Westland Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 13

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✨ Provincial Gazette Proclamation

THE

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCE OF WESTLAND.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

All Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s command,

CHARLES WOOLCOCK,
Provincial Secretary

HOKITIKA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1875.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by the twenty-ninth Section of “The Goldfields 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 machinery and any necessary easements for the purpose aforesaid; subject nevertheless, to the conditions or provisions in the said Section contained —

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

ERRATUM.—In Provincial Government Gazette, No. 8, of 16th March, 1875, in notice appointing Fire Inspectors for the township of Ross for “Denis Falvey” read “Daniel Falvey.”

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1875, No 13

The Westland Provincial Council was based at Hokitika and met at the Supreme Court House (depicted) from 1868-1875.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation regarding Goldfields Act 1866

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated29 May 1875
KeywordsGoldfields Act, Proclamation, Mining Leases, Crown Lands
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Woolcock, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Errata Notice for Fire Inspectors Appointment

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsErrata, Fire Inspectors, Ross Township
👱🏽 Names

Denis Falvey, Name correction in Fire Inspectors appointment
Daniel Falvey, Name correction in Fire Inspectors appointment

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