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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 operation in any Province, or at any time thereafter, to delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act vested in the Governor and exercisable 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 delegations from time to time to alter and revoke :

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 declared 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 twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the said "Bridges and Ferries Act, 1868, Amendment Act, 1869," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, did delegate to me, Henry Lee Robinson, 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 Lee Robinson, Chairman of the County Council of Westland, in exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in me, do hereby proclaim that the ferry as described in the schedule hereto annexed shall be deemed to be a public ferry within the meaning of "The Bridges and Ferries Act, 1868," and that the person mentioned in the said schedule shall be and he is hereby authorised to occupy the land and collect the tolls therein set forth, for the terms and upon the conditions in such schedule mentioned.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

H. L. ROBINSON.

SCHEDULE.

TOTARA FERRY.—BERNARD MULHEARN.

The punts, gear, and approaches to be maintained in good and serviceable condition, subject to the approval of the County Engineer.

The above scale of charges to be exhibited upon a board in a conspicuous place in letters and figures of not less than two inches in depth.

Government officers on duty, and vehicles or horses carrying Her Majesty’s mails, free.

Office of the Central Board of Health,
Hokitika, October 6, 1873

IT is hereby notified for general information that

THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN’S OFFICE, HOKITIKA,

has been appointed to be the Office of the Central Board of Health for Westland.

H. L. ROBINSON,
Chairman of Central Board.

Office of the Central Board of Health,
Hokitika, October 6, 1873.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

AUGUSTUS EATWELL TENNANT, Esq.,

has been appointed Secretary to the Central Board of Health.

H. L. ROBINSON,
Chairman of the Central Board.

E. PATTEN,
Member of the Central Board.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with the provisions of section forty-three of "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," that the land described in the schedule hereto annexed is open for sale.

SCHEDULE.

Block XCII. (Rural.)
ARAHURA DISTRICT.

Situate on the Otira river, below the gorge, having a frontage of about twenty-six chains, sixty links to the eastern side of the river, and extending back easterly a distance of twenty-six chains, sixty links in a rectangular