✨ Proclamation for Ferry Construction
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority
HOKITIKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1873.
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 may deem advisable:
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 of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to have, hold, and exercise within the County, the said powers hereby delegated:
And whereas, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, did on the twenty-first day of January, 1873, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, delegate unto me, Henry Lee Robinson, Chairman of the County Council 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 Gold Fields Act, 1866:"
Now therefore, I, Henry Lee Robinson, Chairman of the said County Council and no longer: Provided always that copies of all rules and regulations made under the said delegation shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order the same may be laid before the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the one hundred and tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866:"
In exercise of the powers in that behalf delegated to me, do hereby grant unto Bernard Mulhearn protection for a Ferry on the Totara River for twelve months, and I do hereby authorise the collection of the undermentioned tolls.
Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
H. L. ROBINSON.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1873, No 11
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🏗️ Proclamation for Ferry Construction and Tolls
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works26 April 1873
Ferry, Toll, Totara River, Proclamation
- Bernard Mulhearn, Granted protection for ferry construction
- Henry Lee Robinson, Chairman of the County Council of Westland