PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the thirteenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise the construction by private enterprise of any road, bridge, wharf, ferry, or other public work, for the use and benefit of the public, and to permit the occupation for a limited period of sites for the same, and to provide for the payment of such tolls for a limited period by all persons using the same as he shall deem reasonable.

And whereas, by the one hundred and ninth 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 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, by an instrument in writing dated the twenty-seventh day of January, 1871, and published in The New Zealand Gazette, of the 31st 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 Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor under or by virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, 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 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 grant unto Michael Phillips, protection until 31st December, 1872, for a track from Maori Gully to German Gully, and do hereby authorise the collection of the undermentioned tolls.

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

SCHEDULE.

From Maori Gully Township, to head of left hand branch.

For each horse with pack ... s. d.
2 0
For each horse without pack ... 1 0
For each head of cattle ... 2 0
For each sheep, goat, or pig ... 0 2

From head of left hand branch, Maori Gully to German Gully.

For each horse with pack ... 3 0
For each horse without pack ... 1 6
For each head of cattle ... 5 0
For each sheep, goat, or pig ... 0 2

Hokitika, 9th August, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that I have appointed

MRS. WINIFRED GRIBBEN
to be Matron; and

MISS ELLEN COGLAN
to be Female Attendant at the Sea View Lunatic Asylum.

Appointments to date from 1st August, 1872.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor's Delegate.

County Chairman's Office,
Hokitika, August 29, 1872.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that

SERGEANT RICHARD WHITE
has been appointed Inspector of Slaughterhouses for the Totara District, in the room of Sergeant James M'Ennis, transferred.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman's Office,
Hokitika, August 29, 1872.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that

SERGEANT JAMES M'ENNIS
has been appointed Keeper of the Powder Magazine at Greymouth.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman's Office,
Hokitika, August 29, 1872.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that

SERGEANT JAMES M'ENNIS
has been appointed a Ranger under the "Protection to Animals Act, 1867," in the room of Sergeant Richard White, transferred.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.