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6. Clauses 25 and 29 of the Mining Lease
   Regulations, 1871, to be complied with by
   Martin Ryan.

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

Name of Lessee—Evan Williams & Co.
Situation—Arthur’s Town.
Area—Ten acres.
Term of Lease—Fifteen years.

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 ma-
chinery and any necessary easements for the
purposes aforesaid, subject nevertheless to
the conditions or provisions in the said section
contained:

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by “The Bridges
and Ferries Act, 1868, Amendment Act,
1869,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, at the time of
making any Proclamation bringing “The
Bridges and Ferries Act, 1868,” into opera-
tion in any Province, or at any time there-
after, to delegate all or any of the powers by
the said Act vested in the Governor and ex-
ercisable by him within the Province in such
Proclamation mentioned, except the powers
conferred by the second section of the said
Act to the Superintendent of the Province, in
which the said Act shall be so brought into
operation, or to any other person or persons,
and such delegation from time to time, to
alter and revoke:

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 Gover-
nor by the said Act, except the powers con-
ferred 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, His Excellency Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New
Zealand, did, on the twenty-seventh day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one, with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony, dele-
gate unto me, Henry Hermann Lahman,
Chairman of the County Council of Westland,
all the powers vested in him by the twenty-
ninth section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866:”

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman,
Chairman of the County Council of
Westland, in exercise of the powers vested
in me in that behalf, do hereby give notice
that on the eleventh day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, I
intend to demise to the persons named in the
schedule hereto annexed certain auriferous
Crown Lands of alluvial ground for the term
specified in the said schedule.

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing
date the twenty-sixth day of September,
1870, and published in “The New Zealand
Gazette,” No. 54, of the 30th September,
1870, His Excellency the Governor has de-
clared that the said “Bridges and Ferries
Act, 1868,” shall be in operation in the
County of Westland on the twenty-sixth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy:

And whereas, by an Order in Council,
dated the 27th day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, His Excel-
lency the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, did delegate unto me, Henry
Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County
Council of Westland, all the powers by “The
Bridges and Ferries Act, 1868,” vested in
the Governor and exercisable by him within
the said County of Westland, except the
powers conferred by the second section of the
said Act:

Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lah-
man, Chairman of the County Council of
Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers vested in me, do hereby proclaim that