declared forfeited, and to be forfeited accordingly.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twenty-eighth day of February, 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 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 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 the County 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 eleven, twenty-two, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-nine, 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 the County of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in me, do hereby grant unto Rae and party an extension of five acres to their special claim at Tucker Flat, subject to the conditions published in The County of Westland Gazette, No. 2, of the 12th January, 1870.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

H. H. LAHMAN.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the thirteenth section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise the construction, by private enterprise, of any road, bridge, wharf, ferry, or other public work, for the use and benefit of the public, and to permit the occupation, for a limited period, of sites for the same, and to provide for the payment of such tolls for a limited period by all persons using the same, as he shall deem reasonable:

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 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 the County 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 eleven, twenty-two, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, to have, hold, and