✨ Proclamation of Ferry Protection and Tolls
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1872.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by the thirteenth section 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 think fit:
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, 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 seventh day of March, 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 the County of Westland, all the powers vested in the Governor under or by virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1869," 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 me the said Henry Hermann Lahman within the County of Westland:
Now therefore, I, Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of all the powers vested in and delegated to me in this behalf, do hereby grant unto Andrew Tulloch, protection for six months from the 15th day of February, 1872, for a ferry across the New River, and do hereby authorise the collection of the undermentioned tolls.
Given under my hand at Hokitika, this fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
H. H. LAHMAN.
SCHEDULE.
Subsidy to be £25 for the six months:
| Description | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|
| Foot passengers | 1 | 0 |
| Horse, with or without rider | 2 | 0 |
Double the above rates may be charged between sunset and sunrise.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1872, No 7
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🏗️ Proclamation of Ferry Protection and Tolls
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works15 February 1872
Ferry, Protection, Tolls, New River, Westland
- Andrew Tulloch, Granted protection for ferry
- Henry Hermann Lahman, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland