PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, 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 400 yards by 200 yards on a quartz reef, and to grant sites for machinery and any necessary easements for the purposes aforesaid, subject nevertheless to the conditions or provisions in the said section contained:

And whereas, by the one hundred and ninety 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, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, did, on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, delegate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, all the powers vested in him by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866":

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, in exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby give notice that on the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, I intend to demise to the persons named in the schedule hereto annexed certain auriferous Crown Lands of alluvial ground for the term specified in the said schedule.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

H. H. LAHMAN.

"THE LAND TRANSFER ACT, 1870."

LAND BROKER’S LICENCE.

IN pursuance of the power for this purpose vested in me under "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," I, William Sefton Moorhouse, Esq., Registrar-General of Land under the said Act, do hereby, with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, license

GEORGE SAMUEL WEMYSS DALRYMPLE

to be a Land Broker for transacting business under the provisions of the said Act.

Dated at Wellington this twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Registrar-General of Land.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, January 3, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Edward Burton Fox, Esq.,
has been declared duly elected as a Member of the County Council for the Greymouth Electoral District, in the room of Frank Guinness, Esq., resigned.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary of the Council.

Hokitika, 29th December, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Henry John Edwards, Esq.,
has been appointed Clerk to the Lunatic Asylum on the Hospital Reserve.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Shenandoah Gold Mining Company, Registered," in accordance with Section thirteen of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of company — "The Shenandoah Gold Mining Company, Registered."

When formed — 16th September, 1870.

Date of registration — 21st September, 1870.

Where business is conducted and name of Legal Manager — Shenandoah Flat, Kanieri, Westland; Ambrose Creber.