✨ Proclamation regarding Gold Fields
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1871.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by the thirty-third section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause Crown Lands, situated within a Gold Field, to be selected and set apart for the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefore: Provided that the extent of land which may be so selected on any run, which at the date of the passing of this Act shall be held under a license or lease for depasturing purposes, shall not exceed five thousand acres, nor be selected in more than two separate blocks without the consent of the licensee or lessee thereof: Provided also that when one-half of any such selected block shall have been sold or leased and shall be occupied bonâ fide for agricultural purposes, another block of similar extent may be selected and set apart upon the same run:
And whereas, by the thirty-ninth section of the said Act, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, to make regulations prescribing the mode in which applications may be made for leases of land for agricultural purposes, the quantity of land not exceeding fifty acres, which shall and may be granted in a lease in any particular block, the amount of deposit to be paid by any applicant therefor, and by any objector thereto, the terms and conditions upon which such leases may be held, occupied, assigned, transferred, forfeited, and cancelled, the amount of rent payable therefor, and the times and places of payment, the conditions upon and the manner in which entry to search for gold, or for any metal or mineral upon any land so leased may be authorised, and the terms and conditions upon which holders of miner’s rights may be permitted to mine upon land, the lease for which shall have been determined on account of its auriferous character, and such regulations from time to time, to amend, alter, and revoke:
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 the Superintendent of any Province, or to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by this 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 in like manner to alter and revoke such powers:
And whereas, by the fortieth section of the said Act, it is enacted that notwithstanding anything in the said Act contained or expressed, that the fifth part of the said Act, including sections thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 17
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🗺️ Proclamation regarding agricultural leases on gold fields
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