✨ Proclamation of Special Claim
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1871.
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 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, by an instrument in writing, dated the twenty-seventh day of January, 1871, and published in The New Zealand Gazette of the seventh 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 Anderson and party a special claim of three roods thirty-eight perches, situated at the Stony Lead Grey District, subject to the conditions mentioned in the attached schedule.
Given under my hand at Hokitika, this fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy one.
H. H. LAHMAN.
SCHEDULE.
- An annual rent of five pounds to be paid by Anderson and party.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 20
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🗺️ Grant of Special Mining Claim
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey5 September 1871
Gold Fields Act, Special Claim, Mining, Westland, Stony Lead Grey District
- Anderson, Granted special mining claim
- Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland