✨ Gold Mining Lease Proclamation
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1871.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to demise for mining purposes, to any person, for any term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands not exceeding ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground, or an area of 400 yards by 200 yards on a quartz reef, and to grant sites for machinery and any necessary easements for the purposes aforesaid, subject, nevertheless, to the conditions or provisions in the said section contained:
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, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, did, on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, delegate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, all the powers vested in him by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866":
Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby give notice that on the twenty-first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, I intend to demise to the persons named in the schedule hereto annexed certain auriferous Crown Lands of alluvial ground for the terms specified in the said schedule.
Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
H. H. LAHMAN.
| Name | Area | Situation | Term of Lease |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Wilson | 5 acres | Donoghue’s | 15 years |
| Thos. M’Gregor | 5 acres | Swiper’s Gully | 15 years |
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 14
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🌾 Proclamation for Gold Mining Leases
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources9 June 1871
Gold mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Westland
- James Wilson, Intended lease of 5 acres at Donoghue’s
- Thos. M’Gregor, Intended lease of 5 acres at Swiper’s Gully
- Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland