at no time shall a smaller number than fifteen men be kept working in the claim.

3. The said Moran and party shall pay a yearly rent of one pound (£1) per acre, half-yearly payments.

4. The said Moran and party shall have no right to sell or otherwise dispose of any part of the claim. This condition is not to affect the right to sell or dispose of shares.

5. The said Moran and party shall comply with the directions of the Warden of the District as regards the working of the claim.

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

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

H. H. LAHMAN.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the twelfth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," I hereby grant to Morrice and party, an extension of three acres to their special claim, situate in Callaghan’s Gully, Waimca District.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governors Delegate.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, January 29, 1872.

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

Messrs. PATRICK W. RYAN,
JOHN B. ALLEN,
WILLIAM MONTEITH,
WILLIAM B. ARCHER,
and JOHN O’HAGAN,

have been declared duly elected as Members of the Totara Road Board.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, January 29, 1872.

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

WILLIAM B. ARCHER, ESQ.,

has been declared duly elected as Chairman of the Totara Road Board.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, February 11, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that the following tenders of Mr. James Linton, for the supply of rations to the Gaol and Sea View Lunatic Asylum have been accepted :-

GAOL.

Ration No. 1 (male), 9¼d; (female), 6¼d.
Ration No. 2 (male), 6d; (female), 5d.
Ration No. 3, 3d.
Ration No. 4, 3¾d.
Ration No. 5, 5¼d.

EXTRAS :-

Arrowroot, per lb., 7¼d.; sago, per lb., 4½d.; rice, per lb., 3½d.; sugar, per lb., 5½d.; tea, per lb., 2s. 3d.; butter, per lb., 9d.; bread, per lb., 2d.; pepper, per lb., 10d.; mustard, per lb., 10d.; soda, per lb., 1½d.; whiting, per lb., 1½d.; brandy, per bottle, 5s.; gin, per bottle, 3s. 10d.; port wine, per bottle, 2s. 6d.; sherry, per bottle, 2s. 6d.; porter, per dozen, 13s. 3d.; ale, per dozen, 12s.; milk, per pint, 4d.; vestas, per dozen, 2s.; cocoa, per lb., 1s. 6d.

LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Beef, per lb., 3d.; mutton, per lb., 3d.; bread, per lb., 2d.; oatmeal, per lb., 2½d.; potatoes, per cwt., 10s.; tea, per lb., 2s. 3d.; coffee, per lb., 1s. 4d.; cocoa, per lb., 1s. 6d.; sugar, per lb., 5½d.; butter, per lb., 9d.; cheese, per lb., 7d.; flour, per lb., 2d.; eggs, per dozen, 1s. 6d.; raisins, per lb., 6d.; arrowroot, per lb., 7¼d.; sago, per lb., 4½d.; rice, per lb., 3½d.; pepper, per lb., 10d.; mustard, per lb., 10d.; soap, per lb., 3½d.; salt, per lb., 1d.; tobacco, per lb., 4s. 3d.; pipes, per dozen, in boxes, 6d.; soda, per lb., 1½d.; whiting, per lb., 1½d.; brandy, per bottle, 5s.; gin, per bottle, 3s. 10d.; port wine, per bottle, 2s. 6d.; sherry, per bottle, 2s. 6d.; porter, per dozen, 13s. 3d.; ale, per dozen, 12s.; suet, per lb., 3d.; milk, per pint, 4d.; vestas, per dozen boxes, 2s.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, February 11, 1872.

THE following tender for supplying the County Government with forage, colza and kerosene oils and candles, for the six months ending 31st July, 1872, has been accepted :-

JAMES CHESNEY & Co.

Candles, per lb., 11¾d.; colza oil, per gallon,