✨ County Council Notices and Proclamation
No. 30.
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THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872.
County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, December 17, 1872.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that the County Council will meet for the despatch of business on Wednesday, the 8th day of January next, at the Supreme Court House, Hokitika, at the hour of 12 noon.
A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.
Totara.
HAMILTON CUMING, Esq.
A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.
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 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 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,
County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, December 17, 1872.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that the undermentioned persons have been declared to be duly elected as Members of the County Council for the Electoral Districts set opposite their names respectively.
Hokitika.
THE HON. JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR,
MICHAEL ALBERT CASSIUS, Esq.
Greymouth.
MARTIN KENNEDY, Esq.,
WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, Esq.
Paroa.
JAMES HAMILTON, Esq.,
Arahura.
EDMUND BARFF, Esq.
Kanieri.
HENRY LEE ROBINSON, Esq.
ERRATUM.—In the protection granted to E. B. Garven for the Arnold Bridge, the Tolls will cover the return journey, if made on the same day.
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🏘️ County Council Meeting Announcement
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government17 December 1872
Meeting, County Council, Hokitika, Supreme Court House
- A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council
🏘️ Totara Notice
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government17 December 1872
Totara, Hamilton Cumming
- Hamilton Cumming (Esquire), Mentioned in Totara notice
- A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council
🗺️ Proclamation Regarding Gold Fields Act
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyProclamation, Gold Fields Act, Mining, Auriferous Crown Lands
🏘️ County Council Election Results
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government17 December 1872
Election Results, County Council, Hokitika, Greymouth, Paroa, Arahura, Kanieri
7 names identified
- James Alexander Bonar (Honourable), Elected Member of County Council for Hokitika
- Michael Albert Cassius (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Hokitika
- Martin Kennedy (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Greymouth
- William Simpson Smith (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Greymouth
- James Hamilton (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Paroa
- Edmund Barff (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Arahura
- Henry Lee Robinson (Esquire), Elected Member of County Council for Kanieri
- A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council
🏘️ Errata Notice for Arnold Bridge Protection
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentErrata, Arnold Bridge, Tolls
- E. B. Garven, Protection granted for Arnold Bridge