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 7th day of March, 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 Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor under or by virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to have, hold, and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to the said Henry Hermann Lahman within the County of Westland:

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, in exercise of the powers in that behalf delegated unto me, do hereby authorise the occupation by Michael Donovan of twenty-five acres of land on the North bank of the Karangaroa River, as a site for a Ferry, subject to the conditions specified in the under-mentioned Schedule:

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

SCHEDULE.

1. Subsidy to be Fifty Pounds (£50) per annum.

2. Schedule of Tolls:--

   For every horse, with or without rider ... 3 0
   For every passenger ... 2 0

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 13, of the 14th of March, 1872.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Judicial Branch,
Wellington, 24th February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL MUNCKLEY SOUTH, ESQ.,

to be Revising Barrister for the County of Westland, under "The Friendly Societies’ Act, 1867."

W. GISBORNE.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 14, of the 23rd March, 1872.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 19th March, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HERMANN LAHMAN, ESQ.,

of Hokitika, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Hokitika, April 3, 1872.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Gold Mining Lease Regulations, I hereby declare that the Mining Lease mentioned hereunder is forfeited, and that the land is now open for occupation.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

United Miners’ Gold Mining Company,
Sailor’s Gully, Tetara.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, April 2, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

MICHAEL SCANLAN, ESQ.,

has resigned his seat as a member of the County Council for the Okarito Electoral District.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

Hokitika, 29th March, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the County Council have appointed the undermentioned persons to be Toll Collectors at the gates set opposite their respective names :--

John Ellis, Kawhaka Toll Gate.
J. S. Waite, Stafford Toll Gate.
F. C. Baddeley, Newmarket Toll Gate.
William Keach, Chesterfield Toll Gate.
H. J. Winstone, Three Mile Toll Gate.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.