✨ Proclamation and Tolls
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1871.
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 enterprise 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 for 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 of the said Act, 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 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 twenty-two, 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 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 of the powers in that behalf delegated unto me, do hereby grant unto Martin Kennedy, protection for one year, from 21st March, for his 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.
| s. d. | |
|---|---|
| Horses, for any distance, each | 0 9 |
| Cattle | 0 2 |
| Sheep | 0 0 3 |
| Passengers (carried), per mile | 0 0 6 |
| Goods— | |
| Paroa to Marsden, per ton | |
| 2000lbs. | 0 2 0 |
| Paroa to Marsden, parcels under | |
| one ton | 2 10 0 |
| Paroa to Rutherglen, under one | |
| ton, at the rate of per ton | 1 10 0 |
The above tolls to be chargeable only one way per diem.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 16
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🚂 Authorization of Tramway and Toll Collection
🚂 Transport & Communications20 April 1871
Tramway, Tolls, Paroa, Marsden, Rutherglen
- Martin Kennedy, Granted protection for tramway
- Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland