment, Warden, Gold Fields, County of Westland
  • Edward Fawconer Tizard (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Warden's Courts

  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • William Fox, Presiding
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🌾 Publication of Gold Mining Claims Drainage Bye-Laws

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 May 1871
Bye-Laws, Gold Mining, Drainage, Jones’s Flat