Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 8

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✨ Drainage Board Appointments, Track Protection, Crown Grants, Mining Company Statement



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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:

Messrs. WILLIAM D. DOUGLAS
and COWAN HUNTER
to be members of the Drainage Board for the
Drainage District of Jones’s Flat, in the room
of Messrs. John Gow and Thomas Tubman,
resigned.

H. H. LAHMAN.

Land Office, Hokitika.
February, 1871.

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-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 of the powers
in that behalf delegated to me, do hereby
grant unto James Hamilton & Co. protection
for twelve months for a track about one
mile in length, commencing in the bed of
the Eight-Mile Creek, about thirty chains
east of Clifton Township, and terminating
at a point one chain south of Faulkner and
Simmons’ store, Maori Creek, Upper Town-
ship, and I do hereby authorise the collection
of the undermentioned tolls. The protection
to date from first March, 1871.

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

SCHEDULE:

s. d.
  • Horses, without packs ... 1 0
  • Horses, with packs ... 2 0
    [* To return free the same day.]
  • Cattle, per head ... 2 0
  • Sheep, pigs, or goats, each ... 0 3

G. G. FITZGERALD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance
with the provisions of Clause XXXIX.
of "The Crown Grants Act, 1866," that the
following Crown Grants are now ready for
delivery to the respective grantees, at the
Land Office, Hokitika.

Index No. Name of Grantee Number of Section
750 Agnew, R. S. 1161, Hokitika
747 Blake, E. 1121, Arahura
765 Baddeley, H. C. S. 1709, Hokitika
758 Cornfoot, H. 1261, Hokitika
764 Clarke, E. 1706, Hokitika
751 Dermott, J. 1567, Hokitika
752 Dermott, J. 1568, Hokitika
753 Dermott, J. 1571, Hokitika
754 Dermott, J. 1570, Hokitika
755 Dermott, J. 1572, Hokitika
756 Dermott, J. 1227, Hokitika
771 Delany, D. 442, Greymouth
748 Harcourt, W. M. 1059, 1060, 1061,
1125, Arahura
749 Healey, F. 1254, Hokitika
750 Hicks, R. 1795, Hokitika
745 Jackson, J. T. 1029, 1030, Ara-
hura
757 Keogh, M. 1110, Hokitika
746 M’Clintock, A. 1065, Arahura
760 M’Beth, J., & another 1711, Hokitika
761 M’Beth, J., & another 1710, Hokitika
762 M’Beth, J., & another 1708, Hokitika
763 M’Beth, J., & another 1707, Hokitika
766 M’Beth, J., & another 210, Okarito
772 Morrison, A. C. 184, Greymouth
767 Parkinson, J. W. 214, Greymouth
669 Perrin, A. 211, Greymouth
768 Taylor, C. 1126, 1133, Ara-
hura
744 Watterson, J. 1075, Hokitika
770 Warnes, J. 275, Greymouth

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Caledonian
Water Race and Gold Mining
Company, Registered," in accordance
with section thirteen of "The Mining Companies
Limited Liability Act Amendment Act,
1869."

In pursuance of the powers vested in me
under "The Gold Mining Claims Drain-
age Act, 1868," I hereby appoint



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🏗️ Protection for Track Construction (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
28 February 1871
Track Construction, Toll Collection, Westland, New River Valley
  • James Hamilton, Granted protection for track construction

  • H. H. Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland

🏗️ Appointment to Drainage Board

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 February 1871
Drainage Board, Jones’s Flat, Westland
  • William D. Douglas, Appointed to Drainage Board
  • Cowan Hunter, Appointed to Drainage Board
  • John Gow, Resigned from Drainage Board
  • Thomas Tubman, Resigned from Drainage Board

  • H. H. Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland

🗺️ Crown Grants Ready for Delivery

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Crown Grants, Land Office, Hokitika
20 names identified
  • R. S. Agnew, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • E. Blake, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • H. C. S. Baddeley, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • H. Cornfoot, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • E. Clarke, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. Dermott, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • D. Delany, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • W. M. Harcourt, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • F. Healey, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • R. Hicks, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. T. Jackson, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • M. Keogh, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • A. M’Clintock, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. M’Beth, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • A. C. Morrison, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. W. Parkinson, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • A. Perrin, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • C. Taylor, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. Watterson, Crown Grant ready for delivery
  • J. Warnes, Crown Grant ready for delivery

  • G. G. Fitzgerald, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🌾 Statement of Affairs for Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Mining Company, Statement of Affairs, Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company