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Gazette of the thirty-first day of January, 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," 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 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 Michael Houlahan, on behalf of the Stafford Prospecting Association, a special claim of four acres, situated at the Star Hotel Flat, on the old track to the beach.

Given under my hand at Hokitika, this twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one

H. H. LAHMAN.

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 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 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 to Howarth and party a special claim of ten acres situated at Woodstock, subject to the undermentioned conditions.

Conditions recommended for Howarth and party, for special claim, Tucker Flat :—

1st. The claim to be surveyed at the expense of Howarth and party.

2nd. Four men per acre to be constantly employed on the claim.—(This condition may be temporarily relaxed at the discretion of the Warden of the district, provided that at no time shall a smaller number than fifteen be kept working in the claim.)

3rd. The said Howarth and party shall pay a yearly rent of One Pound (£1) per acre, in half-yearly payments.

4th. The said Howarth and party shall have no right to sell or otherwise dispose of any part of the claim. This condition is not to affect the right to sell or dispose of shares.

5th. The said Howarth and party shall comply with the directions of the Warden of the District as regards the working of the claim.

6th. Clauses 25, 26, and 29, of "The Mining Lease Regulations, 1870," to be complied with by Howarth and party.

7th. In case any of the above conditions are violated, the claim may be immediately