PRCLAMATION OF THE WAITAHUNA MINING DISTRICT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 215, 28 August 1862, Page 6

PRCLAMATION OF THE WAITAHUNA MINING DISTRICT.

We publish for general information the' following1 proclamation of the Waitalmna : district :— A PROCLAMATION, Constituting Waitahuna a District of the Gold Field within the Province of Otago, and Regulating the Elections of Members of the dlining Board of the said district. By His Honor John Larkins '' Cheese Richardson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otag-o.

IYT HERE AS, Dy warrant under the hand *" of His Excellency Thomas Gore Brown, Governor and Coinmander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's colony of New Zealand, date^ at Auckland the eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, and issued under the seal of the said colony, hy and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for that purpose in him vested, did thereby delegate absolutely and without restriction unto me, John Larkins Cheese Richardson, Esquire, as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, all the powers vested in him under or by virtue of the "Gold Fields Act, 1558," except the powers contained in Sections 7, 8, 15, 27, and 40, of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the powers within the Province of Otago, thereby given :—

And whereas by Clause XII. of the said Act it is enacted that upon petition of not less than one hundred persons, holding miners' rights or leases under the said Act at any gold field, and having held such rights or leases for not less than three calendar months, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, by proclamation, to declare such gold field, or any part thereof, containing not less than one hundred persons, holding miner's rights or leases, to be a district, for the purpose of forming a Mining Board, with the powers and authority thereinafter described, and to declare the name of such district, and to define the limits thereof; and after the publication of any such proclamation the locality so described shall be and become a mining district for the purposes aforesaid.

And whereas by Clause XIII. of the said Act it is enacted that the Governor, by order in Council, shall, from time to time, prescribe what shall be the number of members of each such Mining Board ; what qualification shall be required to render them eligible ; who shall act as returning officer ; when, where, and in what manner the elections of such memhers shall be conducted ; in what manner erroneous returns shall be corrected; for Avhat period such members shall be elected; when and in what manner vacancies in any Mining Board shall be created, and how the same shall be filled up; and generally shall make provision for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct of the elections of members of such Mining Board.

And whereas more than one hundred persons holding miners' rights under the said Act at the Waitahuna gold fields, in the Province of Otago, and having held such miners' rights for not less than three calendar months, have preferred their petition to me, praying that I would issue the necessary instructions for the formation of a Mining Board.

2sow, therefore, I, John Larkins Cheese Richardson, by virtue of the power so delegated to me as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that Waitahuna and the Woolshed diggings, and the lands adjacent thereto, shall be a district of the said gold field, for the purpose of forming a Mining Board, with the powers and authority in the said act described.

And I hereby further proclaim the name of such district to be Waitahuna District; and I define the limits of the said district to be the following, viz. .-—Towards the north-west, the watershed between the Waitahuna and Tuapeka Rivers; towards the north-east, the watershed between the Waipori and the Waitahuna Rivers, and also between the Tokomairiro River and Meggat Burn ; towards the south-east by the boundary of the Tuapeka gold field, and thence by the said boundary to the watershed of the Waitahuna and Tuapeka Rivers aforesaid.

And I do hereby prescribe as follows : — 1 .—Seven shall be the number of the members of the said Mining Board.

-• —2fo person shall be qualified to be a member of the said Board unless he shall be of the full age of twenty-one years, holding a miner's right or lease, and "being a natural born or naturalized subject of the Queen, and resident withiij the district.

•1- —William Baldwin, Esquire, shall act as Returning Officer for the said district.

4.—The Chairman of such Board shall be elected by and from the members thereof, and every member of such Board shall continue in office until his successor shall be elected, as hereinafter mentioned. But, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, it shall be lawful ibr any member of the Mining Board, by writing under his hand, addressed to the returning officer, to resign his seat in smch Board, and the same shall thereupon become vacant from the time of the receipt of such writing by the said returning officer.

s.—The first general election of members in the said district shall take place on Thursday and Friday, the twenty-fifth and twentysixth days of September next, and on the last Thursday of the month of September in every subsequent year. Seven members shall be elected to serve on such Board, and whenever any r seat in any Board shall become vacant in the interval between two general elections, by death, resignation, undue election, or want of such qualification as aforesaid, a member shall be elected to fill such vacancy.

6.—Every male person of the full age of twenty-one years, holding a miner's right or lease, and being a natural born or naturalized sul ject of the Queen, and resident within the said district, shall be entitled to vote at every election for as many members as are then to be returned ior the said district.

7.—One month at least before the said first, or any subsequent election, the lieturning Officer shall give public notice of such election, requiring the names of all candidates and of their preposers, to be forwarded to him within such time, not less than fourteen days from the time of giving such notice aa shall be named in such notice. And any pcr r son desirous of nominating a candidate for the said district snail, within the time named in such notice, forward to the Returning Officer, in writing, the Christian and surname of such candidate, and such nomination shall be signed by not less than five persons qualified to vote at such election; and no person shall be capable of being elected at any such election, unless he shall have been proposed in manner above mentioned, and shall produce evidence, by a newspaper, to the lleturning Officer that his name, as a candidate, shall have been published fourteen days belore such election in some newspaper circulated in the said district. .

I 3.—lf the- number;of candidates nominated as aforesaid for the said district shall not exceed the number to be elected, the Returning Officer shall, at the said first or any subsequent election, declare such candidates to be duly elected, and they shall be deemed to be duly elected accordingly; but if the number of such candidates shall exceed the number ot members to be elected at any such election, the Returning Officer shall cause voting papers to be printed with the Christian and surnames of all the candidates in full, in the form A hereto annexed, and shall give public notice that a poll will be taken for the election of members on the days appointed for that purpose ; and on each of those days a poll shall be taken at such places within the said district as the Returning Officer shall direct, and upon each day the poll shall commence at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and close at four o'clock in the afternoon.

9.—The Returning Officer shall preside at such polling places, and shall have power and authority to maintain and enforce order, and keep the peace at such election, and without any other warrant than this proclamation, to cause to be arrested and taken before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law, any person reasonably suspected of knowingly and wilfully making a false answer to any question touching his qualification, or of personating, or attempting to personate, any voter, or of attempting to vote more than once at such election.

10. —Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint, in-writing, one scrutineer to he present in the polling room, and such scrutineers and the Returning Officer, and any electors not exceeding six in number shall alone be permitted at any one time to enter or remain in the polling room without the consent of the Returning Officer, and the Returning Officer shall have power to cause any person to be removed who shall obstruct the approaches to the polling room, or shall conduct himself in a disorderly manner, and all constables and peace officers shall aid and assist the Returning. Officer in the performance of his duty.

H.—The Returning OfKcer shall provide a locked box with a cleft or opening therein, capable of receiving the ballot papers, and such box shall stand on a table opposite the Heturning OfHcer, who shall keep the key of such box.

12.-—Even' elector before voting shall produce his miner's right or lease to the Returning Officer, who shall stamp or otherwise mark the same, and shall deliver to such elector a ballot paper with such stamp or mark, and every such elector shall, without leaving the room, strike out the names of every candidate for whom he shall not desire to vote, and in case*any elector shall be unable to read or write, the Returning Officer shall, in view of such one of the scrutineers as such elector may desire, strike out the names of such candates as such elector may designate, and after such names shall have been so struck out, the voting paper shall be deposited iv the said box.

13.—1t shall be lawful for the Returning Officer, or for any one candidate or scrutineer, to put to any person tendering his vote the questions following :— I.—Are you of the age of twenty-one years? 2.—Are you residing in this district ? 3.—Are }rou a natural bora or naturalized subject of the Queen ? 4. —Are you the person named in this miner's right or lease. s.—Have you already voted at this election ? And no other question shall be put to any person tendering his vote, and no person who shall refuse to answer any such questions, or who shall not answer tlie ,same to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer, or whoso miner's right or lease shall have thereon, when first produced as aforesaid, such stamp or mark as aforesaid, shall be permitted to vote.

1-1. —Immediately upon the close of the poll the Returning Officer shall proceed in the presence of the scrutineers of the candidates to ascertain the number of votes for each candidate, and such Returning Officer shall, iw.soon as conveniently can he after the close of the poll, give public notice of the number of votes given to each candidate, and shall declare the candidates who have received the greatest number of votes not exceeding the number to be elected, duly elected. And if two or more candidates shall have received an equal number of votes the Returning Officer shall have the casting vote.

l~>. —When the proceedings at any such elections shall be interrupted or.obstructed by any riot or open violence, the Returning Officer shall not finally close the poll, but shall adjourn the taking of the poll to the day following, and, if necessary, the Returning Officer shall further adjourn' such poll until such interruption or obstruction shall have ceased, when the Returning Officer shall again proceed with the taking of the poll.

If).—Any petition disputing the validity of the election of any member or members of the Board must be signed by at least six duly qualified electors, and forwarded to the Superintendent within fourteen days from the day on which the Returning Officer shall have declared the member or members so petitioned against to have been duly elected; and every such petition must be accompanied by a deposit often poundsto cover any expenses not hereinafter specially provided " for; and any balance which may remain after the payment of such expenses shall be returned to the depositor.

17.—0n receipt of any petition and deposit as aforesaid, the Superintendent will appoint a Chairman who shall, in conjunction with such members of the Mining Board as are nob petitioned against, constitute a Board of Inquiry to try the validity of the election or elections so petitioned against; and every such Board of Inquiry shall have power to hear and receive evidence, and to examine witnesses on oath

18.—It shall be lawful for the Chairman of such Board of Inquiry to issue a summons (in the form B hereunto annexed, or to the like effect) to any paxty petitioning as aforesaid, calling upon any person therein named to give evidence in the matter of the election so petitioned against, and to produce any documentary evidence relating thereto which may be in the custody or possession of the party named in the summons, provided that no such summons shall be granted unless the applicant shall have previously deposited with the clerk of the Mining Board an amount sufficient to allow to each witness a mileage, one shilling per mile, and a further sum of twenty shillings for the expenses of such witness during the time of his attendance, when such witness shall reside at any greater distance than two miles from the place where such Board of Inquiry shall be held, or ten shillings when such witness shall reside at any less distance.

1 0. —The decision of such Board of Inquiry shall be taken by a majority of the votes of the members thereof, and if the members are equally divided in opinion, then, and not otherwise, the Chairman shall have a casting vote; and such decision shall be reported to the Superintendent, and shall in all cases be final.

'<■ 20.—Th6 said Mining Board shall hold its first meeting oii the second Tuesday after every General Election, and shall have power to adjourn from time to time; but it shall be lawful at all times for the Ghairman to convene a special meeting ot such Board on giving fourteen days' notice thereof by advertisement in one or more newspapers, published or circulating in the said district.

21. —At the first meeting of the said Mining Board after any General Election, and whenever the office of Chairman of any such Board shall become vacant, the members of the said Board shall proceed to the election of a Chairman, and the member who shall receive the greatest number of votes shall be the Chairman, but no member shall be entitled to vote for himself; and in case any two or more members shall receive an equal number of votes the Chairman shall be selected from such members by lot.

22.—Any five members of the Board shall iorm a quorum, and all questions before the Board shall be determined, by. the majority of votes, provided that the Chairman shall have no vote, unless in case of an equality of votes, when he shall have a casting vote; and provided also, that in case of a quorum, shall not assemble within one half hour after the time appointed for any meeting, or having so assembled, shall disperse,-.-the Board shall stand adjourned till the next day at the same hour. 23.—1n ease of the absence of the Chairman it shall be lawful for the members present, being a quorum, to appoint an Acting-Chair-man, who, during such absence, may exercise the powers of the Chairman.

SCHEDULE A. Mining District of Candidates names A. B. CD. &c, &c.

The voter Ls to strike out the name or names of the candidates for whom he doen not intend to vote by drawing a line through the same with a pen or pencil. He must be careful not to leave uncancelled the names of more than the number of candidates to bo elected, otherwise \m ballot paper will be invalid. The ballot paper wr marked by or for the voter is to be dropped by him into the ballot box. The voter is not to be permitted to take his ballot puper out of the polling room. B' Form or Sl'.mmonk. You arc hereby Mtnimuntd to appear on the day oi" !at the hour of o'clock in the noon at before the Board of "Inquiry, appointed to try the validity of the electim of ass.il mtinb-r of.the Mining Board, and to give evidenef ' therein [and when any documentary evidence is required insert here] and yon are hereby required to produce at the same time and place the undermentioned documents relating to the matter of the suid election. [Here insert the documents.] To Name of Witncfr* Description Residence

Given under my hand this* twenty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. J. L. C. HI CM A EPSON, Superintendent of the Province ofOtago.

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"Tin: ]"..VAMKt.us(i Pn -h-.tx*. -If wi> an> to believe Afra, Lewrsmi, s-Ue has the y-crrft of making a lady

" beautiful for ever." I'nder tin lutrne of Madame Hachel i*he advertises that she di»<»■■. this fiv enamelling tlios-c wh.) hubijjlt to hrr treatment. In* t!i« witness int. however, s*he declares that the proa^s is not really nne <»f enruneliing. but the ladies will eu!l it .so, birruw under it " the skin becomes so beautiful, *oft, and white, that it resemble* painting on ivory," All this information was given by hvr as a witness in n Bt' in the C<>urt of Kxehcquer the other d;iv, In wiiuh shf wjv»tl»e plaintiff, and the Hon. Mr. ('arneiiiu was.the defendant. Mrs. Carnegie hud been four times tnamelied, nod for this Madame Rachel's charge was the mi in of XTtfS as. The charge wch rattier hijrh, hut then, aeeon'ing to Madame Haehel, the la«ly had said she would not miud paying a thotisaiivl pounds or any other sum if she could only again up* penr in tin; world of fashion in a low dress, and besides slie was fu!lv apprised of the artist's terms he f»>rc madatne would condescend to employ her skill upon Ui<! patient. Jt is true also that some question was made as to the beneficial result of the operation, fur, although, according to madaine, it was entirely owing to her exertions that the lady was eimMed to appear fit a fancy bail in the character of " Snow/ ani to become " a thing of beauty and joy fjr ever," yet, aecM-ding to the lady's husband, madame's labours hail not been so signally successful. JJut this point, which, perhaps, could only have been fcatisfactorily cleared up by the appearance of the patient herself, ur the testimony of .some disinterested witness, Weame of less importance from the course the case took in its pro{Ku>H to the jury. For the judge persisted in asking; the jury the vulgar but disagreeable question whether the lady had any authority to pledge her husband's credit for this little bill of i.9S#, and the.)ury, being a jury of men, of course, answered that question in the negative. And no poor Madame lias expended her time, and her skill, and her cosmoticH. and her chemical preparations, aud now her "money, with no return except the very questionable satisfaction of having " shown up " her patient as. a lady who wished to be beautiful, but who declined to pay for her beauty. It was doubtless expected that .rather, thati bo so "shown up," the lady and the lady's husband would have paid any demand, however exorbitant; bnt the defendant wan lv this case .wiser than liU better halt. He, a plain, sensible sailor, repudiated the claim as soon as it came to his knowledge—th at is to say, when the bill was sent in, and, as it appeals, with reason and justice.— Home

Nkw Marine Gi.vk,—A patent has lately been taken out in England, by Mr, W. J. Hay, of Portsmouth Dockyard, for a new marine give, which in said to possess superior qualities for paying the warns of vessels and all such purposes. It is composed of asphalte, 60 lb ; vegetable tar, 15 lb. ; naptha, 2 lb. ; and spirits of turpentine, 4 lb. Thoe are all combined by mixing them in an iron vessel, exposed to heat over a fire, and thoroughly stirred until a homogeneons compound is obtained. In this condition it is too thick to be put on with a brush like paint, but it may be thinned down to any condition r- - qnired with a mixture of naptha and turpentine. It is recommended that half an ounce of indiarubbcr be dissolved in each pound of napthn used for thinning. It mubt be put on while hot.— Scientific Observer.