Westland Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 19

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✨ Provincial Government Proclamation

THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCE OF WESTLAND.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

All Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto 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, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1875.

No. 19

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by the twelfth Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon application being made to grant special claims of greater area than may be determined by the Regulations to be made under the eleventh Section of the said Act, for the purpose of carrying on mining operations under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty or involving the expenditure of considerable sums of money, or for the encouragement of enterprise in prospecting new ground, or as a reward for the discovery of new gold workings, and also to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any such special claim may be held, occupied, worked, and forfeited:

And whereas, by the one hundred and ninety-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-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 Order in Council, dated the second day of February, 1874, and

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1875, No 19

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

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🌾 Proclamation regarding Gold Fields Act special claims

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated19 July 1875
KeywordsGold mining, Land claims, Special claims, Gold Fields Act 1866, Westland Province
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Charles Woolcock, Provincial Secretary

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