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Governor did, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, delegate to me Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland within the County of Westland, all the powers, which before the passing of "The County of Westland Act, 1868," were by law vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and exercisable within the district comprised in the said County of Westland:

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the powers delegated to me in this behalf, do hereby notify that I have received a Petition signed by not less than one-fourth of the number of persons whose names appear on the burgess roll of the Borough of Greymouth, praying that the said Borough may be redivided into three wards, and I hereby proclaim that I do re-divide the said Borough into three wards, whose respective boundaries are set forth in Schedule A., and I do hereby allot to each such ward the Councillors whose names are set opposite the name of each ward respectively.

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

SCHEDULE A.

EAST WARD: bounded on the Northward by the Grey River; on the Eastward by the east boundary of Native Reserve, No. 31, and by Town Belt east; on the Southward by Town Belt south; and on the Westward by Road and Railway Reserve, Shakespeare-street, and Tainui-street.

MIDDLE WARD: bounded on the Northward by the Grey River; on the Eastward by the western boundary of East Ward; and on the Westward by Road and Railway Reserve, Chapel-street, Herbert-street, and Boundary-street.

WEST WARD: bounded on the Northward by the Grey River; on the Eastward by the western boundary of Middle Ward, and by part of western boundary of East Ward; on the Southward by South Town Belt; and on the Westward by the Sea Coast.

East Ward.
MARTIN KENNEDY, ESQ.
GEORGE SIMPSON SMITH, ESQ.
CHARLES WOOLCOCK, ESQ.

Middle Ward.
EDMUND WICKES, ESQ.
PETER PURCELL, ESQ.
JOHN M’GREGOR, ESQ.

West Ward.
WILLIAM JAMES COATES, ESQ.
CHARLES JOSEPH MOORE, ESQ.
FREDERICK DUPREE, ESQ.

Hokitika, June 21, 1872.

It is hereby notified for general information that the following Lease has been cancelled, and that the ground is now open for occupation.

Harrison & Co., 10 acres, Jones’ Creek.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, June 18, 1872.

The Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that MR. HAMILTON CUMING has been elected Chairman of the Totara District Road Board.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, June 18, 1872.

The Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that MESSRS. JOHN M’GAFFIN, and JOHN M’SHERRY have been elected Members of the Totara District Road Board.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ended 31st May, 1872, in accordance with Section 13, of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869":—

Name of Company.—"The Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered."

When formed, and date of Registration.—Formed July 1, 1868; registered August 4, 1869.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager.—German Gully, Arahura, and Hokitika, both in the County of Westland; George Samuel Wemyss Dalrymple.