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Order of St. Michael and St. George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of
January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

Approved in Council.

FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[Extracted from The New Zealand Gazette, No.
7, of the 31st January, 1871.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” all the powers therein contained were vested in the Governor:

And whereas His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, did, on the third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, delegate to Conrad Hoos, Esq., all the powers vested in him under or by virtue of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” aforesaid, except the powers conferred by the sections hereinafter particularly mentioned or enumerated, to hold and exercise the same within the County of Westland:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the power delegated to Conrad Hoos, Esq., as aforesaid, to grant mining leases under the section numbered twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” but no further or otherwise to revoke the delegation aforesaid; and it is expedient to delegate to Henry Hermann Lahman, Esq., Chairman of the County Council of Westland, the power to grant mining leases under section twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” aforesaid, in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, revoke the power heretofore delegated to Conrad Hoos, Esq., by the Governor in Council, to grant leases for mining purposes under section twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” aforesaid, and doth hereby, with such advice and consent as aforesaid, delegate to

HENRY HERMANN LAHMAN, Esq.,
Chairman of the County Council of Westland, the power by the twenty-ninth section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” vested in the Governor in Council to demise for mining purposes to any person, for any term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands, not exceeding ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground; or an area of four hundred yards by two hundred yards on a quartz reef; and to grant sites for machinery and any necessary easements for the purposes thereof—subject nevertheless to the conditions or provisions in the said section numbered twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” contained.

WHEREAS by “The Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, within any Province, County, District, or Division of the Colony, and subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as the Governor may think fit, all or any of the powers by the said Act vested in the Governor, except such powers as are by the said Act directed to be exercised by the Governor in Council; and that whenever the Governor shall have delegated the powers thereby conferred on him, or any of them, the Governor shall also appoint a Gazette or Newspaper in which such delegate shall cause to be published such proclamations and instruments and other matters made or done by him, which would, if made or done by the Governor, be required to be published in The New Zealand Gazette:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby delegate to

HENRY HERMANN LAHMAN, Esq.,
Chairman of the County Council, within the County of Westland, so long as he shall continue to hold the office of Chairman as aforesaid, all the powers by “The Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” vested in the Governor, except such powers as are by the said Act directed to be exercised by the Governor in Council, and in further pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me, I do hereby appoint

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor.