✨ Land and Infrastructure Notices
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It is hereby notified in accordance with the provisions of Section forty-three of "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," that the powers hereby delegated to the said Conrad Hoos within the County of Westland:
Now therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, in exercise of the powers in that behalf delegated unto me, do hereby grant unto Alex. Montgomery, protection for one year for a ferry from the Westland side of the Grey River to the Rocky Island, also for a road from Rocky Island to the Coal Pits, and I do hereby further authorise the collection of the undermentioned tolls. The protection to date from the 24th December, 1870.
Given under my hand at Hokitika this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
C. Hoos.
SCHEDULE.
Block LVI. (rural)
Situate in the Grey District, West of and adjoining the Arnold River. Bounded on the Northward by the Southern boundary of coal reserve No. 274 (in red), on the Eastward by the Arnold River, on the Southward by a line bearing 270° magnetic and one mile South of the Arnold Township and on the Westward by a line generally parallel to and one mile West of the Arnold River.
Exclusive of township and all necessary reserves, and subject to goldworkings.
By order of the Waste Lands Board.
C. Hoos,
Chairman, Waste Lands Board.
SCHEDULE.
| s | d | |
|---|---|---|
| Foot-passengers, each | 1 | 0 |
| Horses, each | 2 | 6 |
| Cattle, per head | 2 | 6 |
| Sheep | 0 | 6 |
County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, 10th January, 1871.
THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified that he has authorised the following scale of tolls to be collected on the Hokitika and Kanieri Tramway for one year from the 28th Dec, 1870.
A. E. TENNANT,
Chief Clerk.
SCHEDULE OF TOLLS.
| s | d | |
|---|---|---|
| For every horse, mule, or ass, carrying a pack | 2 | 6 |
| For every horse, mule, or ass, without a pack | 1 | 0 |
| For all horned cattle, driven with pack, each | 2 | 6 |
| For all horned cattle, driven without pack, each | 1 | 0 |
| For every sheep, goat, lamb, or pig, in quantities under 100, each | 0 | 3 |
| For every sheep, goat, lamb, or pig, in quantities over 100, each | 0 | 2 |
| For colonial sawn timber, per 100 superficial feet | 3 | 0 |
| For shingles, per 1000 | 5 | 0 |
| For general merchandise, per ton | 30 | 0 |
| For sheep, truck loads, not less than 20, per head | 0 | 1 |
| For carcase, per lb | 0 | 0.5 |
| For coals, per ton | 1 | 6 |
| For passengers, each | 1 | 6 |
| Hay, straw, bricks, and manure, as per agreement | ... |
Greymouth, December 16th, 1870.
To the Warden, Greymouth,
Sir—I herewith deposit the sum of twenty pounds (£20), as required by the Water Rights Race Regulations, and I agree if my application, the particulars of which are hereunder set forth, be investigated, that such sum shall in all respects be held subject to the terms of such regulations, and that upon the approval of this application I will execute a lease upon the basis therein stated if the Governor’s Delegate shall think fit to grant the same.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
John Hurst, & Co.
Name and address in full of Applicant—John Hurst, and Co., Paroa,
Style under which it is intended to conduct the business—New River Water Race Company.
Number of Heads—Twenty 40-inch heads.
Distance of Race—Thirteen Miles.
Capital proposed to be expended—Six Thousand Pounds. (£6000).
Precise Locality—From Maori Creek junction with New River, to a point on Maunka Flat and west of Yankee’s Flat.
STATEMENT of the affairs of “The Leviathan Water Race Company, Registered,” for the half-year ended December 24th, 1870, in accordance with Section 13 of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869.”
Name of Company—“Leviathan Water Race Company, Limited.”
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 3
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🏗️ Grant of Ferry and Road Protection and Tolls
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works10 January 1871
Ferry, Road, Tolls, Grey River, Westland
- Alex Montgomery, Granted ferry and road protection
- Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of Westland
🗺️ Land Grant Schedule
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyLand Grant, Grey District, Westland
- Conrad Hoos, Chairman, Waste Lands Board
🚂 Tolls for Hokitika and Kanieri Tramway
🚂 Transport & Communications10 January 1871
Tramway, Tolls, Hokitika, Kanieri
- A. E. Tennant, Chief Clerk
🌾 Water Rights Race Application
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources16 December 1870
Water Rights, Race Regulations, Greymouth
- John Hurst, Applied for water rights race
🌾 Statement of Affairs for Leviathan Water Race Company
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesMining Company, Financial Statement