And whereas, by an instrument in writing, dated the twenty-seventh day of January, 1871, and published in The New Zealand Gazette of the seventh 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 me, 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 and pursuance of all the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf, do hereby grant, subject to the following conditions, unto J. Gallagher and Company, a special claim of three acres, situated at Little Ballarat Hill, Waimea District, commencing at a point bearing 222° 30’ magnetic, and 610 links distant from peg No. 8, D.M. line; thence following a straight line bearing 3° 10’ magnetic for 500 links; thence Westerly, following a straight line bearing 311° 15’ magnetic a distance of 875 links; thence South-easterly, following a straight line bearing 183° magnetic, a distance of 352 links; and thence Easterly in a straight line to the commencing point.

1. On the completion of the applicants’ race, three men be kept constantly employed on the claim.

2. In the meantime the number of men to be employed, to be left to the discretion of the Warden.

H. H. LAHMAN.

Hokitika, 15th May, 1872.

It is hereby notified for general information, that the undermentioned mining leases have been cancelled, and that the ground is now open for occupation.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

Owen and Co., 340 yards by 170 yards, Redman’s Creek.

Preshaw and Co., 278 yards by 139 yards, Redman’s Creek.

Macfarlane and Co., 278 yards by 139 yards, Redman’s Creek.

M. Robertson, 278 yards by 139 yards, Redman’s Creek.

Hokitika, May 22, 1872.

It is hereby notified for general information that the Special Claim granted to David Evans and party, on the 30th of October, 1868, has been cancelled.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 23, of the 10th May, 1872.]

Public Works Office,
Christchurch, May 2, 1872.

It is hereby notified for general information, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Immigration Officers:—

JAMES WYLDE, ESQ., Greymouth,

J. S. BROWNING, ESQ., Hokitika.

W. REEVES.

In pursuance of the provisions of sections eighty and eighty-one of "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," the Waste Lands Board have reserved from public sale the lands described in the schedule hereunto annexed, to be granted in payment for public works.

G. G. FITZGERALD,
Chief Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

Block I. (Rural.)
GREY DISTRICT.

Two hundred and seventy-five (275) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by Reserve No. 274 (in red), eighty (80) chains; on the East by the east boundary of Block I.; on the West by AK line, twenty-four (24) chains; and on the South by a line at right angles to AK line, to include the quantity; subject to survey, reserves, and gold-workings.

Fifty (50) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by sections 1429 and 1410; on the East by Kaiata road; on the West by section 1410 and the Clifton road; and on the South by a line at right angles to Kaiata road, to include the quantity; subject to survey, reserves, and gold-workings.

Fifty (50) acres, more or less, bounded on the East by the Omotumotu and Marsden